Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Victory (nikov). Late form of nikh.
O death (qanate). Second instance. Here Paul changes Hades of the LXX for Hebrew Sheol (Hosea 13:14) to death. Paul never uses Hades.
Thy sting (sou to kentron). Old word from kentrew, to prick, as in Acts 26:14. In Revelation 9:10 of the sting of locusts, scorpions. The serpent death has lost his poison fangs.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Corinthians 15:55:
Matthew 16:18
Acts 26:14
Revelation 9:10
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