Lexical Summary antechomai: to hold against, to hold firmly to Original Word: ἀντέχομαιTransliteration: antechomai Phonetic Spelling: (an-tekh'-om-ahee) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to hold against, to hold firmly to Meaning: to hold against, to hold firmly to Strong's 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 Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 472: ἀντέχωἀντέχω: 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)). |
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