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Lexicon :: Strong's G3528 - nikaō

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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:22 - but when the stronger than he coming upon him overcomes him, he takes away his panoply in which he trusted, and he will divide the spoil he has taken from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:33 - These things have I spoken to you that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good courage: I have overcome the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:4 - Far be the thought: but let God be true, and every man false; according as it is written, So that thou shouldest be justified in thy words, and shouldest overcome when thou art in judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:21

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:13 - I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, because ye have known the Father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:14 - I have written to you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:4 - *Ye* are of God, children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:4 - For all that has been begotten of God gets the victory over the world; and this is the victory which has gotten the victory over the world, our faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:5 - Who is he that gets the victory over the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:7 - He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him that overcomes, I will give to him to eat of the tree of life which is in the paradise of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:11 - He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He that overcomes shall in no wise be injured of the second death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:17

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:26 - And he that overcomes, and he that keeps unto the end my works, to him will I give authority over the nations,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:5 - He that overcomes, *he* shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot his name out of the book of life, and will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:12 - He that overcomes, him will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more at all out; and I will write upon 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 Box Rev 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:21 - He that overcomes, to him will I give to sit with me in my throne; as *I* also have overcome, and have sat down with my Father in his throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:5 - And one of the elders says to me, Do not weep. Behold, the lion which is of the tribe of Juda, the root of David, has overcome so as to open the book, and its seven seals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:2 - And I saw: and behold, a white horse, and he that sat upon it having a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went forth conquering and that he might conquer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:7 - And when they shall have completed their testimony, the beast who comes up out of the abyss shall make war with them, and shall conquer them, and shall kill them:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:11 - and *they* have overcome him by reason of the blood of the Lamb, and by reason of the word of their testimony, and have not loved their life even unto death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:7 - And there was given to it to make war with the saints, and to overcome them; and there was given to it authority over every tribe, and people, and tongue, and nation;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:2 - And I saw as a glass sea, mingled with fire, and those that had gained the victory over the beast, and over its image, and over the number of its name, standing upon the glass sea, having harps of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:14 - These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them; for he is Lord of lords and King of kings: and they that are with him called, and chosen, and faithful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:7 - He that overcomes shall inherit these things, and I will be to him God, and he shall be to me son.
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