Verb antechō (to cling to) in the New Testament

(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

6: 24"No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or cling to (antechō) the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

Luke

16: 13No slave can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or cling to (antechō) to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth."

1 Thessalonians

5: 14And we urge you, beloved, to admonish the idlers, cling to (antechō) the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with all of them.

Titus

1: 9He must cling to (antechō) the word that is trustworthy in accordance with the teaching, so that he may be able both to preach with sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict it.