1 Corinthians 15:2:101 Cor.15.2.W10TAB
κατέχετε
katekhete
“you hold fast”
- Transliteration
- ka-TE-khe-te
- Extended
- kah-TEH-kheh-teh
- IPA
- /kaˈte.kʰe.te/
Meaning by language
- English
- you hold fast
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-TE-khe-te
- sentence
di hou KAI SÔI-dze-s-the TI-ni LO-gô eu-êŋ-ge-li-SA-mên hy-MIN ei ka-TE-khe-te ek-TOS ei mê ei-KÊ e-pi-STEUS-sa-te
Exegesis
A conditional clause ei ka-té-che-te {εἰ κατέχετε | ei ka-té-che-te} ‘if you hold fast’ introduces the requirement of persevering adherence.
In context — 1 Corinthians 15:2
By it you also are being saved, if you keep holding fast to the word I proclaimed as good news to you—unless indeed you believed in vain .
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 15:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Corinthians 15:2, so the Greek word κατέχετε (katekhete) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Cor.15.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.15.2.W10.S1) and character.