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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2696" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2696" /> == | ||
<p> '''''kon´kẽr''''' -'''''ẽr''''' : Known only in the compound verb (ὑπερνικῶμεν , <i> '''''hupernikō̇men''''' </i> , Romans 8:37 ): | <p> ''''' kon´kẽr ''''' - ''''' ẽr ''''' : Known only in the compound verb (ὑπερνικῶμεν , <i> ''''' hupernikō̇men ''''' </i> , Romans 8:37 ): A usual meaning of the preposition in composition is "above all measure"; hence, "more than conquerors," the Revised Version (British and American), the King James Version. The comparison is to the completeness of the victory. Others may place their enemies in subjection; those here mentioned master not only their foes, but themselves. Others destroy their foes and their resources; while those who are "more than conquerors" convert foes into means of still farther promoting the interests for which they struggle ( Romans 3:3-5 ). Nor is the victory external and transient, but internal and permanent. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:02, 16 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) One who conquers.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
kon´kẽr - ẽr : Known only in the compound verb (ὑπερνικῶμεν , hupernikō̇men , Romans 8:37 ): A usual meaning of the preposition in composition is "above all measure"; hence, "more than conquerors," the Revised Version (British and American), the King James Version. The comparison is to the completeness of the victory. Others may place their enemies in subjection; those here mentioned master not only their foes, but themselves. Others destroy their foes and their resources; while those who are "more than conquerors" convert foes into means of still farther promoting the interests for which they struggle ( Romans 3:3-5 ). Nor is the victory external and transient, but internal and permanent.
