I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” —John 16:33
Four interesting points about this Greek word:
- Means “to overcome, conquer, be victorious”
- Used only once in the Bible. (this exact tense is used once. The root form nikáō is used 28 times)
- Nenikēka is in the perfect tense. Jesus speaks of His victory over the world as though it is an accomplished fact with continuing results to the present!
- The root form of nenikēka is nikáō. This is the verb form of the noun níkē, “victory”.
These commentaries are amazing, please do more
Thank you, Dorcas! Your comment means a lot to me. I haven’t made these commentaries in a while. Looking back at this post now, I rather like this one. The simplicity of this is nice.
And then comparing to the one I did prior to this one. The one about Isaiah 43:2 (https://christiannotebook.com/ani-ittecha-isaiah-43-2/). I think I highlighted too many words here. It’s a bit more for someone to digest. It’s certainly fun to make ones like this Isaiah commentary–pointing out all the various interesting parts of the verse. But now that I have some perspective on these through time, this Isaish one is a bit much.
The John 16:33 drives the point home more.
And I think that’s part of the reason why I stopped doing these. I felt like they weren’t really connecting. Or getting the point across. I used to be frustrated seeing Bible commentaries on Instagram where people were doing really simple one word illustrations, but had no meat. And these simple ones were getting a lot of traction.
Now I think I see that I could go more simple, but dig in deep more on one particular word in a verse.
Thank you, Dorcas, for helping bring these posts back to light, and back into my mind. I’m going to start making more again because of your helpful comment. God bless!
I have recently been wondering about what the original word for” overcome “actually entails in this verse and hunting specifically for this on my phone.I happily found your posting and am encouraged by it.The fact that this form of the word is used only ONCE in Scripture! Obviously a pivotal moment for Jesus to state this, I believe.
Thankyou for allowing The Holy Spirit to direct your study and sharing of the Word 🙂