νικάω nikaō

Greek word for “to conquer” · Strong’s G3528 · used 28 times in 24 verses

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Meaning

νικἀω, -ῶ; (νίκη); to conquer, prevail: absol., of Christ, 6:2;

How it is translated

Glosses given for nikaō in context, with how often each is used:

• overcoming 10
• have overcome 4
• overcame 2
• will overcome 2
• may overcome 1
• will prevail 1
• do be overcome 1
• do overcome 1
• overcomes 1
• having overcome 1
• has overcome 1
• may conquer 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Revelation 2 (4), Revelation 3 (3), 1 John 2 (2), 1 John 5 (2), Luke 11 (1), John 16 (1), Romans 3 (1), Romans 12 (1), 1 John 4 (1), Revelation 5 (1)

Forms

• νικῶν 8
• νενικήκατε 3
• νικήσῃ 2
• νικῶντι 2
• νικήσει 2
• νενίκηκα 1
• νικήσεις 1
• νικῶ 1
• νίκα 1
• νικᾷ 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with nikaō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• γράφω graphō “to write” 5
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 6
• λευκός leukos “white” 3
• οὖς ous “ear” 3
• κόσμος kosmos “world” 4
• ὄνομα onoma “name” 4
• νεανίσκος neaniskos “young man” 2
• ἐκκλησία ekklēsia “assembly” 3
• πόλεμος polemos “war” 2
• πατήρ patēr “father” 4
• φυλή phulē “tribe” 2
• μετά meta “with/after” 4

Key verses

The verses using nikaō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• John 16:33 — These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
• Romans 3:4 — God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art…
• 1 John 2:13 — I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write…
• 1 John 4:4 — Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
• Revelation 2:7 — He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst…
• Revelation 2:17 — He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a…
• Revelation 2:26 — And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
• Revelation 3:12 — Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of…
• Revelation 3:21 — To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
• Revelation 12:11 — And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
• Revelation 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 are called, and…
• Revelation 21:7 — He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.