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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