[B-Greek] NIKWN in Rev

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Wed Sep 10 06:59:14 EDT 2008


The word NIKWN is not used univocally in the Apocalypse.  Most of the time the author stands the term on its head -- what we would normally call the "loser" is to him the "winner."  To suffer and even to die on behalf of the gospel is to conquer.  Out of 24 verses in which the verb is used in the NT it appears 15 times in the Apocalypse.  The only times that it is used in the conventional sense is in 13.7
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καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ ποιῆσαι πόλεμον μετὰ τῶν ἁγίων καὶ νικῆσαιαὐτούς, καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ ἐξουσία ἐπὶ πᾶσαν φυλὴν καὶ λαὸν καὶ γλῶσσαν καὶ ἔθνος. 
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KAI EDOQH AUTWi POIHSAI POLEMON META TWN hAGIWN KAI NIKHSAI AUTOUS, KAI EDOQH AUTWi ECOUSIA EPI PASAN FULHN KAI LAON KAI GLWSSAN KAI EQNOS. 
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Take a look at 3.5
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Ὁ νικῶνοὕτως περιβαλεῖται ἐν ἱματίοις λευκοῖς καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐξαλείψω τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῆς βίβλου τῆς ζωῆς καὶ ὁμολογήσω τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐνώπιον τοῦ πατρός μου καὶ ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ. 
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hO NIKWN hOUTWS PERIBALEITA EN hIMATIOIS LEUKOIS KAI OU MH ECALEIYW TO ONOMA AUTOU EK THS BIBLOU THS ZWHS KAI hOMOLOGHSW TO ONOMA AUTOU ENWPION TOU PATRO MOU KAI ENWPION TWN AGGELWN AUTOU.
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The one who "conquers" is to be dressed in white.  Why?  Because this is the attire of the dead saints.  His name will not be blotted out of the Book of Life.  Why?  Because his life on earth has been terminated.  His name will be confessed before the Father.  Why?  Because his name is no longer mentioned on earth.
 .george
gfsomsel 


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----- Original Message ----
From: Beata Urbanek <beata.urbanek at op.pl>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 3:44:31 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] NIKWN in Rev

Dear List-members,

I'd like to know if the participle NIKWN used e.g. in the letters to the seven churches in Rev is a typical word to call a winner? Robertson points to a present tense which means that is a continuous victory. Is he right? In a dictionary I've found a word NIKHTWR - a winner, but I can't find it used in either LXX or GNT. Was it used often outside the Bible?

Thanks for help.

Beata Urbanek


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