G3531 – Nikolaites – Νικολαΐτης – Nicolaitane
- Strong’s ID:
- G3531
- Greek Word:
- Νικολαΐτης
- Transliteration:
- Nikolaites
- Pronunciation:
- nik-ol-ah-ee’-tace
- Part of Speech:
- noun proper masculine
- Usage Count:
- 2
- Search:
- Find “Nikolaites” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from G3532; a Nicolaite, i.e. adherent of Nicolaus:—Nicolaitane.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
Nicolaitans = “destruction of people”
1) a sect mentioned in Rev. 2:6,15, who were charged with holding the error of Balaam, casting a stumbling block before the church of God by upholding the liberty of eating things sacrificed to idols as well as committing fornication
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.