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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.)
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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 one who is stronger makes an attack on him and overcomes him, he takes away his instruments of war, in which he had put his faith, and makes division of his goods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:33 - I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:4 - In no way: but let God be true, though every man is seen to be untrue; as it is said in the Writings, That your words may be seen to be true, and you may be seen to be right when you are judged.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:21 - Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:13 - I am writing to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the Evil One. I have sent a letter to you, children, because you have knowledge of the Father.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:14 - I have sent a letter to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I have sent a letter to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is in you, and because you have overcome the Evil One.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:4

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:4 - Anything which comes from God is able to overcome the world: and the power by which we have overcome the world is our faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:5 - Who is able to overcome the world but the man who has faith that Jesus is the Son of God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:7 - He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the fruit 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 ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not come under the power of the second death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:17 - He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the secret manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name, of which no one has knowledge but he to whom it is given.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:26 - He who overcomes, and keeps my works to the end, to him I will give rule over the nations,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:5 - He who overcomes will be dressed in white, and I will not take his name from the book of life, and I will give witness to his name before my Father, and before his angels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:12 - Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the house of my God, and he will go out no more: and I will put on him the name of my God, and the name of the town 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

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:21 - To him who overcomes I will give a place with me on my high seat, even as I overcame, and am seated with my Father on his high seat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:5 - And one of the rulers said to me, Do not be sad: see, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome, and has power to undo the book and its seven stamps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:2 - And I saw a white horse, and he who was seated on it had a bow; and there was given to him a crown: and he went out with power to overcome.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:7 - And when they have come to the end of their witness, the beast which comes up out of the great deep will make war on them and overcome them and put them to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:11 - And they overcame him through the blood of the Lamb and the word of their witness; and loving not their lives they freely gave themselves up to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:7 - And it was given to him to make war on the saints and to overcome them: and there was given to him authority over every tribe and people and language and nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:2 - And I saw a sea which seemed like glass mixed with fire; and those who had overcome the beast and his image and the number of his name, were in their places by the sea of glass, with God's instruments of music in their hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:14 - These will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because he is the Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with him are named, marked out, and true.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:7 - He who overcomes will have these things for his heritage; and I will be his God, and he will be my son.
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