Strong’s G2729 · Greek
κατισχύω
katischýō · kat-is-khoo'-o
Origin from κατά (G2596) and ἰσχύω (G2480);
Meaning to overpower
In the King James Version prevail (against).
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- 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.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.