Dictionary entry

συνέχω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

συν-έχω

[in LXX for עצר, חבר, etc.;]

1. to hold together (τ. συνέχον τ. πάντα, Wi 1:7): of closing the ears, Ac 7:57 (τ. στόμα, Is 52:15); to hem in, press on every side: Lk 8:4519:43.

2. to hold fast;

(a) of a prisoner, to hold in charge (Luc.; cf. exx. in Deiss., BS, 160; MM, xxiv): Lk 22:63;

(b) to constrain: II Co 5:14; pass., Lk 12:50, Ac 18:5 (τ. λόγῳ; cf. Field, Notes, 128), Phl 1:23; in pass., of ills, to be seized or afflicted by, suffering from: Mt 4:24, Lk 4:388:37, Ac 28:8.†