◄ 472. antechó ►
Strong's Concordance antechó: to hold against, i.e. to hold firmly to Original Word: ἀντέχομαι Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: antechó Phonetic Spelling: (an-tekh'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I hold fast to Definition: trans: I hold against; intrans: I withstand; mid: I hold out against, hold firmly to, cleave to. HELPS Word-studies 472 antéxomai (from 473 /antí, "corresponding to" and 2192 /éxō, "have") – properly, proportionally lay hold of, i.e. as an equivalent (off-set) which "holds on to" in a way that matches the object grasped. [In Mt 6:24, 472 (antéxomai) particularly suggests, "to stick by one's rights" (MM).] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 472: ἀντέχω ἀντέχω: middle (present ἀντέχομαι); future ἀνθέξομαι; to hold before or against, hold back, withstand, endure; in the N. T. only in the middle to keep oneself directly opposite to anyone, hold to him firmly, cleave to, paying heed to him: τίνος, Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13; τῶν ἀσθενῶν, to aid them, care for them, 1 Thessalonians 5:14; τοῦ λόγου, to hold to, hold it fast, Titus 1:9. (Deuteronomy 32:41; Isaiah 56:4, 6; Proverbs 3:18, etc., and often in Greek writings.) Cf. Kühner, § 520 b. (2te Aufl. § 416, 2; cf. Jelf, § 536); Winers Grammar, 202 (190); (Buttmann, 161 (140)). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance hold fast, hold to, support. From anti and the middle voice of echo; to hold oneself opposite to, i.e. (by implication) adhere to; by extension to care for -- hold fast, hold to, support. see GREEK anti see GREEK echo Forms and Transliterations ανθεξεται ανθέξεται ανθέξεταί ἀνθέξεται αντείχοντο αντέχεσθαί αντεχεσθε αντέχεσθε ἀντέχεσθε αντεχόμενοι αντεχομένοις αντεχομενον αντεχόμενον ἀντεχόμενον αντεχόμενος αντεχομένους αντέχωνται antechesthe antéchesthe antechomenon antechómenon anthexetai anthéxetai Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 472 4 Occurrences ἀντέχεσθε — 1 Occ. ἀντεχόμενον — 1 Occ. ἀνθέξεται — 2 Occ. Matthew 6:24 V-FIM-3S GRK: ἢ ἑνὸς ἀνθέξεται καὶ τοῦ NAS: or he will be devoted to one KJV: or else he will hold to the one, INT: or [the] one he will be devoted to and the Luke 16:13 V-FIM-3S GRK: ἢ ἑνὸς ἀνθέξεται καὶ τοῦ NAS: or else he will be devoted to one KJV: or else he will hold to the one, INT: or one he will be devoted to and the 1 Thessalonians 5:14 V-PMM/P-2P GRK: τοὺς ὀλιγοψύχους ἀντέχεσθε τῶν ἀσθενῶν NAS: the fainthearted, help the weak, KJV: the feebleminded, support the weak, INT: the faint-hearted help the weak Titus 1:9 V-PPM/P-AMS GRK: ἀντεχόμενον τοῦ κατὰ NAS: holding fast the faithful word KJV: Holding fast the faithful word INT: holding to the according to 4 Occurrences