{"def":{"short":"to hold together, i.e., to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy","long":["to hold together",["any whole, lest it fall to pieces or something fall away from it"],"to hold together with constraint, to compress",["to hold one's ears, to shut the heavens that it may not rain","to press on every side",["of a besieged city","of a strait, that forces a ship into a narrow channel","of a cattle squeeze, that pushing in on each side, forcing the beast into a position where it cannot move so the farmer can administer medication"]],"to hold completely",["to hold fast",["of a prisoner"],"metaphorically",["to be held by, closely occupied with any business","in teaching the word","to constrain, oppress, of ills laying hold of one and distressing him","to be held with, afflicted with, suffering from","to urge, impel",["of the soul"]]]]},"deriv":"from G4862 and G2192","pronun":{"ipa":"synˈɛ.xo","ipa_mod":"sjunˈe̞.xow","sbl":"synechō","dic":"soon-EH-hoh","dic_mod":"syoon-A-hoh"},"see":["G2192","G4862"]}