Lexicon :: Strong's H5358 - nāqam

“If Cain is avenged sevenfold [as the LORD said he would be],

Then Lamech [will be avenged] [fn]seventy-sevenfold.”

“If a man strikes his male or his female servant with a staff and the servant dies at his hand, he must be punished.

“Rejoice, O nations, with His people;

For He will avenge the blood of His servants,

And will render vengeance on His adversaries,

And will atone for His land and His people.”

So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped,

Until the nation [of Israel] took vengeance upon their enemies.

Is it not written in the Book of Jashar? So the sun stood still in the middle of the sky and was in no hurry to go down for about a whole day.

Then Samson called to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, please remember me and please strengthen me just this one time, O God, and let me take vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes.”

But the men of Israel were hard-pressed that day, because Saul had put the people under a curse, saying, “Cursed be the man who eats food before evening, and before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the people ate any food.

Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babes You have established strength

Because of Your adversaries,

That You might silence the enemy and make the revengeful cease.

Because of the voice of the taunter and reviler,

Because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger.

You answered them, O LORD our God;

You were a forgiving God to them,

And yet an avenger of their evil practices.

Therefore the Lord GOD of hosts,

The Mighty One of Israel, declares:

“Ah, I will be freed of My adversaries

And avenge Myself on My enemies.

“Shall I not punish them [for these things]?” says the LORD;

“Shall I not avenge Myself

On a nation such as this?”

‘Shall I not punish them [for these things]?’ says the LORD.

‘Shall I not avenge Myself

On such a nation as this?’

“Shall I not punish them for these things?” says the LORD.

“Shall I not avenge Myself

On such a nation as this?

O LORD, You know and understand;

Remember me [thoughtfully], take notice of me,

take vengeance for me on my persecutors.

Do not, in view of Your patience, take me away;

Know that for Your sake I endure [continual] rebuke and dishonor.

For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of hosts,

A day of vengeance, that He may avenge Himself on His adversaries.

And the sword will devour and be satiated

And drink its fill of their blood;

For the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice [like that of a great sin offering]

In the north country by the river Euphrates.

“Raise the battle cry against her on every side!

She has given her hand [in agreement] and has surrendered; her pillars have fallen,

Her walls have been torn down.

For this is the vengeance of the LORD:

Take vengeance on her;

As she has done [to others], do to her.

Therefore thus says the LORD,

“Behold, I will plead your case

And take full vengeance for you;

I will dry up her sea and great reservoir

And make her fountain dry.

“That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance,

I have put her blood [guilt for her children sacrificed to Molech] on the bare rock,

That it may not be covered.”

‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Because [fn]Edom has acted against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended and has incurred grievous guilt by taking revenge on them,”

‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Because the [fn]Philistines have acted revengefully and have taken vengeance [contemptuously] with malice in their hearts to destroy with everlasting hostility and hatred,”

The LORD is a jealous and avenging God [protecting and demanding what is rightfully and uniquely His];

The LORD avenges and He is full of wrath.

The LORD takes vengeance on His adversaries,

And He reserves wrath for His enemies.