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To triumph

θριαμβεύωStrong’s G2358

thriambeuō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Thriambeuō is the Greek word usually translated “leading in triumph” and “having triumphed”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.”
2 Corinthians 2:14 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “leading in triumph” and “having triumphed”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • leading in triumph 1
  • having triumphed 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Corinthians 1
  • Colossians 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

θριαμβεύω thriambeuō · to triumph

θριαμβεύω (θρίαμβος, 1. a festal hymn to Bacchus. 2. The Roman triumphus), 1. to triumph (and rarely, with accusative, to triumph over; so perh. Col.2:15, but see infr.). 2. to lead in triumph: with accusative of person(s), 2Co.2:14; hence, generally, to make a spectacle or show of: Col.2:15 (but see supr.; cf. MM, Exp., xv; and esp. Field, Notes, 181).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “triumph” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

TRI'UMPH, noun

[Latin triumphus.]

  1. Among the ancient Romans, a pompous ceremony performed in honor of a victorious general, who was allowed to enter the city crowned, originally with laurel, but in later times with gold, bearing a truncheon in one hand and a branch of laurel in the other, riding in a chariot drawn by two white horses, and followed by the kings, princes and generals whom he had vanquished, loaded with chains and insulted by mimics and buffoons.
  2. State of being victorious.
  3. Victory; conquest.
  4. Joy or exultation for success.
All definitions and other forms of “triumph”
  1. A card that takes all others; now written trump, which see.

TRI'UMPH, verb intransitive

To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice for victory.

  1. “How long shall the wicked triumph?” Psalms 94:3
  2. To obtain victory.
  3. In insult upon an advantage gained.“Let not my enemies triumph over me” Psalms 25:2
  4. To be prosperous; to flourish.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.