Katechonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κατέχον (katékhon, “that which withholds”) or Ancient Greek κατέχων (katékhōn, “the one who withholds”).

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名詞

katechon

1. (theology) Someone or something (of disputed identity) whose removal is necessary before the Antichrist can be fully manifested, according to 2 Thessalonians 2:6-7 in the Bible.
   • 2025 October 10, Johana Bhuiyan, Dara Kerr, Nick Robins-Early, “Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     He [Peter Thiel] frequently oscillates between talking about the antichrist and the katechon – a term very briefly used in the Bible that refers to something holding back the coming of the antichrist.

派生語

• katechonic, katechontic