ἐπικρατέω
prevail, gain control
Where this word appears
Every passage where ἐπικρατέω appears in the Greek Septuagint — 7 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 7:18 ἐπικρατέω And the water prevailed and abounded exceedingly upon the earth, and the ark was borne upon the water.
- Genesis 7:19 ἐπικρατέω And the water prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and covered all the high mountains which were under heaven.
- Genesis 41:57 ἐπικρατέω And all countries came to Egypt to buy of Joseph, for the famine prevailed in all the earth.
- Genesis 47:20 ἐπικρατέω And Joseph bought all the land of the Egyptians, for Pharao; for the Egyptians sold their land to Pharao; for the famine prevailed against them, and the land became Pharao's.
- Ezra 4:20 ἐπικρατέω And there were powerful kings in Jerusalem, and they ruled over all the country beyond the river, and abundant revenues and tribute were given to them.
- Lamentations 2:22 ἐπικρατέω THAU. He has called my sojourners round about to a solemn day, and there was not in the day of the wrath of the Lord any one that escaped or was left; whereas I have strengthened and multiplied all my enemies.
- Ezekiel 29:7 ἐπικρατέω When they took hold of you with their hand, you did break: and when every hand was clapped against them, and when they leaned on you, you were utterly broken, and did crush the loins of them all.
About this word
About this word
ἐπικρατέω (epikratéō), “prevail, gain control,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 7 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →