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Koine Greek wordlink #111040

SR GNT Rom 12:21 νίκα (nika) ‘by evil but be overcoming with good evil’ Strongs=35280 Lemma=nikaō
Word role=verb mood=imperative tense=present voice=active person=2nd number=singular
Year=60 AD Refers to Word #110993

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Only use of identical word form νίκα (V-MPA2··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘νίκα’ (V-MPA2··S) is always and only glossed as ‘be overcoming’.

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 (14) other than νίκα (V-MPA2··S) with a gloss related to ‘overcoming’

Have 14 other words (νικοῦντί, νικήσει, νικῶν, νικῶν, νικῶν, νικῶν, νικήσει, νικῶν, νικᾷ, νικῶντι, νικήσεις, νικῶν, νικῶντας, νικῶν) with 2 lemmas altogether (nikaō, nikeō)

ROM 3:4 νικήσεις (nikaʸseis) V-IFA2··S ‘messages of you and you will_be overcoming in the time to_be_being judged’ SR GNT Rom 3:4 word 23

OET-LV: 4 Never it _might _become. And let _be _becoming the god true, and every person a_liar, just _as it _has _been _written: So _that wishfully you _may _be _justified in the messages of _you, and you _will _be _overcoming in the time to _be _being _judged you. (ROM_3:4)

OET-RV: 4 Absolutely not. Even if every person was a liar, God is true just like it’s been written about him:
⇔ ‘You will be proved right about what you say,
⇔ and you’ll prevail when you’re judged in court.’ (ROM 3:4)

1 YHN 5:4 νικᾷ (nika) V-IPA3··S ‘having_been born of god is overcoming the world and’ SR GNT 1 Yhn 5:4 word 8

OET-LV: 4 because everything which having _been _born of the god, is _overcoming the world. And this is the victory which having _overcame the world, the faith of _us. (JN1_5:4)

OET-RV: 4 because everyone who’s been reborn in God is overcoming the world. (JN1 5:4)

1 YHN 5:5 νικῶν (nikōn) V-PPA·NMS ‘is and the one overcoming the world except’ SR GNT 1 Yhn 5:5 word 6

OET-LV: 5 And who is the one overcoming the world, except not/lest the one believing that Yaʸsous is the son of_ the _god? (JN1_5:5)

OET-RV: 5 So who can overcome the world? Only the person who believes that Yeshua is God’s son. (JN1 5:5)

REV 2:7 νικῶντι (nikōnti) V-PPA·DMS ‘to the assemblies to the one overcoming I will_be giving to him to eat’ SR GNT Rev 2:7 word 15

OET-LV: 7 The one having an_ear, him _let _hear what the spirit is _saying to _the assemblies. To _the one overcoming, I _will _be _giving to _him to _eat of the tree of_ the _life, which is in the paradise of_ the _god. (REV_2:7)

OET-RV: 7 Everyone who wants to understand needs to listen to what God’s spirit is saying to the assemblies.
¶ I will grant the right to eat from the tree that gives life in God’s paradise to everyone who overcomes.” (REV 2:7)

REV 2:11 νικῶν (nikōn) V-PPA·NMS ‘to the assemblies the one overcoming by_no_means not may_be injured’ SR GNT Rev 2:11 word 12

OET-LV: 11 The one having an_ear, him _let _hear what the spirit is _saying to _the assemblies. The one overcoming by _no _means not may _be _injured by the death the second. (REV_2:11)

OET-RV: 11 Everyone who wants to understand needs to listen to what God’s spirit is saying to the assemblies.
¶ Anyone who stays true won’t be affected by the second death.” (REV 2:11)

REV 2:17 νικοῦντί (nikounti) V-PPA·DMS Lemma=nikeō ‘to the assemblies to the one overcoming I will_be giving to him of the’ SR GNT Rev 2:17 word 12

OET-LV: 17 The one having an_ear, him _let _hear what the spirit is _saying to _the assemblies. To _the one overcoming, I _will _be _giving to _him of _the manna which having _been _hidden, and I _will _be _giving to _him a_stone white, and on the stone a_name new having _been _written, which no _one has _known, except not/lest the one receiving it. (REV_2:17)

OET-RV: 17 Everyone who wants to understand needs to listen to what God’s spirit is saying to the assemblies.
¶ Anyone who stays true will be given hidden food from heaven, and I’ll give each of them a white stone with a new name written on it that no one knows apart from the person receiving it.” (REV 2:17)

REV 2:26 νικῶν (nikōn) V-PPA·NMS ‘and the one overcoming and keeping until’ SR GNT Rev 2:26 word 3

OET-LV: 26 And the one overcoming and which keeping until the_end the works of _me: I _will _be _giving to _him authority over the nations… (REV_2:26)

OET-RV: 26 And anyone who’s victorious, who continues to do what I command until the end, I’ll give them authority to rule over the people groups on earth. (REV 2:26)

REV 3:5 νικῶν (nikōn) V-PPA·NMS ‘the one overcoming thus will_be being_clothed in’ SR GNT Rev 3:5 word 2

OET-LV: 5 The one overcoming, thus will _be _being _clothed in clothes white, and by _no _means not I _will _be _wiping _out the name of _him from the scroll of_ the _life, and I _will _be _confessing the name of _him before the father of _me, and before the messengers of _him. (REV_3:5)

OET-RV: 5 So anyone who conquers will be dressed like that in pure white, and I certainly won’t erase their names from the Book of Life, but I’ll declare their names to my father and to his messengers. (REV 3:5)

REV 3:12 νικῶν (nikōn) V-PPA·NMS ‘the one overcoming I will_be making him a pillar’ SR GNT Rev 3:12 word 2

OET-LV: 12 The one overcoming, I _will _be _making him a_pillar in the temple of _the god of _me, and out by _no _means not he _may _come _out anymore, and I _will _be _writing on him the name of _the god of _me, and the name of _the city of _the god of _me, the new Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), the one coming _down out _of the heaven from the god of _me, and the name of _me the new. (REV_3:12)

OET-RV: 12 Anyone who’s an overcomer, I’ll make them a pillar in my god’s temple and they’ll never leave it again. I will write my god’s name on them, and the name of my god’s city (the new Jerusalem which will come down out of heaven from my god), and my new name. (REV 3:12)

REV 3:21 νικῶν (nikōn) V-PPA·NMS ‘the one overcoming I will_be giving to him to sit_down’ SR GNT Rev 3:21 word 2

OET-LV: 21 The one overcoming, I _will _be _giving to _him to _sit _down with me on the throne of _me, as also _I overcame, and sat _down with the father of _me on the throne of _him. (REV_3:21)

OET-RV: 21 Anyone who overcomes, I’ll give the right to sit with me on my throne, just like when I conquered and sat with my father on his throne. (REV 3:21)

REV 11:7 νικήσει (nikaʸsei) V-IFA3··S ‘them war and will_be overcoming them and will_be killing_off’ SR GNT Rev 11:7 word 26

OET-LV: 7 And whenever they _may _finish the testimony of _them, the wild _animal which going _up out _of the abyss will _be _making with them war, and will _be _overcoming them, and will _be _killing _off them. (REV_11:7)

OET-RV: 7 When the two witnesses have finished speaking out, the creature that comes up from the deep, dark pit will attack them. It’ll overpower them and then kill them. (REV 11:7)

REV 15:2 νικῶντας (nikōntas) V-PPA·AMP ‘with fire and the ones overcoming of the wild_animal’ SR GNT Rev 15:2 word 10

OET-LV: 2 And I _saw something like a_sea glass having _been _mixed with _fire, and the ones overcoming of the wild _animal, and of the image of _it, and of the number of _the name of _it, having _stood on the sea the glass, having harps of_ the _god. (REV_15:2)

OET-RV: 2 I saw something that was like a sea of glass that had been mixed with fire. The people who had been victorious over the sea creature and over its image and over the number of its name were standing on that sea of glass. They were holding harps from God (REV 15:2)

REV 17:14 νικήσει (nikaʸsei) V-IFA3··S ‘and the lamb will_be overcoming them because master’ SR GNT Rev 17:14 word 9

OET-LV: 14 These with the lamb will _be _warring, and the lamb will _be _overcoming them, because master of _masters he _is and king of _kings, and the ones with him, called, and chosen, and faithful. (REV_17:14)

OET-RV: 14 They’ll go to battle against the lamb, but the lamb will conquer them because he is master of masters and king of kings and the ones with him are called and chosen and faithful.” (REV 17:14)

REV 21:7 νικῶν (nikōn) V-PPA·NMS ‘the one overcoming will_be inheriting these things and’ SR GNT Rev 21:7 word 2

OET-LV: 7 The one overcoming will _be _inheriting these things, and I _will _be to _him god, and he will _be to _me a_son. (REV_21:7)

OET-RV: 7 All of those who conquer will inherit those things, and I will be their God and they will be my children. (REV 21:7)

Key: V=verb