STRONGS G2001:
ἐπισχύω: [imperfect
ἐπίσχυον];
1. transitive,
to give additional strength; to make stronger, (Sir. 29:1; Xenophon, oec. 11, 13).
2. intransitive,
to receive greater strength, grow stronger, (1 Macc. 6:6; Theophrastus, Diodorus):
ἐπίσχυον λέγοντες, they were the more urgent saying,
i. e. they alleged the more vehemently,
Luke 23:5.
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