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Koine Greek wordlink #137796

SR GNT 1 Tim 4:16 Ἔπεχε (Epeⱪe) ‘be holding_on to yourself and to the’ Strongs=19070 Lemma=epeχō
Word role=verb mood=imperative tense=present voice=active person=2nd number=singular
Year=65 AD

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Only use of identical word form Ἔπεχε (V-MPA2··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘Ἔπεχε’ (V-MPA2··S) is always and only glossed as ‘be holding_on’.

1 Tim 4:16 ‘be holding_on to yourself and to the’ SR GNT 1 Tim 4:16 word 1

OET-LV: 16 Be _holding _on to _yourself and to _the teaching. Be _continuing _on in _them, because/for doing this, you _will _be _saving both yourself and the ones hearing from _you. (TI1_4:16)

OET-RV: 16 Hold on to your own integrity and to this teaching, and stay faithful to them, because as you do, you’ll be saving both yourself and the people listening to you. (TI1 4:16)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘epeχō’ have 5 different glosses: ‘be holding_on’, ‘was holding_on’, ‘held_on’, ‘holding_up’, ‘noticing’.

Greek words (1) other than Ἔπεχε (V-MPA2··S) with a gloss related to ‘holding_on’

ACTs 3:5 ἐπεῖχεν (epeiⱪen) V-IIA3··S ‘he and was holding_on to them expecting something’ SR GNT Acts 3:5 word 4

OET-LV: 5 And he was _holding _on to _them, expecting to _receive something from them. (ACT_3:5)

OET-RV: 5 So the man grabbed onto them, expecting to get given something by them. (ACT 3:5)

Key: V=verb