{Victory} (
ikos). Late form of 
ik(885c). {O death}
(	hanate). Second instance. Here Paul changes Hades of the LXX
for Hebrew Sheol ( Hos 13:14 ) to death. Paul never uses Hades.
{Thy sting} (sou to kentron). Old word from kentre(935c), to
prick, as in  Ac 26:14 . In  Re 9:10  of the sting of locusts,
scorpions. The serpent death has lost his poison fangs.