ἐπισχύω
Τοῦ ὅλου οὖν τῇ ἐπιθυμίᾳ καὶ διώξει ἔρως ὄνομα → Love is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete
English (LSJ)
(ἰσχύς)
A make strong or powerful, τὴν πόλιν X.Oec.11.13. II intr., to be or grow strong, Thphr.CP2.1.4; prevail, D.S. 5.59, Corn.ND7 ; to be urgent, ἐπίσχυον λέγοντες Ev.Luc.23.5 ; ὁ λόγος -ύσει πρὸς συμβουλίαν ἢ διδαχήν Vett.Val.48.6.
German (Pape)
[Seite 988] stark machen, verstärken, τὴν πόλιν, bejstehen, Xen. Oec. 11, 13; – intrans., stark werden, Theophr.; τῆς κατὰ τὸ πεπρωμένον ἀνάγκης ἐπισχυούσης D. Sic. 5, 59; drängen, N. T.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπισχύω: καθιστῶ τι ἰσχυρόν, ἐνισχύω, τὴν πόλιν Ξεν. Οἰκ. 11, 13. ΙΙ. ἀμετάβ., εἶμαι ἢ γίνομαι ἰσχυρός, Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Αἰτ. 2. 1, 4· ὑπερισχύω, Διόδ. 5. 59· ἐπιμένω, οἱ δὲ ἐπίσχυον λέγοντες Εὐαγγ. κ. Λουκ. κγ΄, 5.
French (Bailly abrégé)
rendre fort ou puissant.
Étymologie: ἐπί, ἰσχύω.
English (Strong)
from ἐπί and ἰσχύω; to avail further, i.e. (figuratively) insist stoutly: be the more fierce.
English (Thayer)
(imperfect ἐπίσχυον);
1. transitive, to give additional strength; to make stronger (Xenophon, oec. 11,13).
2. intransitive, to receive greater strength, grow stronger (Diodorus): ἐπίσχυον λέγοντες, they were the more urgent saying, i. e. they alleged the more vehemently, Luke 23:5.
