10 occurrences

'Prevailed' in the Bible

The waters prevailed over the earth for 150 days.

Verse ConceptsFlood, TheFive Months And MoreFloods

"No longer will your name be Jacob," the man told him, "but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed."

Verse ConceptsTypes Of ChristChanged NamesGod Naming PeopleGod Renaming PeopleHuman Nature, OvercomingStruggles

Whenever Moses would raise his hands, then Israel prevailed, but whenever he would rest his hands, then Amalek prevailed.

Verse ConceptsCalling upon GodMoses, Significance OfLifting HandsPutting Things DownWinningBattleisrael

David prevailed over the Philistine with just the sling and the stone. He struck down the Philistine and killed him. David did not even have a sword in his hand.

Verse ConceptsAchievementdefeatSlinging Stones

That day the Israelites were defeated; the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the Lord God of their ancestors.

Verse ConceptsdefeatReliability

Lord, you coerced me into being a prophet, and I allowed you to do it. You overcame my resistance and prevailed over me. Now I have become a constant laughingstock. Everyone ridicules me.

Verse ConceptsAbuse, To God's PeopleCruelty, examples ofMockeryPainRidicule, Objects OfDerisionAmbivalenceGod DeceivingDeception

(Ayin) I weep because of these things; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one in sight who can comfort me or encourage me. My children are desolated because an enemy has prevailed.

Verse ConceptsBeing ForsakenPeace, Human Destruction OfSympathyRestoring SinnersI Mourn CatastropheNo Comfort

He struggled with an angel and prevailed; he wept and begged for his favor. He found God at Bethel, and there he spoke with him!

Verse ConceptsFinding GodBe Merciful!God SpeakingWrestlingStrugglesmanhood

But they were insistent, demanding with loud shouts that he be crucified. And their shouts prevailed.

Verse ConceptsImportunity, Towards PeopleGroups ShoutingChrist Would Be Killed

Then the man who was possessed by the evil spirit jumped on them and beat them all into submission. He prevailed against them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded.

Verse ConceptsExorcismsNaked In ShamePeople JumpingDemons Harming IndividualsOthers Who FledThose DemonisedDemons Causing TormentOvercomingThe DevilCasting Out Demonsmanjumping

Bible Theasaurus

Dominate (15 instances)
Endure (180 instances)
Obtain (93 instances)
Persist (16 instances)
Prevail (75 instances)
Prevailed (48 instances)
Triumph (72 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
κατισχύω 
Katischuo 
Usage: 1

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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