Greek verb · G1758
ἐνέχω
enechoen-ekh'-o
to hold in; to set oneself against, be urgent against
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: enéchō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1758is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1758
to hold in or upon, i.e. ensnare; by implication, to keep a grudge
The King James renders it: entangle with, have a quarrel against, urge.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
enecho is rendered "to hold in; to set oneself against, be urgent against". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- One of the uses stand in Mark, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to hold in".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 6:19So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,
Mark 6:19ἐνεῖχεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
One of the word's three uses is in Mark.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to hold in, and to set oneself against, be urgent against.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to hold inpass., to be held, entangled | Tagged as
| WhereGalatians 5:1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then… |
| to set oneself against, be urgent against | Tagged as
| WhereMark 6:19So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable, |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐνεῖχεν1
- ἐνέχειν1
- ἐνέχεσθε.¶1
The grammar of each form
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-IAI-3S
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PAN
- verb · present passive, command · 2nd person plural1V-PPM-2P
Mark
one use
So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,
- ἐνεῖχενeneichenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was holding it
Luke
one use
As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,
- ἐνέχεινenecheinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to press upon
Galatians
one use
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
- ἐνέχεσθε.¶enechestheverb · present passive, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do be entangled
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.