Νικόδημος G3530
Nicodemus; a Pharisee and member of the Jewish ruling council who came to Jesus by night (John 3).
A proper noun identifying Nicodemus, a prominent Pharisee and member of the Sanhedrin who appears exclusively in John's Gospel. He first approaches Jesus secretly at night with genuine theological questions (John 3:1–9), later defends due process before the council (John 7:50), and finally assists Joseph of Arimathea in burying Jesus with a lavish quantity of spices (John 19:39). The name means 'victory of the people' (Greek νίκη + δῆμος), and European translations preserve the Greek form closely: French 'Nicodème,' German 'Nikodemus.'
Senses
1. sense 1 — Nicodemus, a named individual — a Pharisee and ruler among the Jews who appears three times in John's Gospel. His trajectory from secretive night-visitor (John 3:1) to public defender of fairness (John 7:50) to participant in Jesus' burial (John 19:39) forms one of the most carefully developed character arcs in the Fourth Gospel. The multilingual renderings (Spanish 'Nikodḗmos,' French 'Nicodème,' German 'Nikodemus') all transliterate from the Greek Νικόδημος, meaning 'conqueror of the people.' 5×
AR["نِيقُودِيمُوسُ"]·ben["নীকদীম", "নীকদীম,"]·DE["Nikodemus"]·EN["Nikodēmos"]·FR["Nicodème"]·heb["נִקְדַּיְמוֹס", "נַקְדִּימוֹן", "נַקְדִּימוֹס"]·HI["निकुदेमुस", "निकोदेमुस", "नीकुदेमुस", "नीकुदेमुस,", "नीकुदेमुस-ने"]·ID["Nikodemus", "Nikodemus,"]·IT["Nicodemo"]·jav["Nikodémus", "Nikodémus,"]·KO["니고데모-도", "니고데모가"]·PT["Nicodemos", "Nicodemos,"]·RU["Никодим", "Никодим,"]·ES["Nikodḗmos", "Nikódēmos"]·SW["Nikódēmos"]·TR["Nikodemus", "Nikodimos", "Nikodimus"]·urd["نیکدیمس", "نیکودیمس"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Νικόδημος, -ου, ὁ Nicodemus: Jhn.3:1, 4 3:9 7:50 19:39.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)