G2697

κατάσχεσις

kataschesisG:N-F

possession

κατά-σχεσις, -εως, ἡ (κατέχω), [in LXX nearly always for אֲחֻזָּה ] __1. a holding back. __2. LXX and NT, a holding fast, possession: Act.7:5, 45.† (AS)

The KJV translates G2697 in the following manner:

possession (4x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

κατάσχεσις — katáschesis

κατάσχεσις, κατασχέσεως, ἡ (κατέχω), the Sept. often for אֲחֻזָּה, possession;

1. a holding back, hindering: anonymous in Walz, Rhetor. i., p. 616, 20.

2. a holding fast, possession: γῆν δοῦναι εἰς κατάσχεσιν, to give in possession the land, Act 7:5, as in Gen 17:8; Deu 32:49 Alex.; Eze 33:24; Ezekiel 36:2f, 5; Josephus, Antiquities 9, 1, 2; (Test xii. Patr., test. Benj. § 10); with the genitive of the subjunctive τῶν ἐθνῶν, of the territory possessed by (the possession of) the nations, Act 7:45; (a portion given to keep, Philo, rer. div. haer. § 40 (cf. Psa 2:8)).

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