Quick Definition
κατάσχεσις, εως, ἡ n.f. a possession
Strong's Definition
from 2722; a holding down, i.e. occupancy
KJV Usage: possession
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | ἔχω
57.1 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Have, Possess, Property, Owner
to have, to own, to possess, to belong to to have or possess objects or property (in the technical sense of having control over the use of such objects)
57.57 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Take, Obtain, Gain, Lose
to take possession, to obtain the act of taking possession of something
1 Ownership usually entails to a greater or lesser degree the social sanctions of the right by the owner to use the object in question and the obligation by non-owners to recognize that right and to desist from such usage. 2 This meaning of have/possess contrasts with hold, grasp (Domain 18), the whole/part relation (Domain 63), to be in a relationship to (Domain 89), to be in a state or condition (Domain 13), and to have authority, power, or control over persons or objects, either sociologically or physically (Domain 37).
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατάσχεσις, -ews, 7}, (κατέχω), Sept. often for AM, possession ; 1. a holding back, hindering: anonym. in Walz, Rhetor. i. p. 616, 20. 2. a holding fast, possession: γῆν δοῦναι eis κατάσχ. to give in possession the land, Acts vii. 5, as in Gen. xvii. 8; Deut. xxxii. 49 Alex.; Ezek. xxxiii. 24; xxxvi. 2 sq. 5; Joseph. antt. 9,1, 2; [Test. xii. Patr., test. Benj. § 10]; w. gen. of the subj. τῶν ἐθνῶν, of the territory possessed by [the possession of | the nations, Acts vii. 45; (a portion given to keep, Philo, rer. div. haer. § 40 [ef. Ps. ii. 8]).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κατάσχεσις kataschesis 2x
a possession, thing possessed, Acts 7:5, 45*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† κατά-σχεσις, -εως, ἡ
(< κατέχω), [in LXX nearly always for אֲחֻזָּה;]
a holding back.
LXX and NT, a holding fast, possession: Ac 7:5, 45.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κατάσχεσις. On the translation of this word in Ac 7545 see Field Wo/es, pp. 114, 116.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κατάσχεσις (kataschesis) — possession. κατά-σχεσις, εως, ἡ, holding back, restraining, retention, [Refs 5th c.BC+].
II. possession, [LXX+NT]
III. relation, attitude, [Refs].