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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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:15 - So the LORD said to him, “Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him seven times as much.” And the LORD [fn]placed a mark on Cain, so that no one finding him would kill him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:24 -

“If Cain is avenged seven times,

Then Lamech seventy-seven times!”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:4 - “When Pharaoh does not listen to you, I will lay My hand on Egypt and bring out My armies, My people the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt by great judgments.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20 -

“And if someone strikes his male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies [fn]at his hand, he shall [fn]be punished.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:21 - “If, however, the slave [fn]survives a day or two, no vengeance shall be taken; for the slave is his [fn]property.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:25 - ‘I will also bring upon you a sword which will execute vengeance for the covenant; and when you gather together into your cities, I will send a plague among you, so that you will be handed over to the enemy.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:2 - “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the sons of Israel; afterward you will be gathered to your people.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:19 - ‘And it shall come about that whoever does not listen to My words which he speaks in My name, I Myself will [fn]require it of him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:43 -

“Rejoice, you nations, with His people;

For He will avenge the blood of His servants,

And will return vengeance on His adversaries,

And will atone for His land and His people.”

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 will contend for him shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, since someone has torn down his altar!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:28 -

Then Samson called to the LORD and said, “Lord [fn]GOD, please remember me and please strengthen me just this time, O God, that I may at once take vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:13 - “For I have told him that I am going to judge his house forever for the wrongdoing that he knew, because his sons were bringing a curse on themselves and he did not rebuke them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:24 -

Now the men of Israel were hard-pressed on that day, for Saul had put the people under oath, saying, “Cursed be the man who eats food [fn]before evening, and before I have avenged myself on my enemies.” So none of the people tasted food.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:2 - “This is what the LORD of armies says: ‘I will [fn]punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, in that he obstructed him on the way while he was coming up from Egypt.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:25 - Saul then said, “This is what you shall say to David: ‘The king does not desire any dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king’s enemies.’” But Saul plotted to have David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:12 - “May the LORD judge between [fn]you and me, and may the LORD take vengeance on you for me; but my hand shall not be against you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:7 - ‘And you shall strike the house of Ahab your master, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:8 - And it came about, when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, that he found the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers attending to Ahaziah, and killed them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:8 -

LORD our God, You answered them;

You were a forgiving God to them,

And yet an avenger of their evil deeds.

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 those whom I have made.

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?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:29 -

‘Shall I not punish them for these things?’ declares the LORD,

‘Or shall I not avenge Myself

On a nation such as this?’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:9 -

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

“Shall I not avenge Myself

On a nation such as this?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:3 -

“And I will appoint over them four kinds of doom,” declares the LORD: “the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the sky and the animals of the earth to devour and destroy.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:2 - Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel says concerning the shepherds who are [fn]tending My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not been concerned about them; behold, I am going to call you to account for the evil of your deeds,” declares the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:34 - “Then as for the prophet or the priest or the people who say, ‘The pronouncement of the LORD,’ I will bring punishment upon that person and his household.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:12 -

‘Then it will be when seventy years are completed I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation,’ declares the LORD, ‘for their wrongdoing, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it an everlasting desolation.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 -

For that day belongs to the Lord [fn]GOD of armies,

A day of vengeance, so as to avenge Himself on His foes;

And the sword will devour and be satisfied,

And [fn]drink its fill of their blood;

For there will be a slaughter for the Lord [fn]GOD of armies,

In the land of the north at the river Euphrates.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:25 -

The LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold, I am going to punish Amon of Thebes, and Pharaoh, and Egypt along with her gods and her kings, indeed, Pharaoh and those who trust in him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:15 -

“Raise your battle cry against her on every side!

She has given [fn]herself up, her towers 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, so do to her.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:18 - “Therefore this is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: ‘Behold, I am going to punish the king of Babylon and his land, just as I punished the king of Assyria.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:21 -

“Against the land of [fn]Merathaim, go up against it,

And against the inhabitants of [fn]Pekod.

Kill and [fn]completely destroy them,” declares the LORD,

“And do according to everything that I have commanded you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36 -

Therefore this is what the LORD says:

“Behold, I am going to plead your case

And take vengeance for you;

And I will dry up her [fn]sea

And make her fountain dry.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:44 -

“I will punish Bel in Babylon,

And I will make what he has swallowed come out of his mouth;

And the nations will no longer stream toward him.

Even the wall of Babylon has fallen down!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:52 -

“Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD,

“When I will punish her idols,

And the mortally wounded will groan throughout her land.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:3 - ‘Now the end is upon you, for I will send My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and [fn]bring all your abominations upon you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:27 - ‘The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed in horror, and the hands of the people of the land will [fn]tremble. I will deal with them because of their conduct, and by their judgments I will judge them. And they will know that I am the LORD.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:38 - “So I will judge you as women who commit adultery or shed blood are judged; and I will bring on you the blood of wrath and jealousy.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:12 -

‘But it was uprooted in fury;

It was thrown down to the ground;

And the east wind dried up its fruit.

[fn]Its strong stem [fn]was torn out

So that [fn]it withered;

The fire consumed it.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:4 - “Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Make known to them the abominations of their fathers;
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:24 - ‘And they will come against you with weapons, chariots, and [fn]wagons, and with a contingent of peoples. They will attack you on every side with shield, [fn]buckler, and helmet; and I will commit the judgment to them, and they will judge you according to their customs.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:45 - “But they, righteous people, will judge them with the judgment of adulteresses and with the judgment of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:8 -

“So that it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance,

I have put her blood on the bare rock,

So that it will not be covered.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:12 -

‘The Lord GOD says this: “Because Edom has acted against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has incurred great guilt, and avenged themselves upon them,”

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:4 - And the LORD said to him, “Name him Jezreel; for in just a little while I will [fn]punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:13 -

“I will punish her for the days of the Baals

When she used to [fn]offer sacrifices to them

And adorn herself with her nose ring and jewelry,

And follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me,” declares the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:9 -

And it will be, like people, like priest;

So I will punish them for their ways

And repay them for their deeds.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:13 -

As for My sacrificial gifts,

They sacrifice the flesh and eat it,

But the LORD has taken no delight in them.

Now He will remember their guilt,

And punish them for their sins;

They will return to Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:9 -

They are deeply depraved

As in the days of Gibeah;

He will remember their guilt,

He will punish their sins.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:2 -

The LORD also has a case against Judah,

And will punish Jacob according to his ways;

He will repay him according to his deeds.


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