κρατέω

kratevw kratevw; imperfect 2 person plural
ejkrateite, Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading; future
krathvsw; 1 aorist
ejkravthsa; perfect infinitive
kekrathkevnai; passive, present
kratou'mai; imperfect
ejkratoumhn; perfect 3 person plural
kekravthntai; (
kravto" (which see)); the Septuagint chiefly for qz"j;, also for zj'a; (to seize), etc.; from Homer down;1. to have power, be powerful; to be chief, be master of, to rule: absolutely for &l'm;, Esth. ; Esdr. ;
oJ
kratw'n, Sap. ;
oiJ
kratou'nte", ;
tivno", to be ruler of one, ; (for lv'm;); Sap. ; never so in the N. T.2. to get possession of; i. e. a. to become master of, to obtain:
th'"
proqevsew", ((Diodorus Siculus 16, 20; others) cf. Buttmann, 161 (140); on the tense, Winer's Grammar, 334 (313)). b. to take bold of:
th'"
ceirov"
tivno" (cf. Winer's Grammar, sec. 30, 8 d.; Buttmann, as above), ; ; ; L T Tr WH; ;
tina
th'"
ceirov", to take one by the hand, R G, cf. Matthiae, sec. 331;
tina, to hold one fast in order not to be sent away, , cf. Meyer at the passage;
touv"
povda"
tivno", to embrace one's knees, ; tropically,
tovn
lovgon, to lay hold of mentally (cf. our `catch at'; but others refer this example to 3 b. below), (join
prov"
eJautouv" with
suzhtou'nte"). c. to lay hold of, take, seize:
tina, to lay hands on one in order to get him into one's power, ; ; ; ; ,,,,; ; ; ; ,,,,; ; ; (; ());
tiv, .3. to hold; i. e. a. to hold in the hand:
tiv
ejn
th'/
dexiav, (
th'/
ajristerav
tovn
a[rton, Plutarch, mor., p. 99 d.). b. to hold fast, i. e. tropically, not to discard or let go; to keep carefully and faithfully:
oJ
e[cete,
e[cei", ; ;
tov
o[noma
mou, ; one's authority,
thvn
kefalhvn, i. e.
ejkei'non
o{"
ejstin
hJ
kefalhv, Christ, ;
thvn
paravdosin, f,8;
tav"
paradovsei", ;
thvn
didachvn, f; also with a genitive of the thing, of blessings in which different individuals are participants:
th'"
oJmologiva", ;
th'"
ejlpivdo", (others refer this example to 2 above) (cf. ). c. to continue to hold, to retain: of death continuing t