ἐνέχω

ἐν-έχω

[in LXX: Gen.49:23 (סָתַם), Eze.14:4, 7, 3Ma.6:10 * ;]

1. to hold in; pass., to be held, entangled: with dative of thing(s); jig., ζυγῷ δουλείας, Gal.5:1 (cf. MM, Exp., xii); θλίψρεσιν, 2Th.1:4 (cf. ἀσεβείσιν, 3Mac, l.with).

2. to set oneself against, be urgent against (as Ge, l.with; for con­struction, see Swete, Mk., l.with): Mrk.6:19, Luk.11:53.†

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