νικάω, -ῶ
(< νίκη), [in LXX: Ps 50 (51):4 (זכה), Pr 6:25 freq. (חמד); freq. in IV Mac;]
to conquer, prevail: absol., of Christ, Re 3:216:2; c. inf., Re 5:5; of Christians, Re 2:7, 11, 17, 263:5, 12, 2121:7; seq. ἐκ(RV, come victorious from), Re 15:2; as law-term (cl.), Ro 3:4(LXX); c. acc. pers., Lk 11:22, Re 11:713:7 ([WH], R, mg., om.); of Christ, Jo 16:33 (τ. κόσμον), Re 17:14; of Christians, I Jo 4:4; τ. πονηρόν, I Jo 2:13, 14; αὐτόν (ref. to ὁ κατήγωρ, ib. 2:10), Re 12:11; c. acc. rei, τὸν κόσμον, Jo 16:33, I Jo 5:4, 5; τὸ κακόν, Ro 12:21; pass., μὴ νικῶ ὑπὸ τ. κακοῦ, ib. (cf. ὑπερ-νικάω).†