UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: συνέχω; aor.; συνέσχον

Related lemmas: ἔχω

Sense 1: to control, to restrain

Semantic entry: 37.17

Semantic domains: Control, Rule

Subdomains: Control, Restrain

Definition: to exercise continuous control over someone or something

Notes: There is usually no difficulty in speaking of ‘control’ if it is performed by a person as in OET PE1 2:13. However, it may not be possible to speak of ‘death’ having control, unless the language in question can personify death. In some instances OET ACT 2:24 (see 37.16: κρατέω) must be rendered as ‘it was impossible for him to continue to be dead,’ and in OET CO2 5:14 ‘Christ’s love controls us’ may be rendered as ‘the fact that Christ loves us causes us to act as we do.’

Show passage in OET: CO2 5:14

OET-RV CO2 5:14

14 because the messiah’s love controls us since we are convinced that he died for everyone. Hence we’ve all died

OET-LV CO2 5:14

14 For/Because the love of _the chosen _one /messiah is _holding us, having _judged this, that one for all died _off, consequently which all died _off.

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Sense 2: to guard, to keep watch, custody

Semantic entry: 37.122

Semantic domains: Control, Rule

Subdomains: Guard, Watch Over

Definition: to continue to hold in custody

Notes: The act of holding someone in custody or guarding an individual may be expressed as ‘standing guard to see that someone will not escape’ or ‘watching carefully so that one cannot run off’ or ‘tying someone up so that he cannot leave.’

Show passage in OET: LUK 22:63

OET-RV LUK 22:63

63 Meanwhile the officers who were holding Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) started mocking him and beating him.

OET-LV LUK 22:63

63 And the men which holding him, were _mocking at _him beating.

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Sense 3: to press in, to crowd around

Semantic entry: 19.45

Semantic domains: Physical Impact

Subdomains: Press

Definition: to press in hard from all sides

Show passage in OET: LUK 8:45

OET-RV LUK 8:45

45 and Yeshua stopped and said, “Who touched me?”
¶ No one owned up, and Kefa (Peter; Grk. Petros) said, “Master, there’s people all around you and they’re pressing against you.”

OET-LV LUK 8:45

45 And the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) said:
Who is the one having _touched against _me?
And disowning it all, the Petros said:
Master, the crowds are _pressing you and they _are _pressing _in.

Show passage in OET: LUK 19:43

OET-RV LUK 19:43

43 because in the future, your enemies will surround you and build a palisade around you and attack you from every side.

OET-LV LUK 19:43

43 Because days will _be _coming on you, and the enemies of _you will _be _throwing _around a_palisade to _you, and they _will _be _surrounding you and they _will _be _pressing you on _every _side,

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Jump to OET LUK 19:43 section.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: OET LUK 8:45 · OET LUK 19:43

PHP: OET PHP 1:23

Sense 4: to refuse to listen, to refuse to pay attention

Semantic entry: 24.70

Semantic domains: Sensory Events and States

Subdomains: Hear

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to hold the ears closed) to refuse to listen to what is being said

Notes: In some languages the refusal to hear may be expressed idiomatically as ‘they put their hands over their ears’ or ‘they closed their ears’ or ‘the words never entered their heads.’

Collocations: συνέχω τὰ ὦτα

Show passage in OET: ACT 7:57

OET-RV ACT 7:57

57 At this point, they blocked their ears and rushed together to grab Stefanos, yelling loudly.

OET-LV ACT 7:57

57 But having _cried _out with_a_ loud _voice, they _held the ears of _them, and they _rushed with _one _accord on him.

Jump to OET ACT 7:57 section.

Sense 5: to experience, to have

Semantic entry: 90.65

Semantic domains: Case

Subdomains: Experiencer

Definition: to experience a state or condition, generally involving duration

Show passage in OET: MAT 4:24

OET-RV MAT 4:24

24 and the news about this went all the way up to Aram (Syria). So they brought all their sick and diseased people to him, as well as those who were suffering or demon-possessed, along with those who had seizures or were paralysed, and Yeshua healed them.

OET-LV MAT 4:24

24 And the report of _him went _away into all the Suria/(ʼArām).
And they _brought to _him all the ones sickly, having with _various diseases, and being _gripped _with with _torments, being _demon _possessed, and being _epileptic, and paralytic, and he _healed them.

Show passage in OET: LUK 4:38

OET-RV LUK 4:38

38 After getting up and leaving the Jewish meeting hall, Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) went to Shim’on’s (Simon) home where Shim’on’s mother-in-law had been struck with a high fever and they asked Yeshua about it.

OET-LV LUK 4:38

38 And from the synagogue having _risen _up, he _came _in into the house of _Simōn.
And the_mother _in _law of_ the _Simōn was being _gripped _with with_a_ great _fever, and they _asked to _him about her.

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Jump to OET LUK 4:38 section.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 4:24

LUK: OET LUK 4:38 · OET LUK 8:37 · OET LUK 12:50

ACT: OET ACT 28:8

Sense 6: to be distressed, to be troubled

Semantic entry: 25.241

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Worry, Anxiety, Distress, Peace

Definition: to experience great psychological pressure and anxiety

Show passage in OET: LUK 12:50

OET-RV LUK 12:50

50 but I have to undergo an immersion into suffering, and until it’s achieved, the weight of it coming crushes my soul.

OET-LV LUK 12:50

50 But I _am _having to _be _immersed immersion, and how I _am _being _pressed until of _which it _may _be _accomplished.

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Sense 7: to continue to give oneself to, to continue to apply oneself to

Semantic entry: 68.19

Semantic domains: Aspect

Subdomains: Continue

Definition: to continue with close attention and devotion

Show passage in OET: ACT 18:5

OET-RV ACT 18:5

5 However when Silas and Timotheos arrived from Makedonia, Paulos was able to devote his full time to the message—demonstrating to the Yehudim that Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) is the promised messiah.

OET-LV ACT 18:5

5 But when the both Silas and the Timotheos, came _down from the Makedonia, the Paulos was _being _occupied with _the message, testifying to _the Youdaiōns, Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) to _be the chosen _one /messiah.

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Sense 8: to be pulled in two directions, to be betwixt and between, to have conflicting thoughts

Semantic entry: 30.18

Semantic domains: Think

Subdomains: To Think, Thought

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to be held together from) to be in a mental state between two alternatives

Notes: In a number of languages the rendering of this statement in OET PHP 1:23 must be expressed idiomatically, for example, ‘my mind is pulling me in two directions’ or ‘my thoughts are going in two different directions’ or ‘my heart is speaking two different words to me.’

Collocations: συνέχομαι ἐκ

Show passage in OET: PHP 1:23

OET-RV PHP 1:23

23 I feel squeezed between the two: the desire to depart from here and be with Messiah which would be much better,

OET-LV PHP 1:23

23 I _am _being _pressed and by the two, the desire having in _order that to _depart and with chosen _one /messiah to _be, because/for by _much more better,

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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