Quick Definition
a possession
Strong's Definition
a holding down, i.e. occupancy
Derivation: from G2722 (κατέχω);
KJV Usage: possession
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατάσχεσις, κατασχέσεως, ἡ (κατέχω), the Sept. often for ΰΒηΛζΘΜδ, 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 36:2 f, 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)).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κατάσχεσις kataschesis 2x
a possession, thing possessed, Act_7:5 ; Act_7:45
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† κατά -σχεσις , -εως , ἡ
( < κατέχω ),
[in LXX nearly always for H272 ]
1. a holding back.
2. LXX and NT, a holding fast, possession: Act_7:5 ; Act_7:45 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κατάσχεσις [page 333]
On the translation of this word in Act_7:5 ; Act_7:45 see Field Notes , pp. 114, 116.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κατά-σχεσις, -εως, ἡ
(κατέχω), [in LXX nearly always for אֲחֻזָּה ]
__1. a holding back.
__2. LXX and NT, a holding fast, possession: Act.7:5, 45.†
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