G1907
ἐπέχω
to hold fast/out
ἐπ-έχω [in LXX for חָדַל, etc.; also Sir.8:1 34:2, 2Ma.5:25 2Mac 9:25, al. ;] __1. to hold upon. __2. Like παρέχω (as in Hom., al.), to hold out, offer: λόγον ζωῆς, Php.2:16. __3. to hold or direct towards, Sc.νοῦν; __(a) absol., to intend, purpose; __(b) to observe, give attention to (see MM, Exp., xiv): before πῶς, Luk.14:7; with dative of person(s), Act.3:5, 1Ti.4:16. __4. to stay, wait: Act.19:22 (in legal phrase, MM, Exp., l.with).† (AS)
The KJV translates G1907 in the following manner:
unto (4x), forth (2x), he (2x), marked (2x), stayed (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
ἐπέχω — epéchō
ἐπέχω; imperfect ἐπειχον; 2 aorist ἐπέσχον;
1. to have or hold upon, apply: namely, τόν νοῦν, to observe, attend to, followed by an indirect question, Luk 14:7; τίνι, dative of person, to give attention to one, Act 3:5; 1Ti 4:16 (with the dative of a thing, Sir 31:2 (Sir 34:2); 2Ma 9:25; Polybius 3, 43, 2, etc.; fully ὀφθαλμόν τίνι, Lucian, dial. Mar 1:1-45; Mar 2:1-28).
2. to hold toward, hold forth, present: λόγον ζωῆς, as a light, by which illumined ye are the lights of the world, Php 2:16 (others besides, cf. Meyer or Ellicott at the passage).
3. to check ((cf. English hold up), German anhalten): namely, ἐμαυτόν, to delay, stop, stay, Act 19:22, and in Greek writings from Homer down; (cf. Winers Grammar, § 38, 1; Buttmann, 144 (126); Fritzsche on Sir 5:1).
5 occurrences
Luke (1), Acts (2), Philippians (1), I Timothy (1)