verb

Greekἐπισχύω (epischuō)

Biblang

epischuamō

Strong’sG2001

I persist, insist

stem epischu-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

** ἐπ-ισχύω

[in LXX: Si 29:1, I Mac 6:6 *;]

1. to make stronger (Si, l.c.).

2. to grow stronger; metaph., be more urgent: Lk 23:5.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2001 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-is-khoo'-o

to avail further, i.e. (figuratively) insist stoutly

Fromfrom G1909 and G2480;

King Jamesbe the more fierce.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ἐπισχύω,
(ἰσχύς) make strong or powerful, τὴν πόλιν Refs 5th c.BC+
II intransitive, to be or grow strong, Refs 4th c.BC+; prevail, Refs 1st c.BC+; to be urgent, ἐπίσχυον λέγοντες NT+2nd c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

insisted1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
epischualeἐπίσχυον	was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural	insisted	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	epischuamō	epischuame	epischuami	epischuama	epischuamē	epischuamelē
you 2nd person singular	epischuasō	epischuase	epischuasi	epischuasa	epischuasē	epischuaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epischuatō	epischuate	epischuati	epischuata	epischuatē	epischuatelē
we 1st person plural	epischuanō	epischuane	epischuani	epischuana	epischuanē	epischuanelē
ye 2nd person plural	epischuavō	epischuave	epischuavi	epischuava	epischuavē	epischuavelē
they 3rd person plural	epischualō	epischuale1×ἐπίσχυον	epischuali	epischuala	epischualē	epischualelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	epischuameiō	epischuameia	epischuameiē
you 2nd person singular	epischuaseiō	epischuaseia	epischuaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epischuateiō	epischuateia	epischuateiē
we 1st person plural	epischuaneiō	epischuaneia	epischuaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	epischuaveiō	epischuaveia	epischuaveiē
they 3rd person plural	epischualeiō	epischualeia	epischualeiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	epischuasōr	epischuasar	epischuasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epischuatōr	epischuatar	epischuatēr
ye 2nd person plural	epischuavōr	epischuavar	epischuavēr
they 3rd person plural	epischualōr	epischualar	epischualēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	epischuamoiō	epischuamoia
you 2nd person singular	epischuasoiō	epischuasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epischuatoiō	epischuatoia
we 1st person plural	epischuanoiō	epischuanoia
ye 2nd person plural	epischuavoiō	epischuavoia
they 3rd person plural	epischualoiō	epischualoia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	epischuarō	epischuari	epischuara	epischuarē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	epischuarōntos	epischuarintos	epischuarantos	epischuarēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

epischustem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

epischu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

epischuale“insisted”was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural1×

Luke 23:5“insisted”tois de epischuale legarōntois hoti Anaseiatō ton laon didaskarōntos …But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began …