This verb means to grow strong or prevail, and by extension, to insist urgently or press a point forcefully. In Luke 23:5, Jesus' accusers are insisting, urgently pressing their charges before Pilate. The basic meaning involves increasing in strength or intensity, but in context it describes the crescendo of accusation—they keep insisting, growing more vehement. The multilingual evidence (Spanish insistían, French insister) captures the persistence and urgency of their advocacy. This is about relentless pressing of a case, not backing down.