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Word Summary
epischyō: to grow stronger
Original Word: ἐπισχύω
Transliteration: epischyō
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-is-khoo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to grow stronger
Meaning: to grow stronger
Strong's Concordance
grow fiercer.

From epi and ischuo; to avail further, i.e. (figuratively) insist stoutly -- be the more fierce.

see GREEK epi

see GREEK ischuo

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2001: ἐπισχύω

ἐπισχύω: (imperfect ἐπίσχυον);

1. transitive, to give additional strength; to make stronger (Sir. 29:1; Xenophon, oec. 11, 13).

2. intransitive, to receive greater strength, grow stronger (1 Macc. 6:6; Theophr, Diodorus): ἐπίσχυον λέγοντες, they were the more urgent saying, i. e. they alleged the more vehemently, Luke 23:5.



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