Word

κατισχύω

katischýō · G2729 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

to be completely able, to be fully able

To be completely capable of doing or experiencing something

Examples
Luke 21:36 “But stay alert at all times, praying that you will have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
to be strong enough to, to be able to, to have the strength to

To be physically strong enough for some purpose

Examples
Luke 21:36 “But stay alert at all times, praying that you will have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Luke 23:23 But they were insistent, with loud voices, demanding that He be crucified. And their voices began to prevail.
to defeat, to prevail over

To prevail over something or some person so as to be able to defeat, with the implication that the successful participant has greater strength

Examples
Matthew 16:18 “And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

πύληdoor 1
φωνήvoice, sound 1
Not stated: you (more than one) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 3 groups

ἐκφεύγωto escape 1
ἵστημιto stand, to set 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

οὐnot 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

δέομαιto beg, to pray 1
λέγωto say 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

חָזַק châzaq · H2388 · to be strong, to prevail, to overcome: Greek κατισχύω emphasizes the resultative state of overpowering or prevailing against resistance, while Hebrew חָזַק centers on the act of strengthening or being/becoming strong, with the overpowering sense emerging contextually when that strength is applied against opposition.

Semantic domains 3 entries

To defeat, to prevail over39.56: In Matthew 16:18, Jesus promises, “you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it,” using this word for the act of prevailing over or defeating an opposing force.
To be completely able, to be fully able74.10: In Luke 21:36, Jesus exhorts, “stay alert at all times, praying that you will have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man,” using this word for the state of being fully able or capable of accomplishing something.
To be strong enough to, to be able to, to have the strength to79.64: In Luke 23:23, of the crowd demanding Jesus's crucifixion it is written, “But they were insistent, with loud voices, demanding that He be crucified. And their voices began to prevail,” using this word for having the strength or capacity to overcome opposition.

Word family 8 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἰσχύς ischýs · G2479 · capability, strength · 10×ἰσχυρός ischyrós · G2478 · powerful, strong, vigorous · 28×ἰσχύω ischýō · G2480 · to be able to, to have the strength to, to be very capable of · 28×κατισχύωkatischýō · G2729διϊσχυρίζομαι diïschyrízomai · G1340 · to insist firmly, to insist · 2×ἐνισχύω enischýō · G1765 · to strengthen again, to cause strength to return, to regain strength · 2×ἐξισχύω exischýō · G1840 · to be completely able, to be fully able · 1×ἐπισχύω epischýō · G2001 · to persist in, to insist on · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : imperfect κατίσχυον; future κατισχύσω; 1 aorist subjunctive 2 person plural κατισχύσητε…

: imperfect κατίσχυον; future κατισχύσω; 1 aorist subjunctive 2 person plural κατισχύσητε (Lk 21:36 T Tr text WH); the Sept. mostly for חָזַק; among Greek writings especially by Polybius, Diodorus, Dionysius Halicarnassus; properly, to be strong to another's detriment, to prevail against; to be superior in strength; to overpower: followed by an infinitive, Lk 21:36 T Tr text WH (prevail (i. e. have full strength) to escape etc.); to overcome, τίνος (Jer 15:18), Mt 16:18 (meaning, 'not even the gates of Hades — than which nothing was supposed to be stronger — shall surpass the church in strength'); absolutely, to prevail (i. e. succeed, accomplish one's desire): Lk 23:23.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Conquer1 occurrence Able, Capable1 occurrence Strong, Weak2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0