Strong G2729κατισχύω
to prevail
- Transliteration
- katischuō
- Pronunciation
- kat-is-khoo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
κατ-ισχύω
[in LXX chiefly for חָזַק;]
to overpower, prevail against, prevail: absol., Luk.23:23; with inf., Luk.21:36; with genitive, Mat.16:18.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for חָזַק;]
to overpower, prevail against, prevail: absol., Luk.23:23; with inf., Luk.21:36; with genitive, Mat.16:18.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2729 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- prevail2
- shall1
First verses
- Matthew 16:18And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
- Luke 23:23And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
κατισχύω,
future -ύσω [NT (NT.Matt.16.18)]:— overpower, prevail over, τινα [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 74, Aristeas 21, LXX.2Ch.8.3, +others; ὅταν ἡ τῆς πείρας ἀκρίβεια -ισχύῃ τὴν τῶν λόγων πιθανότητα 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.39: also with _genitive_, LXX.Jer.15.18, 3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “in Aristotelis Topicorum libros octo commentaria - pars” 248.19)]; [τῆς ἐκκλησίας] [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Matt.16.18; τινὸς σοφίᾳ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 5.19; Ἄρης κ. τῆς Σελήνης Vett. Val. 104.10)]; γενναίας φύσεως [Refs (Chor.in “Rev.Phil.” 1.57)]:—passive, to be worsted, ὑπ᾽ ἔρωτος [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.71; τῇ μάχῃ [prev. author] 17.45.)]
2 absolutely, have the upper hand, prevail, [LXX (LXX.Exo.17.11, +others)]; κ. τῷ πλήθει to be superior in.., [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.13.3; κατίσχυον αἱ φωναὶ αὐτῶν NT.Luke.23.23.)]
2.b to be prevalent, ὁρμαὶ καὶ ζῆλοι παρά τισι κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.4.6; κατισχυούσης τῆς θερμότητος 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.11.7; κατίσχυκεν ἡ φήμη παρὰ τοῖς πλείστοις 3rd c.BC: Antigonus Carystius Paradoxographus “Mirabilia” 152.)]
II come to one's full strength, δέμας in body, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 346, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.189 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
III transitive, strengthen, encourage, with accusative, [LXX (LXX.Deu.1.38, +others)]; τὰς χεῖράς τινων[LXX+1st c.BC+ (LXX.1Esd.7.15; οὐδετέραν τῶν στάσεων 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.65.)]
future -ύσω [NT (NT.Matt.16.18)]:— overpower, prevail over, τινα [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 74, Aristeas 21, LXX.2Ch.8.3, +others; ὅταν ἡ τῆς πείρας ἀκρίβεια -ισχύῃ τὴν τῶν λόγων πιθανότητα 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.39: also with _genitive_, LXX.Jer.15.18, 3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “in Aristotelis Topicorum libros octo commentaria - pars” 248.19)]; [τῆς ἐκκλησίας] [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Matt.16.18; τινὸς σοφίᾳ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 5.19; Ἄρης κ. τῆς Σελήνης Vett. Val. 104.10)]; γενναίας φύσεως [Refs (Chor.in “Rev.Phil.” 1.57)]:—passive, to be worsted, ὑπ᾽ ἔρωτος [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.71; τῇ μάχῃ [prev. author] 17.45.)]
2 absolutely, have the upper hand, prevail, [LXX (LXX.Exo.17.11, +others)]; κ. τῷ πλήθει to be superior in.., [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.13.3; κατίσχυον αἱ φωναὶ αὐτῶν NT.Luke.23.23.)]
2.b to be prevalent, ὁρμαὶ καὶ ζῆλοι παρά τισι κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.4.6; κατισχυούσης τῆς θερμότητος 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.11.7; κατίσχυκεν ἡ φήμη παρὰ τοῖς πλείστοις 3rd c.BC: Antigonus Carystius Paradoxographus “Mirabilia” 152.)]
II come to one's full strength, δέμας in body, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 346, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.189 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
III transitive, strengthen, encourage, with accusative, [LXX (LXX.Deu.1.38, +others)]; τὰς χεῖράς τινων[LXX+1st c.BC+ (LXX.1Esd.7.15; οὐδετέραν τῶν στάσεων 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.65.)]