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Koine Greek wordlink #144513

SR GNT Heb 10:23 Κατέχωμεν (Kateⱪōmen) ‘we may_be retaining the confession of our’ Strongs=27220 Lemma=kateχō
Word role=verb mood=subjunctive tense=present voice=active person=1st number=plural
Year=64 AD

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Only use of identical word form Κατέχωμεν (V-SPA1··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘Κατέχωμεν’ (V-SPA1··P) is always and only glossed as ‘we may_be retaining’.

Heb 10:23 ‘we may_be retaining the confession of our’ SR GNT Heb 10:23 word 1

OET-LV: 23 We _may _be _retaining the confession of _our hope unwavering, because/for faithful is the one having _promised, (HEB_10:23)

OET-RV: 23 We can hold onto the confession of our unwavering hope because the one who made the promise is faithful, (HEB 10:23)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘kateχō’ have 13 different glosses: ‘are keeping it’, ‘be keeping’, ‘to_be keeping’, ‘were_being kept’, ‘they were keeping’, ‘they were restraining’, ‘we may retain’, ‘we may_be retaining’, ‘we were_being kept’, ‘you_all are keeping’, ‘keeping’, ‘restraining’, ‘restraining it’.

Key: V=verb