25 occurrences

'Prevail' in the Bible

So now, please come and curse this nation for me, for they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I will prevail so that we may conquer them and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed."

When you go out to do battle with your enemies and the Lord your God allows you to prevail and you take prisoners,

If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, we will become your servants. But if I prevail against him and strike him down, you will become our servants and will serve us."

You give me your protective shield; your willingness to help enables me to prevail.

Asa prayed to the Lord his God: "O Lord, there is no one but you who can help the weak when they are vastly outnumbered. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you and have marched on your behalf against this huge army. O Lord our God, don't let men prevail against you!"

Haman then related to his wife Zeresh and to all his friends everything that had happened to him. These wise men, along with his wife Zeresh, said to him, "If indeed this Mordecai before whom you have begun to fall is Jewish, you will not prevail against him. No, you will surely fall before him!"

Distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him like a king ready to launch an attack,

You prevail over all your enemies; your power is too great for those who hate you.

For they did not conquer the land by their swords, and they did not prevail by their strength, but rather by your power, strength and good favor, for you were partial to them.

During his days the godly will flourish; peace will prevail as long as the moon remains in the sky.

For justice will prevail, and all the morally upright will be vindicated.

During the reign of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel marched up to Jerusalem to do battle, but they were unable to prevail against it.

"You should fear me!" says the Lord. "You should tremble in awe before me! I made the sand to be a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier that it can never cross. Its waves may roll, but they can never prevail. They may roar, but they can never cross beyond that boundary."

I hear many whispering words of intrigue against me. Those who would cause me terror are everywhere! They are saying, "Come on, let's publicly denounce him!" All my so-called friends are just watching for something that would lead to my downfall. They say, "Perhaps he can be enticed into slipping up, so we can prevail over him and get our revenge on him.

But the Lord is with me to help me like an awe-inspiring warrior. Therefore those who persecute me will fail and will not prevail over me. They will be thoroughly disgraced because they did not succeed. Their disgrace will never be forgotten.

When the army is taken away, the king of the south will become arrogant. He will be responsible for the death of thousands and thousands of people, but he will not continue to prevail.

Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city. The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his finest contingents. They will have no strength to prevail.

The one advancing against him will do as he pleases, and no one will be able to stand before him. He will prevail in the beautiful land, and its annihilation will be within his power.

He will rouse his strength and enthusiasm against the king of the south with a large army. The king of the south will wage war with a large and very powerful army, but he will not be able to prevail because of the plans devised against him.

The Lord who rules over all will guard them, and they will prevail and overcome with sling stones. Then they will drink, and will become noisy like drunkards, full like the sacrificial basin or like the corners of the altar.

In this way the word of the Lord continued to grow in power and to prevail.

Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being shown up as a liar, just as it is written: "so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged."

But the dragon was not strong enough to prevail, so there was no longer any place left in heaven for him and his angels.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
κατισχύω 
Katischuo 
Usage: 1

גּבר 
Gabar 
Usage: 25

חזק 
Chazaq 
Usage: 290

יכול יכל 
Yakol 
Usage: 194

יכיל יכל 
Y@kel (Aramaic) 
Usage: 12

לחם 
Lacham 
Usage: 177

עזז 
`azaz 
Usage: 12

עצר 
`atsar 
Usage: 46

ערץ 
`arats 
Usage: 15

רדה 
Radah 
Usage: 27

תּקף 
Taqaph 
Usage: 3

ἰσχύω 
Ischuo 
can , be able , avail , prevail , be whole , cannot , can do , may ,
Usage: 19

νικάω 
Nikao 
Usage: 17

ὠφελέω 
Opheleo 
Usage: 8

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