Word

θριαμβεύω

thriambeúō · G2358 · Greek · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

to triumph over, to be completely victorious over

(A figurative extension of meaning of θριαμβεύω ‘to lead prisoners of war in a victory procession,’ not occurring in the NT) To demonstrate one’s successful conquest of opposition

Examples
Colossians 2:15 When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.
to cause to triumph

To cause someone to completely triumph over

Examples
2 Corinthians 2:14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us reveals the fragrance of the knowledge of Him in every place.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

2 occurrences in 1 groups

Not stated (participle) 2

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐγώI, we 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐνin+ ΧριστόςChrist, Messiah 1
ἐνin+ αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

πάντοτεalways 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

θεόςGod 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

νικάω nikáō · G3528 · to be victorious over, to be a victor, to conquer: General Greek verb for conquering or overcoming; θριαμβεύω adds the specific nuance of a triumphal procession or public display of victory, while νικάω focuses on the act of conquering itself without the ceremonial imagery

Contrasting words 1 word

ἡττάω hēttáō · G2274 · to be treated worse, to suffer more, to be defeated: Direct lexical opposite: to be defeated or overcome versus to triumph over or conquer; represents the opposite outcome in conflict or contest

Semantic domains 2 entries

To triumph over, to be completely victorious over39.59: In 2 Corinthians 2:14, Paul writes, “thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us reveals the fragrance of the knowledge of Him in every place,” using this verb for celebrating a complete victory.
To cause to triumph39.60: In Colossians 2:15, of Christ it is written, “When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him,” using this verb for causing defeated powers to be led in a triumphal procession.

Word family 6 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

θροέω throéō · G2360 · to be startled · 3×θόρυβος thórybos · G2351 · clamor, noise, riot · 7×θορυβέω thorybéō · G2350 · to stir up against, to start a riot, to cause an uproar · 4×θρηνέω thrēnéō · G2354 · to wail, to lament, to sing funeral songs · 4×θριαμβεύωthriambeúō · G2358θρῆνος thrēnos · G2355 · wailing · 0×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon 1 aorist participle θριαμβεύσας; (θρίαμβος, a hymn sung in festal processions in honor of…

1 aorist participle θριαμβεύσας; (θρίαμβος, a hymn sung in festal processions in honor of Bacchus; among the Romans, a triumphal procession (Latintriumphus, with which word it is thought to be allied; cf. Vanicek, p. 317));
1. to triumph, to celebrate a triumph (Dionysius Halicarnassus, Appendix, Plutarch, Hdian, others); τινα, over one (as Plutarch, Thes. and Rom. comp. 4): Col 2:15 (where it signifies the victory won by God over the demoniacal powers through Christ's death).
2. by a usage unknown to secular authors, with a Hiphil or cuasative force (cf. Winers Grammar, p. 23 and § 38,1 (cf. Buttmann, 147 (129))), with the accusative of a person, to cause one to triumph, i. e. metaphorically, to grant one complete success, 2 Cor 2:14 (but others reject the causative sense; see Meyer at the passage; Lightfoot on Colossians, the passage cited).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Conquer2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0