Lexical Summary nikos: victory Original Word: νῖκοςTransliteration: nikos Phonetic Spelling: (nee'-kos) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: victory Meaning: victory Strong's Concordance victory. From nike; a conquest (concretely), i.e. (by implication) triumph -- victory. see GREEK nike Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3534: νῖκοςνῖκος, νικους, τό, a later form equivalent to νίκη (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 647; (Buttmann, 23 (20); Winers Grammar, 24)), victory: 1 Corinthians 15:55, 57 (2 Macc. 10:38; (1 Esdr. 3:9)); εἰς νῖκος, until he have gained the victory, Matthew 12:20; κατεπόθη ὁ θάνατος εἰς νῖκος, (A. V. death is swallowed up in victory) i. e. utterly vanquished, 1 Corinthians 15:54. (The Sept. sometimes translate the Hebrew לָנֶצַח, i. e. to everlasting, forever, by εἰς νῖκος, 2 Samuel 2:26; Job 36:7; Lamentations 5:20; Amos 1:11; Amos 8:7, because נֶצַח denotes also splendor, 1 Chronicles 29:11, and in Syriac victory.) |