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Koine Greek wordlink #111035

SR GNT Rom 12:21 νικῶ (nikō) ‘not be_being overcome by evil but’ Strongs=35280 Lemma=nikaō
Word role=verb mood=imperative tense=present voice=passive person=2nd number=singular
Year=60 AD Refers to Word #110993

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Only use of identical word form νικῶ (V-MPP2··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘νικῶ’ (V-MPP2··S) is always and only glossed as ‘be_being overcome’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘nikaō’ have 13 different glosses: ‘be overcoming’, ‘be_being overcome’, ‘have overcome’, ‘having overcame’, ‘is overcoming’, ‘may overcome’, ‘will_be overcoming’, ‘he may conquer’, ‘you will_be overcoming’, ‘you_all have overcome’, ‘conquering’, ‘overcame’, ‘overcoming’.

Greek words (7) other than νικῶ (V-MPP2··S) with a gloss related to ‘overcome’

YHN 16:33 νενίκηκα (nenikaʸka) V-IEA1··S ‘but be having_courage I have overcome the world’ SR GNT Yhn 16:33 word 19

OET-LV: 33 I _have _spoken these things to _you _all, in _order _that you _all _may _be _having peace in me. You _all _are _having tribulation in the world, but be _having _courage, I have _overcome the world. (JHN_16:33)

OET-RV: 33 I’ve told you these things so that you can all have peace in me. You will have troubles in this world, but be courageous because I have overcome the world.” (JHN 16:33)

LUKE 11:22 νικήσῃ (nikaʸsaʸ) V-SAA3··S ‘stronger than him having come_over may overcome him the whole_armor’ SR GNT Luke 11:22 word 11

OET-LV: 22 but when stronger than him having _come _over, may _overcome him, he _is _taking _away the whole _armor of _him in which he _had _trusted, and is _distributing the plunder of _him. (LUK_11:22)

OET-RV: 22 but when someone stronger than him arrives and overpowers him, he’ll even take the body armour that the landowner put his trust in, and then relieve him of all his goods. (LUK 11:22)

ACTs 20:9 καταφερόμενος (kataferomenos) V-PPP·NMS Lemma=kataferō ‘by the window being overcome by sleep deep as discussing’ SR GNT Acts 20:9 word 14

OET-LV: 9 And a_certain young _man by_the_name Eutuⱪos sitting by the window, being _overcome by_ deep _sleep, the as_ Paulos _discussing on more, having _been _overcome by the sleep, he _fell down from the third _story, and was _taken _up dead. (ACT_20:9)

OET-RV: 9 Now there was a young man named Eutychus who was sitting on the window sill, and as Paul went on, he fell asleep and toppled down from the third storey. The ones who reached him first thought he was dead, (ACT 20:9)

ACTs 20:9 κατενεχθείς (kateneⱪtheis) V-PAP·NMS Lemma=kataferō ‘Paulos on more having_been overcome by sleep he fell’ SR GNT Acts 20:9 word 23

1 YHN 2:13 νενικήκατε (nenikaʸkate) V-IEA2··P ‘to you_all young_men because you_all have overcome the evil one’ SR GNT 1 Yhn 2:13 word 13

OET-LV: 13 I _am _writing to _you _all, fathers, because you _all _have _known the one from the_beginning. I _am _writing to _you _all, young _men, because you _all _have _overcome the evil one. (JN1_2:13)

OET-RV: 13 I’m writing to you fathers because you have known the messiah from the beginning. (JN1 2:13)

1 YHN 2:14 νενικήκατε (nenikaʸkate) V-IEA2··P ‘you_all is remaining and you_all have overcome the evil one’ SR GNT 1 Yhn 2:14 word 33

OET-LV: 14 I _wrote to _you _all, little _children, because you _all _have _known the father. I _wrote to _you _all, fathers, because you _all _have _known the one from the_beginning. I _wrote to _you _all, young _men, because you _all _are strong ones, and the message of_ the _god is _remaining in you _all, and you _all _have _overcome the evil one. (JN1_2:14)

OET-RV: 14 I wrote to you new believers because you have know the father. I wrote to you fathers because you have known the messiah from the beginning. I wrote to you young men because you are strong and God’s message lives in you and you have overcome the evil one. (JN1 2:14)

1 YHN 4:4 νενικήκατε (nenikaʸkate) V-IEA2··P ‘are little_children and you_all have overcome them because greater’ SR GNT 1 Yhn 4:4 word 8

OET-LV: 4 You _all are of the god, little _children, and you _all _have _overcome them, because greater is the one in you _all, than the one in the world. (JN1_4:4)

OET-RV: 4 You new believers are in God and you have defeated the false prophets, because the one in you is more powerful than the one in the world. (JN1 4:4)

Key: V=verb