Quick Definition
κατισχύω v. I prevail against, overpower, am able
Strong's Definition
to overpower
Derivation: from G2596 (κατά) and G2480 (ἰσχύω);
KJV Usage: prevail (against)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἰσχύω
74.10 · Able, Capable
to be completely able, to be fully able to be completely capable of doing or experiencing something For another interpretation of κατισχύω in LUK 21:36, see 79.64.
79.64 · Features of Objects · Strong, Weak
to be strong enough to, to be able to, to have the strength to to be physically strong enough for some purpose For another interpretation of κατισχύω in LUK 21:36, see 74.10.
39.56 · Hostility, Strife · Conquer
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 In some languages it may be impossible to personify ‘death’ and thus make it an agent of ‘defeating.’ However, it is possible to retain some of the figurative meaning involved, at least in some languages, by translating ‘and my church will never die out’ or ‘and my church will never die.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κατισχύω katischuō 3x
to overpower, Mt. 16:18; absol. to predominate, get the upper hand, Lk. 21:36; 23:23*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κατ-ισχύω
[in LXX chiefly for חזק;]
to overpower, prevail against, prevail: absol., Lk 23:23; c. inf., Lk 21:36; c. gen., Mt 16:18.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κατισχύω. This verb, which is very common in the LXX and occurs ter in the NT (Mt 1618, Lk 2135, 2325), is construed with the acc. in P Leid W*"!-S (i/iil A.D.) οὐ κατισχύσει pe ἅπας , KQATOLKE® δρὰξ κινουμένη, “‘non valebit adversus me omnis pugillus motus” (Ed.), much in the same sense as with the gen. in Mt Z.c.: cf. also Aristeas 21 τοῦ θεοῦ κατισχύοντος αὐτόν, 230. See Anz Subsidia, p. 295f., and Durham Menander, p. 70. The verb survives in MGr in the sense ‘‘ prevail,” ‘‘ gain the mastery over.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κατισχύω (katischuō) — to prevail. κατισχύω, future -ύσω [NT]:— overpower, prevail over, τινα [LXX+4th c.BC+]; [τῆς ἐκκλησίας] [NT+2nd c.AD+]; γενναίας φύσεως [Refs]:—passive, to be worsted, ὑπ᾽ ἔρωτος [Refs 1st c.BC+]
2. absolutely, have the upper hand, prevail, [LXX]; κ. τῷ πλήθει to be superior in.., [NT+2nd c.BC+]
2. b to be prevalent, ὁρμαὶ καὶ ζῆλοι παρά τισι κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. come to one's full strength, δέμας in body, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. transitive, strengthen, encourage, with accusative, [LXX]; τὰς χεῖράς τινων[LXX+1st c.BC+]