G2697
G2697 — κατάσχεσις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
kataschesis (kat-as'-khes-is) n.
1. a holding down, i.e. occupancy
[from G2722]
KJV: possession
Root(s): G2722
TWOT
Not assigned in current lawful mapping.
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KJV Renderings
possession
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατάσχεσις, κατασχέσεως, ἡ (κατέχω), the Sept. often for àÂçËæÈÌä, possession;
1. a holding back, hindering: anonymous in Walz, Rhetor. i., p. 616, 20.
2. a holding fast, possession: γῆν δοῦναι εἰς κατάσχεσιν, to give in possession the land, Act 7:5, as in Gen 17:8; Deu 32:49 Alex.; Eze 33:24; Ezekiel 36:2f, 5; Josephus, Antiquities 9, 1, 2; (Test xii. Patr., test. Benj. § 10); with the genitive of the subjunctive τῶν ἐθνῶν, of the territory possessed by (the possession of) the nations, Act 7:45; (a portion given to keep, Philo, rer. div. haer. § 40 (cf. Psa 2:8)).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κατάσχεσις (possession)
Acts 7:5
- KJV: And he gave him none inheritance in it no, not to set his foot on yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession and to his seed after him when he had no child
- GK: και ουκ έδωκεν αυτώ κληρονομίαν εν αυτή ουδέ βήμα ποδός και επηγγείλατο δούναι αυτώ εις κατάσχεσιν αυτήν και τω σπέρματι αυτού μετ΄ αυτόν ουκ όντος αυτώ τέκνου
Acts 7:45
- KJV: Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles whom God drave out before the face of our fathers unto the days of David
- GK: ην και εισήγαγον διαδεξάμενοι οι πατέρες ημών μετά Ιησού εν τη κατασχέσει των εθνών ων εξώσεν ο θεός από προσώπου των πατέρων ημών έως των ημερών Δαβίδ