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Lexicon :: Strong's G1556 - ekdikeō

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ἐκδικέω
Transliteration
ekdikeō (Key)
Pronunciation
ek-dik-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:442,215

Strong’s Definitions

ἐκδικέω ekdikéō, ek-dik-eh'-o; from G1558; to vindicate, retaliate, punish:—a (re-)venge.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G1556 in the following manner: avenge (5x), revenge (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G1556 in the following manner: avenge (5x), revenge (1x).

  1. to vindicate one's right, do one justice

    1. to protect, defend, one person from another

  2. to avenge a thing

    1. to punish a person for a thing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐκδικέω ekdikéō, ek-dik-eh'-o; from G1558; to vindicate, retaliate, punish:—a (re-)venge.
STRONGS G1556:
ἐκδικέω, -ῶ; future ἐκδικήσω; 1 aorist ἐξεδίκησα; (ἔκδικος, which see); Sept. for נָקַם, פָּקַד, שָׁפַט;
a. τινά, to vindicate one's right, do one justice, [A. V. avenge]: Luke 18:5 (1 Macc. 6:22); τινὰ ἀπό τινος, to protect, defend, one person from another, Luke 18:3; ἑαυτόν, to avenge oneself, Romans 12:19.
b. τί, to avenge a thing (i. e. to punish a person for a thing): τὴν παρακοήν, 2 Corinthians 10:6; τὸ αἷμά τινος ἀπό or ἔκ τινος, to demand in punishment the blood of one from another, i. e. to exact of the murderer the penalty of his crime, [A. V. avenge one's blood on or at the hand of]: Revelation 6:10; Revelation 19:2; see ἐκ, I. 7. (In Greek authors from [Apollodorus], Diodorus down.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
18:3; 18:5
Romans
12:19
2 Corinthians
10:6
Revelation
6:10; 19:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1556 matches the Greek ἐκδικέω (ekdikeō),
which occurs 67 times in 61 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 4:15–Hos 12:2)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:15 - Then the LORD said to him, “Not so! If anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the LORD put a mark on Cain, lest any who found him should attack him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:24 - If Cain’s revenge is sevenfold,
then Lamech’s is seventy-sevenfold.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:4 - Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and bring my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20 - “When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:21 - But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be avenged, for the slave is his money.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:25 - And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute vengeance for the covenant. And if you gather within your cities, I will send pestilence among you, and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:2 - “Avenge the people of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:19 - And whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:43 - “Rejoice with him, O heavens;[fn]
bow down to him, all gods,[fn]
for he avenges the blood of his children[fn]
and takes vengeance on his adversaries.
He repays those who hate him[fn]
and cleanses[fn] his people’s land.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:31 - But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? Whoever contends for him shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because his altar has been broken down.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:28 - Then Samson called to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, please remember me and please strengthen me only this once, O God, that I may be avenged on the Philistines for my two eyes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:13 - And I declare to him that I am about to punish his house forever, for the iniquity that he knew, because his sons were blaspheming God,[fn] and he did not restrain them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:24 - And the men of Israel had been hard pressed that day, so Saul had laid an oath on the people, saying, “Cursed be the man who eats food until it is evening and I am avenged on my enemies.” So none of the people had tasted food.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:2 - Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘I have noted what Amalek did to Israel in opposing them on the way when they came up out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:25 - Then Saul said, “Thus shall you say to David, ‘The king desires no bride-price except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, that he may be avenged of the king’s enemies.’” Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:12 - May the LORD judge between me and you, may the LORD avenge me against you, but my hand shall not be against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:7 - And you shall strike down the house of Ahab your master, so that I may avenge on Jezebel the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:8 - And when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he met the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers, who attended Ahaziah, and he killed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 99:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:8 - O LORD our God, you answered them;
you were a forgiving God to them,
but an avenger of their wrongdoings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:16 - For I will not contend forever,
nor will I always be angry;
for the spirit would grow faint before me,
and the breath of life that I made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:9 - Shall I not punish them for these things?
declares the LORD;
and shall I not avenge myself
on a nation such as this?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:29 - Shall I not punish them for these things?
declares the LORD,
and shall I not avenge myself
on a nation such as this?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:9 - Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD,
and shall I not avenge myself
on a nation such as this?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:3 - I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to tear, and the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:2 - Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people: “You have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for your evil deeds, declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:34 - And as for the prophet, priest, or one of the people who says, ‘The burden of the LORD,’ I will punish that man and his household.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:12 - Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, declares the LORD, making the land an everlasting waste.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 - That day is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts,
a day of vengeance,
to avenge himself on his foes.
The sword shall devour and be sated
and drink its fill of their blood.
For the Lord GOD of hosts holds a sacrifice
in the north country by the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:25 - The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, said: “Behold, I am bringing punishment upon Amon of Thebes, and Pharaoh and Egypt and her gods and her kings, upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:15 - Raise a shout against her all around;
she has surrendered;
her bulwarks have fallen;
her walls are thrown down.
For this is the vengeance of the LORD:
take vengeance on her;
do to her as she has done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:18 - Therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing punishment on the king of Babylon and his land, as I punished the king of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:21 - “Go up against the land of Merathaim,[fn]
and against the inhabitants of Pekod.[fn]
Kill, and devote them to destruction,[fn]
declares the LORD,
and do all that I have commanded you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36 - Therefore thus says the LORD:
“Behold, I will plead your cause
and take vengeance for you.
I will dry up her sea
and make her fountain dry,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:44 - And I will punish Bel in Babylon,
and take out of his mouth what he has swallowed.
The nations shall no longer flow to him;
the wall of Babylon has fallen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:52

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:52 - “Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD,
when I will execute judgment upon her images,
and through all her land
the wounded shall groan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:3 - Now the end is upon you, and I will send my anger upon you; I will judge you according to your ways, and I will punish you for all your abominations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:27 - The king mourns, the prince is wrapped in despair, and the hands of the people of the land are paralyzed by terror. According to their way I will do to them, and according to their judgments I will judge them, and they shall know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:38 - And I will judge you as women who commit adultery and shed blood are judged, and bring upon you the blood of wrath and jealousy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:12 - But the vine was plucked up in fury,
cast down to the ground;
the east wind dried up its fruit;
they were stripped off and withered.
As for its strong stem,
fire consumed it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:4 - Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Let them know the abominations of their fathers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:24 - And they shall come against you from the north[fn] with chariots and wagons and a host of peoples. They shall set themselves against you on every side with buckler, shield, and helmet; and I will commit the judgment to them, and they shall judge you according to their judgments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:45

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:45 - But righteous men shall pass judgment on them with the sentence of adulteresses, and with the sentence of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:8 - To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance, I have set on the bare rock the blood she has shed, that it may not be covered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:12 - “Thus says the Lord GOD: Because Edom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has grievously offended in taking vengeance on them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:4 - And the LORD said to him, “Call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:13 - And I will punish her for the feast days of the Baals
when she burned offerings to them
and adorned herself with her ring and jewelry,
and went after her lovers
and forgot me, declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:9 - And it shall be like people, like priest;
I will punish them for their ways
and repay them for their deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:13 - As for my sacrificial offerings,
they sacrifice meat and eat it,
but the LORD does not accept them.
Now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins;
they shall return to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:9 - They have deeply corrupted themselves
as in the days of Gibeah:
he will remember their iniquity;
he will punish their sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:2 - The LORD has an indictment against Judah
and will punish Jacob according to his ways;
he will repay him according to his deeds.

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