What Does “Prevail” Mean in the Bible?
To be greater or stronger than another, to win over them. The waters of the flood prevailed over the mountains.
Where it appears in the Bible
Genesis 7:19; Genesis 32:26
What the Bible says
Genesis 7:19
And the waters prevailed beyond measure upon the earth: and all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered.
Genesis 32:26
And when he saw that he could not overcome him, he touched the sinew of his thigh, and forthwith it shrank.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: RAE, “sobrepujar”