Νικόλαος, -ov, 6, (νίκη and λαός), Nicolaus [A. V. Nicolas}, a proselyte of Antioch and one of the seven deacons of the church at Jerusalem: Acts vi. 5.

Νικόλαος Nikolaos 1x

Nicolaus, pr. name, Acts 6:5*

Νικόλαος, -αυ, ὁ, Nicolaus: Ac 6:5.†

Νικόλαος. For this proper name, as in Ac 65, cf. 76 XIV. 682, 1252, and the many exx. in Preisigke’s Sammelbuch, see Index. On νικο-λαός in popular etymology a rough Greek equivalent for py pba, leading to the identification of the Nicolaitans with the Balaamites, see Moffatt on Rev 25 in Z£G7. Harnack rejects any allegorical interpretation of the name | (The Journal of Religion iii. (1923), p. 413 ff). VLHOS. This form, as in Mt 12°°, 1 Cor 1553. 57, τ Esdr 3°, occurs in BGU III. 1oo2! (B.c. 55) σαὶ δέ εἰσιν πᾶσαι ai κατ᾽ αὐτῶν κείμεναι συνγραφαὶ καὶ ὠναὶ καὶ δίκαια Kal βέβαια καὶ νῖκος, apparently with reference to victory in a law-suit. According to Wackernagel (Hed/enzstica, p. 26f.) the word is originally related to the poetic νεῖκος, ‘‘strife,’” but passed into Ionic with the meaning of ‘‘ victory,’’ through the influence of νίκη: see also Fraenkel Gotta iv. (1913) p- 39 ff. Some Lat. MSS. actually translate νῖκος in 1 Cor 15" by contentio.

Νικόλαος (Nikolaos) — Nicolaus. Νικόλαος, -αυ, ὁ Nicolaus: Act.6:5.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)