Strong G2001ἐπισχύω
to insist
- Transliteration
- epischuō
- Pronunciation
- ep-is-khoo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐπ-ισχύω
[in LXX: Sir.29:1, 1Ma.6:6 *;]
1. to make stronger (Sir, l.with).
2. to grow stronger; metaphorically, be more urgent: Luk.23:5.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Sir.29:1, 1Ma.6:6 *;]
1. to make stronger (Sir, l.with).
2. to grow stronger; metaphorically, be more urgent: Luk.23:5.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2001 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fierce1
First verses
- Luke 23:5And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπισχύω,
(ἰσχύς) make strong or powerful, τὴν πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 11.13.)]
II intransitive, to be or grow strong, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.1.4)]; prevail, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.59, 1st c.AD: Cornutus Philosophus “de Natura Deorum” 7)]; to be urgent, ἐπίσχυον λέγοντες [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Luke.23.5; ὁ λόγος -ύσει πρὸς συμβουλίαν ἢ διδαχήν 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 48.6.)]
(ἰσχύς) make strong or powerful, τὴν πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 11.13.)]
II intransitive, to be or grow strong, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.1.4)]; prevail, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.59, 1st c.AD: Cornutus Philosophus “de Natura Deorum” 7)]; to be urgent, ἐπίσχυον λέγοντες [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Luke.23.5; ὁ λόγος -ύσει πρὸς συμβουλίαν ἢ διδαχήν 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 48.6.)]