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,

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