ἐπισχύω G2001
epischýō · ep-is-khoo'-o · Verb
from ἐπί and ἰσχύω; to avail further, i.e. (figuratively) insist stoutly:--be the more fierce.
1 Occurrence in the King James Bible
Luke 23:5And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.