κρατέω

imperfect 2 person plural ἐκρατειτε, Mk 14:49 Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading; future κρατήσω; 1 aorist ἐκράτησα; perfect infinitive κεκρατηκέναι; passive, present κρατοῦμαι; imperfect ἐκρατουμην; perfect 3 person plural κεκράτηνται; (κράτος (which see)); the Sept. chiefly for חָזַק, also for אָחַז (to seize), etc.; from Homer down;
1. to have power, be powerful; to be chief, be master of, to rule: absolutely for מָלַך, Est 1:1; Est 1:1 Esdr. 4:38; ὁ κρατῶν, Wis. 14:19; οἱ κρατοῦντες, 2 Macc. 4:50; τίνος, to be ruler of one, Prov 16:32; Prov 17:2 (for מָשַׁל); Wis. 3:8; never so in the N. T.
2. to get possession of; i. e.
a. to become master of, to obtain: τῆς προθέσεως, Acts 27:13 ((Diodorus Siculus 16, 20; others) cf. Buttmann, 161 (140); on the tense, Winers Grammar, 334 (313)).
b. to take bold of: τῆς χειρός τίνος (cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 8 d.; Buttmann, as above), Mt 9:25; Mk 1:31; Mk 5:41; Mk 9:27 L T Tr WH; Lk 8:54; τινα τῆς χειρός, to take one by the hand, Mk 9:27 R G, cf. Matthiae, § 331; τινα, to hold one fast in order not to be sent away, Acts 3:11, cf. Meyer at the passage; τούς πόδας τίνος, to embrace one's knees, Mt 28:9; tropically, τόν λόγον, to lay hold of mentally (cf. our 'catch at'; but others refer this example to 3 b. below), Mk 9:10 (join πρός ἑαυτούς with συζητοῦντες).
c. to lay hold of, take, seize: τινα, to lay hands on one in order to get him into one's power, Mt 14:3; Mt 18:28; Mt 21:46; Mt 22:6; Mt 26:4, Mt 26:48, Mt 26:50, Mt 26:55, Mt 26:57; Mk 3:21; Mk 6:17; Mk 12:12; Mk 14:1, Mk 14:44, Mk 14:46, Mk 14:49, Mk 14:51; Acts 24:6; Rev 20:2; (2 Sam 6:6; Ps 136:9); τί, Mt 12:11.
3. to hold; i. e.
a. to hold in the hand: τί ἐν τῇ δεξιά, Rev 2:1 (τῇ ἀριστερά τόν ἄρτον, Plutarch, mor., p. 99 d.).
b. to hold fast, i. e. tropically, not to discard or let go; to keep carefully and faithfully: ὁ ἔχετε, ἔχεις, Rev 2:25; Rev 3:11; τό ὄνομα μου, Rev 2:13; one's authority, τήν κεφαλήν, i. e. ἐκεῖνον ὅς ἐστιν ἡ κεφαλή, Christ, Col 2:19; τήν παράδοσιν, Mk 7:3f, 8; τάς παραδόσεις, 2 Thess 2:15; τήν διδαχήν, Rev 2:14f; also with a genitive of the thing, of blessings in which different individuals are participants: τῆς ὁμολογίας, Heb 4:14; τῆς ἐλπίδος, Heb 6:18 (others refer this example to 2 above) (cf. 2 Sam 3:6).
c. to continue to hold, to retain: of death continuing to hold one, passive Acts 2:24; τάς ἁμαρτίας (opposed to ἀφίημι), to retain sins, i. e. not to remit, Jn 20:23; to hold in check, restrain: followed by ἵνα μή, Rev 7:1; by τοῦ μή (Winers Grammar, 325 (305); Buttmann, § 140, 16 β.), Lk 24:16. On the construction of this verb with the genitive and accusative, cf. Matthiae, § 359f; Winers Grammar, § 30, 8 d.; Buttmann, 161 (140).