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Lexicon :: Strong's G3528 - nikaō

Aa
νικάω
Transliteration
nikaō (Key)
Pronunciation
nik-ah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:942,634

Strong’s Definitions

νικάω nikáō, nik-ah'-o; from G3529; to subdue (literally or figuratively):—conquer, overcome, prevail, get the victory.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's G3528 in the following manner: overcome (24x), conquer (2x), prevail (1x), get the victory (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's G3528 in the following manner: overcome (24x), conquer (2x), prevail (1x), get the victory (1x).

  1. to conquer

    1. to carry off the victory, come off victorious

      1. of Christ, victorious over all His foes

      2. of Christians, that hold fast their faith even unto death against the power of their foes, and temptations and persecutions

      3. when one is arraigned or goes to law, to win the case, maintain one's cause

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
νικάω nikáō, nik-ah'-o; from G3529; to subdue (literally or figuratively):—conquer, overcome, prevail, get the victory.
STRONGS G3528:
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 (Ps. 51:6)).
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 he has done one, Romans 12:21; νίκασθαι ὑπό τοῦ κακοῦ, to be disturbed by an injury and driven to avenge it, ibid. (Compare: ὑπερνικάω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
50:6; 51:6
Luke
11:22
John
16:33
Romans
3:4; 12:21
1 John
2:13; 4:4; 5:4
Revelation
2:7; 2:7; 2:11; 2:17; 2:17; 2:26; 3:5; 3:12; 3:21; 3:21; 5:5; 6:2; 11:7; 12:11; 13:7; 15:2; 15:2; 17:14; 21:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3528 matches the Greek νικάω (nikaō),
which occurs 28 times in 24 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:22 - “But when someone stronger than he attacks him and overpowers G3528 him, he takes away from him all his armor on which he had relied and distributes his plunder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:33 - “These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome G3528 the world.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:4 - May it never be! Rather, let God be true and every man a liar, as it is written,

“THAT YOU MAY BE JUSTIFIED IN YOUR WORDS,

AND OVERCOME G3528 WHEN YOU [fn]ARE JUDGED.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:21 - Do not be overcome G3528 by evil, but overcome G3528 evil with good.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:13 - I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known Him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome G3528 the evil one. I have written to you, children, because [fn]you have known the Father.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:14 - I have written to you, fathers, because you have known Him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome G3528 the evil one.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:4 - You are from God, little children, and have overcome G3528 them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:4 - For everything that has been [fn]born of God overcomes G3528 the world; and this is the overcoming that has overcome G3528 the world—our faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:5 -

Who is the one who overcomes G3528 the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:7 - ‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes G3528, I will grant to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:11 - ‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes G3528 will never be hurt by the second death.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:17 - ‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes G3528, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:26 - ‘And he who overcomes G3528, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, TO HIM I WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE [fn]NATIONS;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:5 - ‘He who overcomes G3528 will thus be clothed in white garments, and I will never erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:12 - ‘He who overcomes G3528, I will make him a pillar in the sanctuary of My God, and he will never go out from it anymore. And I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:21 - ‘He who overcomes G3528, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame G3528 and sat down with My Father on His throne.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:5 - And one of the elders *said to me, “Stop crying! Behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome G3528 so as to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:2 - Then I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sits on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out overcoming G3528 and to overcome G3528.

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And when they have finished their witness, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them and overcome G3528 them and kill them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:11 - “And they overcame G3528 him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their witness, and they did not love their life even to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:7 -

And it was also given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome G3528 them, and authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him.

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Then I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who have overcome G3528 [fn]the beast and his image and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:14 - “These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome G3528 them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and elect and faithful.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:7 - “He who overcomes G3528 will inherit these things, and I WILL BE HIS GOD AND HE WILL BE MY SON.
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