Dictionary entry

G01758

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

ἐνέχω

Infl. fut. -έξω

Infl. or -σχήσω

I. "to hold within", χόλον ἐνέχειν τινί "to lay up, cherish inward" wrath at one, Hdt.

II. Pass., with fut. and aor. mid., "to be held, caught, entangled in" a thing, c. dat., id=Hdt., Xen.: metaph., ἐνέχεσθαι ἀπορίῃσιν Hdt.; ἐν κακῷ id=Hdt.; ἐν θωύματι ἐνέσχετο "was seized with" wonder, id=Hdt.

2. "to be obnoxious, liable or subject to", ζημίᾳ, αἰτίᾳ Plat., etc.

III. intr. "to enter in, pierce", εἴς τι Xen.

2. "to press upon, be urgent against", τινί NTest.