◄ 3528. nikaó ►
Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3528: νικάω νικάω, νικῶ; present participle dative νικουντι, Revelation 2:7 Lachmann Revelation 2:17 L T Tr (yet all νικῶντας in Revelation 15:2) (cf. ἐρωτάω, at the beginning); future νικήσω; 1 aorist ἐνίκησα; perfect νενίκηκα; (νίκη); (from Homer down); to conquer (A. V. overcome); a. absolutely, to carry off the victory, come off victorious: of Christ, victorious over all his foes, Revelation 3:21; Revelation 6:2; ἐνίκησεν ... ἀνοῖξαι κτλ. hath so conquered that he now has the right and power to open etc. Revelation 5:5; of Christians, that hold fast their faith even unto death against the power of their foes, and their temptations and persecutions, Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 26; Revelation 3:5, 12, 21; Revelation 21:7; with ἐκ τοῦ θηρίου added, to conquer and thereby free themselves from the power of the beast (R. V. to come victorious from; cf. Winers Grammar, 367 (344f); Buttmann, 147 (128)), Revelation 15:2. when one is arraigned or goes to law, to win the case, maintain one's cause (so in the Attic orators; also νικαν δίκην, Euripides, El. 955): Romans 3:4 (from the Sept. of Psalm 50:6 ()). b, with the accusative of the object: τινα, by force, Luke 11:22; Revelation 11:7; Revelation 13:7 (L omits; WH Tr marginal reading brackets the clause); of Christ the conqueror of his foes, Revelation 17:14; τόν κόσμον, to deprive it of power to harm, to subvert its influence, John 16:33; νικαν τινα or τί is used of one who by Christian constancy and courage keeps himself unharmed and spotless from his adversary's devices, solicitations, assaults: the devil, 1 John 2:13; Revelation 12:11; false teachers, 1 John 4:4; τόν κόσμον, 1 John 5:4f. νικαν τό πονηρόν ἐν τῷ ἀγαθῷ, by the force which resides in goodness, i. e. in kindness, to cause an enemy to repent of the wrong be has done one, Romans 12:21; νίκασθαι ὑπό τοῦ κακοῦ, to be disturbed by an injury and driven to avenge it, ibid. (Compare: ὑπερνικάω.) Forms and Transliterations ενικησα ενίκησα ἐνίκησα ενικησαν ενίκησαν ἐνίκησαν ενικησεν ενίκησεν ἐνίκησεν νενικηκα νενίκηκα νενικηκατε νενικήκατε νικα νικά νικᾷ νίκα νικησαι νικήσαι νικῆσαι νικησασα νικήσασα νικησει νικήσει νικησεις νικήσεις νικηση νικήση νικήσῃ νικήσης νικω νικώ νικῶ νικων νικών νικῶν νικωντας νικώντας νικῶντας νικωντι νικώντι νικῶντι enikesa enikēsa eníkesa eníkēsa enikesan enikēsan eníkesan eníkēsan enikesen enikēsen eníkesen eníkēsen nenikeka nenikēka neníkeka neníkēka nenikekate nenikēkate nenikḗkate nika níka nikā̂i nikesai nikêsai nikēsai nikē̂sai nikesasa nikēsasa nikḗsasa nikese nikēsē nikesei nikēsei nikḗsei nikḗsēi nikeseis nikēseis nikḗseis niko nikô nikō nikō̂ nikon nikôn nikōn nikō̂n nikontas nikôntas nikōntas nikō̂ntas nikonti nikônti nikōnti nikō̂nti Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts