'Won' in the Bible

So David made a name for himself when he returned from killing 18,000 Arameans (Syrians) in the Valley of Salt.

Now Abishai the brother of Joab the son of Zeruiah was chief of the thirty. He wielded his spear against three hundred men and killed them, and gained a reputation beside the three.

These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and gained a reputation beside the three mighty men.

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did these things, and had a name as well as the three mighty men.

From spoil won in battles they dedicated gifts to maintain and repair the house of the Lord.

Now as for Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her in as his [own] daughter, when her turn came to go in to the king, she requested nothing except what Hegai the king’s eunuch [and attendant] who was in charge of the women, advised. And Esther found favor in the sight of all who saw her.

Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles,But he who gathers gradually by [honest] labor will increase [his riches].

A brother offended is harder to win over than a fortified city,And contentions [separating families] are like the bars of a castle.

“For the Lord has called you,Like a wife who has been abandoned, grieved in spirit,And like a wife [married] in her youth when she is [later] rejected and scorned,”Says your God.

They will take up a dirge (funeral poem to be sung) for you and say to you,‘How you have perished and vanished, O renowned city,From the seas, O renowned city,Which was mighty on the sea,She and her inhabitants,Who imposed her terrorOn all who lived there!

“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens and pays attention to you, you have won back your brother.

and He rescued him from all his suffering, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made Joseph governor over Egypt and over his entire household.

But Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium, and having won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.

And he reasoned and debated in the synagogue every Sabbath, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks;

extinguished the power of [raging] fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became mighty and unbeatable in battle, putting enemy forces to flight.

And all of these, though they gained [divine] approval through their faith, did not receive [the fulfillment of] what was promised,

In the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands [subordinate, not as inferior, but out of respect for the responsibilities entrusted to husbands and their accountability to God, and so partnering with them] so that even if some do not obey the word [of God], they may be won over [to Christ] without discussion by the godly lives of their wives,

Then one of the [twenty-four] elders said to me, “Stop weeping! Look closely, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome and conquered! He can open the scroll and [break] its seven seals.”