συνέχω
sunechō
- to hold/oppress
- to hold together
- to hem in, press on every side
- to hold fast
- to hold in charge
- to constrain
STEPBible TBESG
Glosses: to hold/oppress
συν-έχω
[in LXX for עָצָר, חָבַר, etc. ;]
__1. to hold together (τ. συνέχον τ. πάντα, Wis.1:7): of closing the ears, Act.7:57 (τ. στόμα, Isa.52:15); to hem in, press on every side: Luk.8:45 19:43.
__2. to hold fast;
__(a) of a prisoner, to hold in charge (Luc.; cf. exx. in Deiss. BS, 160; MM, xxiv): Luk.22:63;
__(b) to constrain: 2Co.5:14; pass. Luk.12:50, Act.18:5 (τ. λόγῳ; cf. Field, Notes, 128), Php.1:23; in pass. of ills, to be seized or afflicted by, suffering from: Mat.4:24, Luk.4:38 8:37, Act.28:8.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith
Glosses: to hold together; to hem in, press on every side; to hold fast; to hold in charge; to constrain
to hold together; to hem in, press on every side; to hold fast; to hold in charge; to constrain; to be seized or afflicted by, suffering from