02722

@LINK κατέχω

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2722. κατέχω fut. καθέξω fut. κατασχήσω aor2 κατέσχον poet. κατέσχεθον epic 3rd sg. κάσχεθε *A. trans. to hold fast, Hes.
2. to hold back, withhold, Hom.:— to check, restrain, control, bridle, Hdt., attic: —Pass. to be held down, to be bound, kept under, Hdt.
3. to detain, id=Hdt., Xen.:—Pass. to be detained, to stay, stop, tarry, Hdt., Soph.
II. to have in possession, possess, occupy, Trag.
2. of sound, to fill, ἀλαλητῷ πεδίον κατέχουσι Il.; κ. στρατόπεδον δυσφημίαις to fill it with his grievous cries, Soph.
3. βιοτὰν κ. to continue a life, id=Soph.
4. to occupy, be spread over, cover, νὺξ κάτεχ᾽ οὐρανόν Od.; ἡμέρα κατέσχε γαῖαν Aesch.:—in Mid., κατέσχετο πρόσωπα covered her face, Od.
5. of the grave, to confine, cover, Hom.
6. of conditions and the like, to hold down, overpower, oppress, afflict, Od., Soph.: —of circumstances, to occupy or engage one, Hdt.
7. to occupy, in right of conquest, id=Hdt., Soph., etc.
8. to master, understand, Plat.
9. in Pass., of persons, to be possessed, inspired, Xen., Plat.
III. to follow close upon, press hard, Lat. urgere, Xen.
IV. to bring a ship to land, bring it in or to, Hdt.
B. intr.:
1. (sub. ἑαυτόν) to control oneself, Soph., Plat.:— to hold, stop, cease, of the wind, Ar.
2. to come from the high sea to shore, put in, Hhymn., Hdt., attic
3. to prevail, ὁ λόγος κατέχει the report prevails, is rife, Thuc.; σεισμοὶ κατ. earthquakes prevail, are frequent, id=Thuc.
4. to have the upper hand, Theogn., Arist.
C. Mid. to keep back for oneself, embezzle, Hdt.
2. to cover oneself, v. supr. A. II. 4.
3. to hold, contain, Polyb.
II. the aor. mid. is also used like a Pass., to be stopped, to stop, Od.:— κατασχόμενος subdued, Pind.

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2722. κατέχω katevcw katecho {kat-ekh'-o}
from 2596 and 2192; to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively):--have, hold (fast), keep (in memory), let, X make toward, possess, retain, seize on, stay, take, withhold. see GREEK for 2596 see GREEK for 2192

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2722 Choreb kho-rabe'

from 2717; desolate; Choreb, a (generic) name for the
Sinaitic mountains:--Horeb.
see HEBREW for 02717