νῖκος
πάντες γὰρ οἱ λαβόντες μάχαιραν ἐν μαχαίρῃ ἀπολοῦνται → all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword
English (LSJ)
εος, τό, later form for νίκη, LXX 1 Es.3.9, BGU1002.14 (i B.C.), IG12 (5).764.2 (Andros, prob. i A.D.; written νεῖκος), Ev.Matt.12.20, Vett.Val.358.5, Orph.A.587, APl.5.381, read by Aristarch. in Il.12.276;
A εἰς νῖκος for ever, LXX 2 Ki.2.26, al.
German (Pape)
[Seite 257] τό, = νίκη, Sp., wie Polem. 1, 12; Theocr. 22, 129; vgl. Lob. Phryn. 647. Aber Aesch. Suppl. 929 ist nicht hierher zu ziehen.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
νῖκος: τό, μεταγενέστ. τύπος τοῦ νίκη, Ὀρφ. Ἀργ. 585, Ἀνθ. Πλαν. 381, κτλ.
English (Strong)
from νίκη; a conquest (concretely), i.e. (by implication) triumph: victory.
English (Thayer)
νικους, τό, a later form equivalent to νίκη (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 647; (Buttmann, 23 (20); Winer s Grammar, 24)), victory: εἰς νῖκος, until he have gained the victory, κατεπόθη ὁ θάνατος εἰς νῖκος, (A. V. death is swallowed up in victory) i. e. utterly vanquished, Sept. sometimes translate the Hebrew לָנֶצַח, i. e. to everlasting, forever, by εἰς νῖκος, נֶצַח denotes also splendor, victory.)
