νικάω

νικάω — nikáō

νικάω, νικῶ; present participle dative νικουντι, Rev 2:7 Lachmann Rev 2:17 L T Tr (yet all νικῶντας in Rev 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, Rev 3:21; Rev 6:2; ἐνίκησεν... ἀνοῖξαι κτλ. hath so conquered that he now has the right and power to open etc. Rev 5:5; of Christians, that hold fast their faith even unto death against the power of their foes, and their temptations and persecutions, Rev 2:7; Rev 2:11; Rev 2:17; Rev 2:26; Rev 3:5; Rev 3:12; Rev 3:21; Rev 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)), Rev 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): Rom 3:4 (from the Sept. of Psa 50:6 ). b, with the accusative of the object: τινα, by force, Luk 11:22; Rev 11:7; Rev 13:7 (L omits; WH Tr marginal reading brackets the clause); of Christ the conqueror of his foes, Rev 17:14; τόν κόσμον, to deprive it of power to harm, to subvert its influence, Joh 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, 1Jn 2:13; Rev 12:11; false teachers, 1Jn 4:4; τόν κόσμον, 1Jn 5:4 f. 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 be has done one, Rom 12:21; νίκασθαι ὑπό τοῦ κακοῦ, to be disturbed by an injury and driven to avenge it, ibid. (Compare: ὑπερνικάω.)