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GreekG3528Verb

νικάω

nikaō

24Occurrences
G3528Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to subdue (literally or figuratively)

from G3529 (νίκη);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to conquer, prevail: absol., of Christ; C. inf.; of Christians ; (RV, come victorious from); as law-term, (LXX)., om.); of Christ, (τ. κόσμον); of Christians; πονηρόν; *αὐτόν *(ref. to ὁ κατήγωρ, ); τὸ κακόν; pass., μὴ νικῶ ὑπὸ κακοῦ, ib.
LXX: (זָכָה), frequently (חָמַד); in 4Mac

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

νικάω appears 24 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Revelation
15
1 John
5
Romans
2
John
1
Luke
1

Key Passages

1 John 2:13BSB

I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning.I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.

1 John 5:5BSB

Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

Revelation 12:11BSB

They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamband by the word of their testimony.And they did not love their livesso as to shy away from death.

Revelation 2:7BSB

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.

Revelation 21:7BSB

The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.