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Strong's #2192: echidna (pronounced ekh'-id-nah)

a primary verb; to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition):--be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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echō

1) to have, i.e. to hold

1a) to have (hold) in the hand, in the sense of wearing, to have (hold) possession of the mind (refers to alarm, agitating emotions, etc.), to hold fast keep, to have or comprise or involve, to regard or consider or hold as

2) to have, i.e. own, possess

2a) external things such as pertain to property or riches or furniture or utensils or goods or food etc.

2b) used of those joined to any one by the bonds of natural blood or marriage or friendship or duty or law etc, of attendance or companionship

3) to hold one' s self or find one' s self so and so, to be in such or such a condition

4) to hold one' s self to a thing, to lay hold of a thing, to adhere or cling to

4a) to be closely joined to a person or a thing

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: including an alternate form scheo, used in certain tenses only), a primary verb

Citing in TDNT: 2:816, 286




Usage:

This word is used 709 times:

John 18:10: "Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and"
John 19:7: "answered him, We have a law, and by our"
John 19:10: "knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and"
John 19:10: "to crucify thee, and have power to release"
John 19:11: "Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me,"
John 19:11: "therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin."
John 19:15: "The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar."
John 20:31: "and that believing ye might have life through his name."
John 21:5: "saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him,"
Acts 1:12: "which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey."
Acts 2:44: "were together, and had all things common;"
Acts 2:45: "to all men, as every man had need."
Acts 2:47: "Praising God, and having favor with all the"
Acts 3:6: "none; but such as I have give I thee: In the"
Acts 4:14: "standing with them, they could say nothing against"
Acts 4:35: "unto every man according as he had need."
Acts 7:1: "the high priest, Are these things so?"
Acts 8:7: "voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and"
Acts 9:14: "And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind"
Acts 9:31: "Then had the churches rest throughout all"
Acts 12:15: "But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they,"
Acts 13:5: "of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister."
Acts 14:9: "and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,"
Acts 15:21: "For Moses of old time hath in every city"
Acts 15:36: "the word of the Lord, and see how they do."
Acts 16:16: "prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us,"
Acts 17:11: "daily, whether those things were so."
Acts 18:18: "his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow."
Acts 19:13: "took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name"
Acts 19:38: "craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open,"
Acts 20:15: "tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus."
Acts 20:24: "But none of these things move me, neither count I my life"
Acts 21:13: "heart? for I am ready not to be bound only,"
Acts 21:23: "have four men which have a vow on them;"
Acts 21:26: "the men, and the next day purifying himself with them"
Acts 23:17: "this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing"
Acts 23:18: "me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say"
Acts 23:19: "and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?"
Acts 23:29: "of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death"
Acts 24:9: "assented, saying that these things were so."
Acts 24:15: " And have hope toward God, which they themselves also"
Acts 24:16: "herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offense"
Acts 24:19: "thee, and object, if they had aught against me."
Acts 24:23: "to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none"
Acts 24:25: "trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have"
Acts 25:16: "before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face,"
Acts 25:19: "But had certain questions against him of their own"
Acts 25:26: "Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord."
Acts 25:26: "O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write."
Acts 27:39: "they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded,"









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