Genesis 7:20
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
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Prevail
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John 12:19
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
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5 occurrences in 5 verses.
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יָכֹל
yâkôl · yaw-kole'
13 times translated as this KJV form193 total Strong's occurrences
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
Strong's KJV usage: be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
Strong's first: Numbers 22:6Strong's last: Jeremiah 20:11
Open full H3201 profile →גָּבַר
gâbar · gaw-bar'
5 times translated as this KJV form25 total Strong's occurrences
to be strong; by implication, to prevail, act insolently
Strong's KJV usage: exceed, confirm, be great, be mighty, prevail, put to more (strength), strengthen, be stronger, be valiant.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 7:20Strong's last: Isaiah 42:13
Open full H1396 profile →חָזַק
châzaq · khaw-zak'
2 times translated as this KJV form288 total Strong's occurrences
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
Strong's KJV usage: aid, amend, × calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 18:9Strong's last: Daniel 11:7
Open full H2388 profile →תָּקַף
tâqaph · taw-kaf'
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
to overpower
Strong's KJV usage: prevail (against).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 15:24Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 4:12
Open full H8630 profile →κατισχύω
katischýō · kat-is-khoo'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
to overpower
Strong's KJV usage: :--prevail (against).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 16:18Strong's last: Matthew 16:18
Open full G2729 profile →ὠφελέω
ōpheléō · o-fel-eh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences
to be useful, i.e. to benefit
Strong's KJV usage: :--advantage, better, prevail, profit.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 27:24Strong's last: Matthew 27:24
Open full G5623 profile →לָחַם
lâcham · law-kham'
1 times translated as this KJV form177 total Strong's occurrences
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
Strong's KJV usage: devour, eat, × ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 7:1Strong's last: Isaiah 7:1
Open full H3898 profile →עָזַז
ʻâzaz · aw-zaz'
1 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
to be stout (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: harden, impudent, prevail, strengthen (self), be strong.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 9:19Strong's last: Psalms 9:19
Open full H5810 profile →עָצָר
ʻâtsâr · aw-tsar'
1 times translated as this KJV form46 total Strong's occurrences
to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble
Strong's KJV usage: × be able, close up, detain, fast, keep (self close, still), prevail, recover, refrain, × reign, restrain, retain, shut (up), slack, stay, stop, withhold (self).
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 14:11Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 14:11
Open full H6113 profile →עָרַץ
ʻârats · aw-rats'
1 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences
to awe or (intransitive) to dread; hence, to harass
Strong's KJV usage: be affrighted (afraid, dread, feared, terrified), break, dread, fear, oppress, prevail, shake terribly.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 47:12Strong's last: Isaiah 47:12
Open full H6206 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
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29 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.
H1396
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
H3201
Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
H3201
And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
H1396
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
H3201
If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
H3201
Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
H3201
And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
H6113
And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
H3201
And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.
H3201
And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
H8630
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
H2388
The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
H5810
Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
H1396
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
H1396
Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
H8630
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
H3898
And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
H3201
And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
H1396
The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
H6206
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
H3201
And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
H3201
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
H3201
And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
H3201
For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
H3201
But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
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prevail
PREVA'IL, verb intransitive [Latin proevaleo; proe, before, and valeo, to be strong or well. Valeo seems to be from the same root as the Eng. well. The primary sense is to stretch or strain forward, to advance.]
1. To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage.
When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed; when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. Exodus 17:11.
With over or against.
David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone. 1 Samuel 17:9.
This kingdom could never prevail against the united power of England.
2. To be in force; to have effect; power or influence.
This custom makes the short-sighted bigots and the warier skeptics, as far as ir prevails.
3. To be predominant; to extend over with force or effect. The fever prevailed in a great part of the city.
4. To gain or have predominant influence; to operate with effect. These reasons, arguments or motives ought to prevail with all candid men. In this sense, it is followed by with.
5. To persuade or induce; with on or upon. They prevailed on the president to ratify the treaty. It is also followed by with. They could not prevail with the king to pardon the offender. But on is more common in modern practice.
6. To succeed. The general attempted to take the fort by assault, but did not prevail The most powerful arguments were employed, but they did not prevail
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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