Greek verb · G2729
κατισχύω
katischyokat-is-khoo'-o
to prevail
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: katischýō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2729is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2729
to overpower
The King James renders it: prevail (against).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
katischyo is rendered "to prevail". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 16:18And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
Matthew 16:18κατισχύσουσιν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- were prevailing1
- will prevail against1
- you may have strength1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| κατιόω | katioo | to corrode | Uses1 |
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- κατίσχυον1
- κατισχύσητε1
- κατισχύσουσιν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person plural1V-AAS-2P
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-FAI-3P
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-IAI-3P
Matthew
one use
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
- κατισχύσουσινkatischusousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will prevail against
Luke
two uses
So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”
- κατισχύσητεkatischuseteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may have strength
But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed.
- κατίσχυονkatischuonverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were prevailing
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.