to hold/oppress

Greek Verb

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)

to hold/oppress

Greek Verb

συνέχω, aorist συνέσχον:—middle, future συνέξομαι in passive sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, aorist συνεσχέθην [Refs 4th c.BC+]: future infinitive συσχεθήσεσθαι [Refs 1st c.BC+] W:—hold or keep together, confine, secure, ὅθι ζωστῆρος ὀχῆες χρύσειοι σύνεχον [θώρηκα] [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵνα τε ξυνέχουσι τένοντες ἀγκῶνος where the sinews of the elbow hold [it] together, [Refs]meet, see below [Refs]; Ὠκεανός. συνεῖχε σάκος enclosed, compassed it, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Αἴτνα σ. [Τυφῶνα] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὼ μηρὼ σ. hold them together, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; συνέσχον τὰ ὦτα αὐτῶν closed or stopped their ears, [NT]; μηδὲ συσχέτω ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ φρέαρ τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ let not the pit close its mouth upon me, [LXX]; τὸ δέρμα σ. [τὰ ὀστᾶ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἄτλας ἅπαντα σ[LXX]passive, τὸ λεγόμενον ἐν φρέατι συσχόμενος” trapped in a well, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ καρπὸς. ἂν μὴ πλυθῇ. συνέχεται sticks together, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ στόμα οὐ συνεσχέθη ἔτι my mouth was no longer closed, [LXX] 2) keep together, keep from dispersing, στράτευμα, δύναμιν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; continue, keep on, μὴ πλείους πέντε ἡμερῶν σύσχῃς τὸ ὕδωρ (the flooding) [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; keep, τοὺς πολίτας σ. ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις [Refs 1st c.AD+]; preserve, οἱ ἅλες ἐπὶ πλεῖστον [τὰ σώματα] συνέχοντες [Refs 1st c.AD+]; maintain, σ. τοὺς στρατιώτας ἐκ τῶν ἱεροσυληθέντων λειψάνων [Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, to be continuous, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; to be maintained, πᾶσα ἕξις. ὑπὸ τῶν καταλλήλων ἔργων συνέχεται καὶ αὔξεται [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 2.b) of social and political order, σ. πόλεις keep states together, keep them from falling to pieces, maintain them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ θεοὺς καὶ ἀνθρώπους ἡ κοινωνία σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν οἴνῳ τὰς ἀρχὰς συνεῖχε conducted the government over wine, [LXX+5th c.BC+]; ξ. τὴν εἰρεσίαν keep the rowers together, make them pull in time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, μετ᾽ ἀλλήλων συνέχεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2.c) keep together in friendship, ἁμέ [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τὸ ὂν συνέχεται. φιλίᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2.d) passive also, engage in close combat, ἐγχειριδίοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of sexual intercourse, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 2.e) occupy or engage, ἑαυτὸν ἐν γυναιξὶ καὶ θιάσοις [Refs 1st c.AD+] 3) contain, comprise, embrace, εἷς λόγος πάσας τὰς αἰσθήσεις σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ συνέχον the chief matter, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] the chief reason for. , [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τῆς σωτηρίας the chief means of. , [Refs]; τὰ σ. τῶν ἐγγράπτων the chief clauses, [Refs] —passive, τὸν πρὸς τῇ ὑπεκλύσει πυρετὸν ὑπ᾽ ἄλλης αἰτίας συνέχεσθαι is chiefly caused (compare συνεκτικός) by, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 4) detain, τὰς καμήλους ἐν τῇ Νεχθενίβιος (i.e. κώμῃ) [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; sequestrate, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; keep under arrest, [NT+3rd c.BC+]:—passive, συνέχομαι ἐμ φυλακῇ [Refs 3rd c.BC+], etc; of things held as security, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] 5) constrain or force one to a thing, ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Χριστοῦ σ. ἡμᾶς [NT]; oppress, [NT+2nd c.AD+]passive, συνέχεσθαί τινι to be constrained, distressed, afflicted, and, generally, to be affected by anything whether in mind or body, πατρὶ συνείχετο. χαλεπῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. πολέμῳ, δουληΐῃ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δίψῃ, πόνῳ, [NT+5th c.BC+]; τῷ λόγῳ (variant{πνεύματι}) [NT+1st c.BC+]; συνεχομένη τῇ συνειδήσει[LXX] 6) constrain, hinder, hold back, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σύσχῃ τὸν οὐρανόν shut up the heaven, [LXX]; συνεσχέθη ὁ ὑετὸς ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ[LXX]; συνεσχέθη ἡ θραῦσις ἐπάνωθεν Ἰσραήλ the plague was stayed from Israel,[LXX+2nd c.AD+] 7) hold at the same time, δύο σχολάς [Refs 1st c.BC+] 8) buy up and withhold, make a corner in, σῖτον [LXX] 9) Grammars, σ. τὸ ἄρθρον to be accompanied by the article, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 10) συνέσχον I also received. , [Refs 3rd c.AD+] II) intransitive, meet, see[Refs 4th c.BC+]; πρός τι to be connected with, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

Greek

Verb

to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy; constrain, hold, keep in, press, lie sick of, stop, be in a strait, straiten, be taken with, throng; from g4862 (σύν) and g2192 (ἔχω)