nikaō · conquer, overcome

What it means

nikaō (νικάω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “conquer, overcome”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To win, come out on top.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• one who conquers ×8
• conquer ×5
• conquered ×5
• you have overcome ×3
• overcomes ×2
• conquering ×1
• has overcome ×1
• have overcome ×1
• overpowers ×1
• prevail ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Luke×1
• John×1
• Romans×3
• 1 John×6
• Revelation×17

• Luke 11:22

  but when one stronger than he comes upon him and overpowers him, he takes away his full armor in which he had trusted and divides up his plunder.

• John 16:33

  I have spoken these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction; but take courage: I have overcome the world.”

• Romans 3:4

  By no means! Rather, let God be true, and every human being a liar, as it is written: So that you may be declared righteous in your words and prevail when you are judged.

• Romans 12:21

  Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.

• 1 John 2:13

  I am writing to you, fathers, because you have come to know the one who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.

• 1 John 2:14

  I have written to you, children, because you have come to know the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you have come to know the one who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

• 1 John 4:4

  You are from God, little children, and you have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

• 1 John 5:4

  because everything that has been born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.

• 1 John 5:5

  And who is the one who overcomes the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

• Revelation 2:7

  Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To the one who conquers I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.

• Revelation 2:11

  Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. The one who conquers will never be harmed by the second death.

• Revelation 2:17

  Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written that no one knows except the one who receives it.

• Revelation 2:26

  And the one who conquers and the one who keeps my works until the end, I will give him authority over the nations,

• Revelation 3:5

  The one who conquers will thus be clothed in white clothes, and I will never erase his name from the book of life, and I will acknowledge his name before my Father and before his angels.

• Revelation 3:12

  The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, and he will never go out again; and I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my new name.

• Revelation 3:21

  The one who conquers, I will give him the right to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.

• Revelation 5:5

  And one of the elders says to me, “Do not weep; look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so as to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

• Revelation 6:2

  And I looked, and look, a white horse, and the one who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.

• Revelation 11:7

  And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war against them and conquer them and kill them.

• Revelation 12:11

  And they conquered him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even to death.

• Revelation 13:7

  And it was given to it to make war with the saints and to conquer them, and there was given to it authority over every tribe and people and language and nation.

• Revelation 15:2

  And I saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name, standing on the sea of glass, holding harps of God.

• Revelation 17:14

  These will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”

• Revelation 21:7

  The one who conquers will inherit these things, and I will be his God, and he will be my son.

And 4 more times.