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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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
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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.
English meaning and historical usage.
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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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