Definition

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

Etymology

from G1909 (ἐπί) and G2480 (ἰσχύω);

Word family

• ἐπί epí
• ἰσχύω ischýō

How the KJV renders it

• be the more fierce

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.