noun · neuter
nikem
Greekνῖκος (nikos)
Strong’sG3534
victory
stem nik-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† νῖκος, -ους, τό, late form of νίκη,
[in LXX: La 3:18 (נֶצַח), I Es 3:9, II Mac 10:38, IV Mac 17:12; εἰς ν. (instead of εἰς τέλος, Jb 14:20), II Ki 2:26, Jb 36:7, Am 1:11 8:7, Je 3:5, La 5:20 (לָנֶצֵח, as נ׳ in Syr., = victory)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3534 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidnee'-kos
a conquest (concretely), i.e. (by implication) triumph
Fromfrom G3529;
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 or object direct | nikem1×νῖκος | nikeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | nikeu | nikeiu |
| to, for dative | nike | nikei |
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
nike 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
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
nikem“victory”subject or objectdirect singular1×
1 Corinthians 15:55“victory”pou su, thanator, tem nikem? pou su, thanator, tem kentrem?“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”
nikem3×
Matthew 12:20“victory”kalamon suntribirēton ouk katagnuati kai linem tufirōtem ouk sbennuati, heōs an ekballateia eis nikem tan krisian.A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.
1 Corinthians 15:54“victory”hotan de tem fthartem houtem endueteia aftharsian kai tem thnētem houtem endueteia athanasian, tote gineti tos logos tos grafirētos; Katapinita tos thanatos eis nikem.When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
1 Corinthians 15:57“victory”to de theo charias to dōarōto ni tem nikem dia tou kuriou nu Iēsu Christou.But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!