κατισχύω,
future -ύσω [[ NT.Matt.16.18 ] NT]:— overpower, prevail over, τινα [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 74, Aristeas 21, LXX.2Ch.8.3, +others; ὅταν ἡ τῆς πείρας ἀκρίβεια -ισχύῃ τὴν τῶν λόγων πιθανότητα 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.39: also with _genitive_, LXX.Jer.15.18, 3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “in Aristotelis Topicorum libros octo commentaria - pars” 248.19 ] LXX+4th c.BC+]; [τῆς ἐκκλησίας] [[ NT.Matt.16.18; τινὸς σοφίᾳ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 5.19; Ἄρης κ. τῆς Σελήνης Vett. Val. 104.10 ] NT+2nd c.AD+]; γενναίας φύσεως [[Chor.in “Rev.Phil.” 1.57] Refs]:—passive, to be worsted, ὑπ᾽ ἔρωτος [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.71; τῇ μάχῃ [prev. author] 17.45. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__2 absolutely, have the upper hand, prevail, [[ LXX.Exo.17.11, +others] LXX]; κ. τῷ πλήθει to be superior in.., [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.13.3; κατίσχυον αἱ φωναὶ αὐτῶν NT.Luke.23.23. ] NT+2nd c.BC+]
__2.b to be prevalent, ὁρμαὶ καὶ ζῆλοι παρά τισι κ. [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.4.6; κατισχυούσης τῆς θερμότητος 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.11.7; κατίσχυκεν ἡ φήμη παρὰ τοῖς πλείστοις 3rd c.BC: Antigonus Carystius Paradoxographus “Mirabilia” 152. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II come to one's full strength, δέμας in body, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 346, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.189 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]