- Transliteration: Antechomai

- Phonetic: an-tekh'-om-ahee

- Definition:

1. to hold before or against, hold back, withstand, endure

2. to keep one's self directly opposite to any one, hold to him firmly, cleave to, paying heed to him

- Origin: from G473" class="dictionary-topic-link">G473 and the middle voice of G2192" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2192

- TDNT entry: 15:47,3

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From G473" class="dictionary-topic-link">G473 and the middle of G2192" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2192; to hold oneself opposite to that is (by implication) adhere to; by extension to care for: - hold fast hold to support.