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Koine Greek wordlink #148365

SR GNT Yac 5:16 ἰσχύει (isⱪuei) ‘so_that you_all may_be healed much is prevailing the petition of a righteous one working’ Strongs=24800 Lemma=isχuō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=present voice=active person=3rd number=singular
Year=60 AD

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Other uses (2) of identical word form ἰσχύει (V-IPA3··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἰσχύει’ (V-IPA3··S) has 2 different glosses: ‘is prevailing’, ‘it is being_effective’.

Gal 5:6 ‘neither circumcision anything is prevailing nor uncircumcision but’ SR GNT Gal 5:6 word 8

OET-LV: 6 For/Because in chosen _one /messiah Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is _prevailing anything, but faith working through love. (GAL_5:6)

OET-RV: 6 because in the messiah Yeshua, it’s not circumcision that achieves anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith worked out through love. (GAL 5:6)

Heb 9:17 ‘confirmed is because never it is being_effective when is living the one’ SR GNT Heb 9:17 word 10

OET-LV: 17 For/Because a_covenant with dead bodies confirmed is, because never it _is _being _effective, when is _living the one having _covenanted it. (HEB_9:17)

OET-RV: 17 because this type of agreement doesn’t come into effect if the person who made it is still living, but only when they’re confirmed as dead, (HEB 9:17)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘isχuō’ have 21 different glosses: ‘is prevailing’, ‘to_be was_able’, ‘was able’, ‘was prevailing’, ‘I am able’, ‘I am being_strong’, ‘it is being_effective’, ‘it prevailed’, ‘it was_able’, ‘they were were_able’, ‘they will_be able’, ‘they prevailed’, ‘they were_able’, ‘we were_able’, ‘you were_able’, ‘you_all were_able’, ‘being_able’, ‘being_strong’, ‘prevailed’, ‘was_able’, ‘were_able’.

Greek words (3) other than ἰσχύει (V-IPA3··S) with a gloss related to ‘prevailing’

MAT 16:18 κατισχύσουσιν (katisⱪusousin) V-IFA3··P Lemma=katisχuō ‘the gates of Haidaʸs not will_be prevailing against it’ SR GNT Mat 16:18 word 26

OET-LV: 18 And also _I am _saying to _you that you are Petros, but on this the rock I _will _be _building the assembly of _me, and the_gates of _Haidaʸs ˓will˒_ not _be _prevailing against _it. (MAT_16:18)

OET-RV: 18 And I can add that you’re Peter (meaning ‘rock’), and I will build my assembly on that rock, and the gates of hell won’t be able to hold it back. (MAT 16:18)

LUKE 23:23 κατίσχυον (katisⱪuon) V-IIA3··P Lemma=katisχuō ‘him to_be executed_on_a_stake and were prevailing the voices of them’ SR GNT Luke 23:23 word 13

OET-LV: 23 And they were _imposing with_ loud _voices, requesting him to _be _executed _on _a _stake, and the voices of _them. were _prevailing. (LUK_23:23)

OET-RV: 23 But they kept loudly insisting that he be executed on a post, and the yelling of the crowd was strong enough to convince Pilate, (LUK 23:23)

ACTs 19:20 ἴσχυεν (isⱪuen) V-IIA3··S ‘message was growing and was prevailing’ SR GNT Acts 19:20 word 18

OET-LV: 20 Thus the message of _the master was _growing with power and was _prevailing. (ACT_19:20)

OET-RV: 20 So that was how the master’s message had a powerful effect and won over many people. (ACT 19:20)

Key: V=verb