Strong G3528νικάω
to conquer
- Transliteration
- nikaō
- Pronunciation
- nik-ah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G3529; to subdue (literally or figuratively): - conquer overcome prevail get the victory.
Detailed definition
νικἀω, -ῶ
(νίκη), [in LXX: Psa.51:4 (זָכָה), Pro.6:25 frequently (חָמַד); in 4Mac;]
to conquer, prevail: absol., of Christ, Rev.3:21 6:2; C. inf., Rev.5:5; of Christians, Rev.2:7, 11 2:17, 26 3:5, 12 3:21 21:7; before ἐκ (RV, come victorious from), Rev.15:2; as law-term (cl.), Rom.3:4 (LXX); with accusative of person(s), Luk.11:22, Rev.11:7 13:7 ([WH], R, mg., om.); of Christ, Jhn.16:33 (τ. κόσμον), Rev.17:14; of Christians, 1Jn.4:4; τ. πονηρόν, 1Jn.2:13-14; αὐτόν (ref. to ὁ κατήγωρ, 1Jn.2:10), Rev.12:11; with accusative of thing(s), τὸν κόσμον, Jhn.16:33, 1Jn.5:4-5; τὸ κακόν, Rom.12:21; pass., μὴ νικῶ ὑπὸ τ. κακοῦ, ib. (cf. ὑπερ-νικάω).†
(AS)
(νίκη), [in LXX: Psa.51:4 (זָכָה), Pro.6:25 frequently (חָמַד); in 4Mac;]
to conquer, prevail: absol., of Christ, Rev.3:21 6:2; C. inf., Rev.5:5; of Christians, Rev.2:7, 11 2:17, 26 3:5, 12 3:21 21:7; before ἐκ (RV, come victorious from), Rev.15:2; as law-term (cl.), Rom.3:4 (LXX); with accusative of person(s), Luk.11:22, Rev.11:7 13:7 ([WH], R, mg., om.); of Christ, Jhn.16:33 (τ. κόσμον), Rev.17:14; of Christians, 1Jn.4:4; τ. πονηρόν, 1Jn.2:13-14; αὐτόν (ref. to ὁ κατήγωρ, 1Jn.2:10), Rev.12:11; with accusative of thing(s), τὸν κόσμον, Jhn.16:33, 1Jn.5:4-5; τὸ κακόν, Rom.12:21; pass., μὴ νικῶ ὑπὸ τ. κακοῦ, ib. (cf. ὑπερ-νικάω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3528 appears in 24 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- overcome12
- overcometh10
- be1
- conquer1
- prevail1
- to1
- victory1
First verses
- Luke 11:22But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
- John 16:33These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
- Romans 3:4God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
- Romans 12:21Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
- 1 John 2:13I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
- 1 John 2:14I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
- 1 John 4:4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
- 1 John 5:4For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
- 1 John 5:5Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
- Revelation 2:7He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
- Revelation 2:11He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
- Revelation 2:17He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
- Revelation 2:26And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
- Revelation 3:5He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
- Revelation 3:12Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
- Revelation 3:21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
- Revelation 5:5And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
- Revelation 6:2And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
- Revelation 11:7And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
- Revelation 12:11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
νῑκάω,
Ionic dialect νικέω [NT+4th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 249, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.51, also “GDI” 1413.16 (Aetol.), “SIG” 265.4 (Delph., 4th c.BC), variant in NT.Rev.2.7)]; Aeolic dialect νίκημι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.40, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.743 (Antip.))]; also in imperfect νίκη conjecture in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.5, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 6.46)]: Epic dialect imperfect 1st pers. plural νικάσκομεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.512:)]future -ήσω, later -ήσομαι[Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Hierocles Facetiarum Scriptor “Facet.” 205)]; Doric dialect 2nd pers. singular νικαξῇ variant in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.32:)]perfect νενίκηκα, etc.: (νίκη):
I absolutely, conquer, prevail in battle, in the games, or in any contest, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.439, etc.)]; ὁ νικήσας the conqueror,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 138, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 5.9, etc.)]; ὁ νικηθείς the conquered, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.656, 663)]; ἐνίκησα καὶ δεύτερος καὶ τέταρτος ἐγενόμην I won the first prize [at Olympia], etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.16, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 16.33)]: present frequently in sense, to be (or be proclaimed) conqueror, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.112, 13.30, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.27, “An.” 2.1.1)]; νικᾶν πᾶσι τοῖς κριταῖς or ἑνὶ κριτῇ in their opinion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 445, 447)]; πολὺ ν. win a decisive victory, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.34, etc.; τὰ πάντα ν. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “An.” [same place]: frequently with _dative_ modi, πυγμῇ)] in boxing, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.669; ναυμαχίῃ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.10.β᾽)]; ἵππῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.122; μάχῃ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1143, etc.; ἵππῳ ἢ συνωρίδι ἢ ζεύγει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 36d; λαμπάδι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.42, etc.: with _accusative_ _cognate_ in same sense, πάντα ἐνίκα)] he won all the bouts, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.389, 5.807)]; τὰ κοῦφα, τὰ μείζοναν., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1029, 1031; τῶν παλαισμάτων ἓν ν. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 256b; ἅρμα ν. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).25; παγκράτιον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.49)]; ναυμαχίαν, μάχας, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.66, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.257, etc.: frequently ν. Ὀλύμπια)] to be conqueror in the Olympian games, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126; τὠλύμπια 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 8.17; τὰ Παναθήναια 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 530b; ν. Ὀλυμπιάδα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.33 (also ν. Ὀλυμπίασιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 36d; ἐν Πυθίοισι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 2.9): with _dative_ et _accusative_, τὰ Πύθια τῷ τεθρίππῳ ν. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.33)]; πολλοὺς ἀγῶνας οὐ παγκρατίῳ μόνον, κτλ., [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.811d)]; Ὀλυμπίασι παῖδας στάδιον ν. conquer in the boys' race in the stadium at Olympia, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 58.66: with double _accusative_, Πύθια ν. ἄνδρας)] Diog.Cyn. cited in [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 6.33)]: also in Attic dialect Inscrr. with genitive, Λεωντὶς ἀνδρῶν ἐνίκα [Refs (“IG” 2.1291, +others: generally with _accusative_ _cognate_, νίκην ν.)] win a victory, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1060, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 465d, etc. (compare below 11))]; also ν. τρίποδα win it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 147.)]
I.2 prevail, be superior, μύθοισιν, ἔγχεϊ, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.252; δόλοισι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.121)]; κάλλει ἐνίκα (i.e. κρητήρ) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.742; πᾶσαν ἀρετὴν νενικηκώς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 964c)]: with participle, εὐεργετῶν ν. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 9.7.)]
I.3 of opinions, etc., βουλὴ κακὴ νίκησεν the evil counsel prevailed, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.46; τὰ χερείονα νικᾷ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.576, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.404; ἐνίκα ἡ γνώμη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.36, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.12, etc.; ἡ νικῶσα βουλή 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 912)]; ἐκ τῆς νικώσης [γνώμης] according to the prevailing opinion, vote of the majority, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.1.18, 6.2.12; ταῦτ᾽ ἐνίκα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 274; νικᾷ πάσαισι ταῖς ψήφοις ὁ νόμος)]is carried, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 801a; σὺν ψάφῳ τᾷ νικεούσᾳ “SIG” 265.4 (Delph., 4th c.BC))]: frequently of orators, νικᾷ.. ὁ κακὸς ἐν πλήθει λέγων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 944; ν. γνώμῃσι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.82 (so γνώμῃ, variant{γνώμην}, [prev. author] 1.61, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 594): frequently _impersonal_, ἐνίκα (i.e. ἡ γνώμη))] it was resolved, with infinitive, ἐνίκα μὴ ἐκλιπεῖν τὴν πόλιν it was carried not.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.101; τέλος γε μέντοι δεῦρ᾽ ἐνίκησεν μολεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 233, etc.)]; ἐνίκησε.. λοιμὸν εἰρῆσθαι it was the prevailing opinion that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.54)]; ἐν δημοκρατίᾳ νικᾷ ζῆν it is preferable.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 303b.)]
I.4 with infinitive, succeed in.., ἐνίκησε σκορπίσαι [Refs (“Psalms of Solomon [1st c.BC]” 4.13.)]
I.5 as law-term, ν. τὴν δίκην win one's cause, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 955, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 581; simply νικᾶν “GDI” 5011.11 (from Gortyn), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 42.1, “Rh.Al.” 1433a6, “PHal.” 1.58 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]; νικήσεις ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε [NT (NT.Rom.3.4)]:—passive, with genitive, αἴ κα νικαθῇ τῶν ἐνεχύρων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Schwyzer” 177.9 (Crete, 5th c.BC))]; see below 11.
II with accusative, conquer, vanquish, Ἕκτορα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.192, etc.: frequently with _dative_ modi, μάχῃ ν. Ἀχαιούς 16.79; ἀγορῇ ν. υἷας Ἀχαιῶν 2.370; πόδεσσι δὲ πάντας ἐνίκα 20.410; κάλλει ἐνίκων φῦλα γυναικῶν 9.130)]; πάντα ν. ἄνδρα.. κακοῖσιν surpass him in miseries, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 659; ν. τινὰ ἔν τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 213e, etc.)]; μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λόγον excels the whole account, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1224 (Lyric poetry); νίκα ἐν τῷ ἀγαθῷ τὸ κακόν NT.Rom.12.21: with _accusative_ _cognate_, μάχην ν. τινά 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.58, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.181, etc.)]:—passive, ἔστιν ἃ τῶν ἄθλων δὶς ἕκαστος ἐνικήθη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.5.2)]: with participle, ν. ἀλεξόμενός τινα [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 1.9.11, etc.)]
II.b as law-term [Refs 8th c.BC+ (compare(1.5), νίκης τήν μιν ἐγὼ νίκησα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.545)]:—passive, ἧ δέ κα νικαθῇ [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 1.23, +others)]; also of objects in dispute, damages, etc., recover, [Refs ([prev. work]1.28, +others)]:—passive, to be assigned, adjudicated, [Refs ([prev. work]1.55.)]
II.2 generally, overpower, especially of passions, etc., νόον νίκησε νεοίη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.604; μὴ φόβος σὲ νικάτω φρένας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 88, compare 133; [φύσις] νικᾷ τῷ ἥσσονι τὸ μεῖζον τῆς ἐλπίδος 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 176)]; βαρεῖαν ἡδονὴν νικᾶτέ με grievous is the pleasure ye win prevailing over me, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1204: with)]infinitive, μηδ᾽ ἡ βία σε.. νικησάτω τοσόνδε μισεῖν let not violence prevail on thee to.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Aj.” 1334: with _genitive_ of comparison, νικᾷ γὰρ ἁρετή με τῆς ἔχθρας πολύ)] weighs with me more than enmity, from the comparable force in νικᾷ, [Refs ([prev. work] 1357 codices)]
II.3 passive, to be vanquished, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only in)]participle νικηθείς (see. above [Refs (1.1))]; νικᾶσθαι ὕπνῳ, κέρδεσιν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 291, 342; ἡδονῇ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1272; συμφορᾷ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1195; also ὑπὸ τοῦ κακοῦ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.51; πρὸς ἱμέρου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 932.4, etc.: sometimes with _genitive_, ἱμέρου νικώμενος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 1005; αὐτῆς [τε] τῆς δίκης.. αὐτοῦ τε τοῦ ἀληθοῦς νικᾶσθαι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.87: frequently of persons, νικᾶσθαί τινος,)] with genitive of comparison, to be inferior, yield to, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1353, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 315, “Cyc.” 454)]; ξείνων νενίκανται θύραι the doors give way to the guests, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.2; ἢν τοῦτο νικηθῇς ἐμοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1087.)]
Ionic dialect νικέω [NT+4th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 249, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.51, also “GDI” 1413.16 (Aetol.), “SIG” 265.4 (Delph., 4th c.BC), variant in NT.Rev.2.7)]; Aeolic dialect νίκημι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.40, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.743 (Antip.))]; also in imperfect νίκη conjecture in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.5, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 6.46)]: Epic dialect imperfect 1st pers. plural νικάσκομεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.512:)]future -ήσω, later -ήσομαι[Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Hierocles Facetiarum Scriptor “Facet.” 205)]; Doric dialect 2nd pers. singular νικαξῇ variant in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.32:)]perfect νενίκηκα, etc.: (νίκη):
I absolutely, conquer, prevail in battle, in the games, or in any contest, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.439, etc.)]; ὁ νικήσας the conqueror,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 138, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 5.9, etc.)]; ὁ νικηθείς the conquered, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.656, 663)]; ἐνίκησα καὶ δεύτερος καὶ τέταρτος ἐγενόμην I won the first prize [at Olympia], etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.16, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 16.33)]: present frequently in sense, to be (or be proclaimed) conqueror, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.112, 13.30, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.27, “An.” 2.1.1)]; νικᾶν πᾶσι τοῖς κριταῖς or ἑνὶ κριτῇ in their opinion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 445, 447)]; πολὺ ν. win a decisive victory, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.34, etc.; τὰ πάντα ν. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “An.” [same place]: frequently with _dative_ modi, πυγμῇ)] in boxing, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.669; ναυμαχίῃ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.10.β᾽)]; ἵππῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.122; μάχῃ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1143, etc.; ἵππῳ ἢ συνωρίδι ἢ ζεύγει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 36d; λαμπάδι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.42, etc.: with _accusative_ _cognate_ in same sense, πάντα ἐνίκα)] he won all the bouts, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.389, 5.807)]; τὰ κοῦφα, τὰ μείζοναν., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1029, 1031; τῶν παλαισμάτων ἓν ν. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 256b; ἅρμα ν. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).25; παγκράτιον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.49)]; ναυμαχίαν, μάχας, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.66, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.257, etc.: frequently ν. Ὀλύμπια)] to be conqueror in the Olympian games, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126; τὠλύμπια 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 8.17; τὰ Παναθήναια 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 530b; ν. Ὀλυμπιάδα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.33 (also ν. Ὀλυμπίασιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 36d; ἐν Πυθίοισι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 2.9): with _dative_ et _accusative_, τὰ Πύθια τῷ τεθρίππῳ ν. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.33)]; πολλοὺς ἀγῶνας οὐ παγκρατίῳ μόνον, κτλ., [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.811d)]; Ὀλυμπίασι παῖδας στάδιον ν. conquer in the boys' race in the stadium at Olympia, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 58.66: with double _accusative_, Πύθια ν. ἄνδρας)] Diog.Cyn. cited in [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 6.33)]: also in Attic dialect Inscrr. with genitive, Λεωντὶς ἀνδρῶν ἐνίκα [Refs (“IG” 2.1291, +others: generally with _accusative_ _cognate_, νίκην ν.)] win a victory, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1060, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 465d, etc. (compare below 11))]; also ν. τρίποδα win it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 147.)]
I.2 prevail, be superior, μύθοισιν, ἔγχεϊ, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.252; δόλοισι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.121)]; κάλλει ἐνίκα (i.e. κρητήρ) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.742; πᾶσαν ἀρετὴν νενικηκώς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 964c)]: with participle, εὐεργετῶν ν. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 9.7.)]
I.3 of opinions, etc., βουλὴ κακὴ νίκησεν the evil counsel prevailed, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.46; τὰ χερείονα νικᾷ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.576, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.404; ἐνίκα ἡ γνώμη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.36, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.12, etc.; ἡ νικῶσα βουλή 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 912)]; ἐκ τῆς νικώσης [γνώμης] according to the prevailing opinion, vote of the majority, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.1.18, 6.2.12; ταῦτ᾽ ἐνίκα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 274; νικᾷ πάσαισι ταῖς ψήφοις ὁ νόμος)]is carried, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 801a; σὺν ψάφῳ τᾷ νικεούσᾳ “SIG” 265.4 (Delph., 4th c.BC))]: frequently of orators, νικᾷ.. ὁ κακὸς ἐν πλήθει λέγων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 944; ν. γνώμῃσι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.82 (so γνώμῃ, variant{γνώμην}, [prev. author] 1.61, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 594): frequently _impersonal_, ἐνίκα (i.e. ἡ γνώμη))] it was resolved, with infinitive, ἐνίκα μὴ ἐκλιπεῖν τὴν πόλιν it was carried not.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.101; τέλος γε μέντοι δεῦρ᾽ ἐνίκησεν μολεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 233, etc.)]; ἐνίκησε.. λοιμὸν εἰρῆσθαι it was the prevailing opinion that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.54)]; ἐν δημοκρατίᾳ νικᾷ ζῆν it is preferable.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 303b.)]
I.4 with infinitive, succeed in.., ἐνίκησε σκορπίσαι [Refs (“Psalms of Solomon [1st c.BC]” 4.13.)]
I.5 as law-term, ν. τὴν δίκην win one's cause, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 955, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 581; simply νικᾶν “GDI” 5011.11 (from Gortyn), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 42.1, “Rh.Al.” 1433a6, “PHal.” 1.58 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]; νικήσεις ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε [NT (NT.Rom.3.4)]:—passive, with genitive, αἴ κα νικαθῇ τῶν ἐνεχύρων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Schwyzer” 177.9 (Crete, 5th c.BC))]; see below 11.
II with accusative, conquer, vanquish, Ἕκτορα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.192, etc.: frequently with _dative_ modi, μάχῃ ν. Ἀχαιούς 16.79; ἀγορῇ ν. υἷας Ἀχαιῶν 2.370; πόδεσσι δὲ πάντας ἐνίκα 20.410; κάλλει ἐνίκων φῦλα γυναικῶν 9.130)]; πάντα ν. ἄνδρα.. κακοῖσιν surpass him in miseries, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 659; ν. τινὰ ἔν τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 213e, etc.)]; μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λόγον excels the whole account, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1224 (Lyric poetry); νίκα ἐν τῷ ἀγαθῷ τὸ κακόν NT.Rom.12.21: with _accusative_ _cognate_, μάχην ν. τινά 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.58, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.181, etc.)]:—passive, ἔστιν ἃ τῶν ἄθλων δὶς ἕκαστος ἐνικήθη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.5.2)]: with participle, ν. ἀλεξόμενός τινα [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 1.9.11, etc.)]
II.b as law-term [Refs 8th c.BC+ (compare(1.5), νίκης τήν μιν ἐγὼ νίκησα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.545)]:—passive, ἧ δέ κα νικαθῇ [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 1.23, +others)]; also of objects in dispute, damages, etc., recover, [Refs ([prev. work]1.28, +others)]:—passive, to be assigned, adjudicated, [Refs ([prev. work]1.55.)]
II.2 generally, overpower, especially of passions, etc., νόον νίκησε νεοίη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.604; μὴ φόβος σὲ νικάτω φρένας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 88, compare 133; [φύσις] νικᾷ τῷ ἥσσονι τὸ μεῖζον τῆς ἐλπίδος 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 176)]; βαρεῖαν ἡδονὴν νικᾶτέ με grievous is the pleasure ye win prevailing over me, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1204: with)]infinitive, μηδ᾽ ἡ βία σε.. νικησάτω τοσόνδε μισεῖν let not violence prevail on thee to.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Aj.” 1334: with _genitive_ of comparison, νικᾷ γὰρ ἁρετή με τῆς ἔχθρας πολύ)] weighs with me more than enmity, from the comparable force in νικᾷ, [Refs ([prev. work] 1357 codices)]
II.3 passive, to be vanquished, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only in)]participle νικηθείς (see. above [Refs (1.1))]; νικᾶσθαι ὕπνῳ, κέρδεσιν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 291, 342; ἡδονῇ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1272; συμφορᾷ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1195; also ὑπὸ τοῦ κακοῦ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.51; πρὸς ἱμέρου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 932.4, etc.: sometimes with _genitive_, ἱμέρου νικώμενος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 1005; αὐτῆς [τε] τῆς δίκης.. αὐτοῦ τε τοῦ ἀληθοῦς νικᾶσθαι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.87: frequently of persons, νικᾶσθαί τινος,)] with genitive of comparison, to be inferior, yield to, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1353, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 315, “Cyc.” 454)]; ξείνων νενίκανται θύραι the doors give way to the guests, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.2; ἢν τοῦτο νικηθῇς ἐμοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1087.)]