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κατάσχεσις

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
κατάσχεσις, εως, ἡ
Greek transliteration: 
kataschesis
Simplified transliteration: 
kataschesis
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2697
GK Number: 
2959
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-3e(5b)
Gloss: 
possession, taking into possession
Definition: 
a possession, thing possessed, Acts 7:5, 45*

Greek-English Concordance for κατάσχεσις

Acts 7:5 Yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, but promised to give it to him as a possession (kataschesin | κατάσχεσιν | acc sg fem) and to his descendants after him, though as yet Abraham had no child.
Acts 7:45 And when our fathers received it in return, they brought it in with Joshua in taking (kataschesei | κατασχέσει | dat sg fem) possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, until the days of David,