Strong's Number G4912

συνέχω

sunecho · soon-ekh'-o

Transliteration:

sunecho{soon-ekh'-o}

Word Origin:

from 4862 and 2192

TDNT:

7:877,1117

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy

Usage in the KJV:

be taken with 3, throng 1, straiten 1, keep in 1, hold 1, stop 1, press 1, lie sick of 1, constrain 1, be in a strait 1

Total: 12
Occurs 12 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

to hold together
1. any whole, lest it fall to pieces or something fall away from it
to hold together with constraint, to compress
1. to press together with the hand
2. to hold one's ears, to shut the heavens that it may not rain
3. to press on every side
  1. of a besieged city
  2. of a strait, that forces a ship into a narrow channel
  3. of a cattle squeeze, that pushing in on each side, forcing the beast into a position where it cannot move so the farmer can administer medication
to hold completely
1. to hold fast
  1. of a prisoner
2. metaph.
  1. to be held by, closely occupied with any business
  2. in teaching the word
  3. to constrain, oppress, of ills laying hold of one and distressing him
  4. to be held with, afflicted with, suffering from
  5. to urge, impel
  6. of the soul