κατ-έχω,
[in LXX for אחז, חזק hi., etc.;]
1. perfective of ἔχω (M, Pr., 116; M, Th., 155),
(a) to possess, hold fast: Lk 8:15, Jo 5:[4], Ro 1:18 (Lft., Notes, 251), I Co 7:3011:2, II Co 6:10, I Th 5:21, He 3:6, 1410:23;
(b) to lay hold of, get possession of: Lk 14:9.
2. to hold back, detain, restrain (M, Th., 156 f.): c. acc. seq. τοῦ μή c. inf., Lk 4:42; seq. πρός, c. acc., Phm 13; absol., τὸ κατέχον (ὁ κ.), II Th 2:6, 7.
3. Intrans., as nautical term, to put in, make for (LS, s.v.): Ac 27:40.†