To prevail
תָּקֵףStrong’s H8630taqaph (ta-qaph)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Taqaph is the Hebrew word usually translated “overpower him”, “it overpowers him” and “someone will overpower him”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.”
Meaning
- (Qal) to prevail over or against, overcome, overpower
How it's translated
- you overpower him 1
- it overpowers him 1
- someone will overpower him 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 2
- Ecclesiastes 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
תָּקֵף taqaph · to prevail
(Qal) to prevail over or against, overcome, overpower
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “prevail” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PREVA'IL, verb intransitive
[Latin proevaleo; proe, before, and valeo, to be strong or well. Valeo seems to be from the same root as the Eng. well. The primary sense is to stretch or strain forward, to advance.]
- To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage.“When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed; when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed” Exodus 17:11“David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone” 1 Samuel 17:50
- To be in force; to have effect; power or influence.
- To be predominant; to extend over with force or effect.
- To gain or have predominant influence; to operate with effect.
All definitions
- To persuade or induce; with on or upon.
- To succeed.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.