noun · feminine
nikas
Greekνίκη (nikē)
Strong’sG3529
victory
stem nik-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
νίκη, -ης, ἡ,
[in LXX: I Ch 29:11 (נֵצַח), freq. in I-IV Mac;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3529 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidnee'-kay
conquest (abstractly), i.e. (figuratively) the means of success
Fromapparently a primary word;
King Jamesvictory.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | nikas1×νίκη | nikais |
| object accusative | nikan | nikain |
| direct address vocative | nikar | nikair |
| of, belonging to genitive | nikau | nikaiu |
| to, for dative | nika | nikai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
nika is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
nikas“victory”subjectnominative singular1×
1 John 5:4“victory”hoti pantem tem gennirētem ek tou theou nikatō ton kosmon. kai houtas atō tas nikas tas nikaratas ton kosmon, tas pistias nu;because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.