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Lexicon :: Strong's G1557 - ekdikēsis

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ἐκδίκησις
Transliteration
ekdikēsis (Key)
Pronunciation
ek-dik'-ay-sis
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:445,215

Strong’s Definitions

ἐκδίκησις ekdíkēsis, ek-dik'-ay-sis; from G1556; vindication, retribution:—(a-, re-)venge(-ance), punishment.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G1557 in the following manner: vengeance (4x), avenge (with G4060) (3x), revenge (1x), punishment (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G1557 in the following manner: vengeance (4x), avenge (with G4060) (3x), revenge (1x), punishment (1x).

  1. a revenging, vengeance, punishment

    With respect to 2Cr 7:11: “…meting out of justice; doing justice to all parties. See on Luk 18:3; 21:22. The word has, however, the sense of requital (see on Rom 12:19; compare 2Th 1:8), and carries with it, etymologically, the sense of of vindication, as Luk 18:7-8.” (Marvin Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament, 3:329)
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐκδίκησις ekdíkēsis, ek-dik'-ay-sis; from G1556; vindication, retribution:—(a-, re-)venge(-ance), punishment.
STRONGS G1557:
ἐκδίκησις, -εως, ἡ, (ἐκδικέω, which see), Sept. for נְקָמָה and נָקָם, פְּקֻדָּה, מִשְׁפָּט (Ezekiel 16:38; Ezekiel 23:45) and שְׁפָטִים; a revenging; vengeance, punishment: Romans 12:19 and Hebrews 10:30 from Deuteronomy 32:35; 2 Corinthians 7:11; Luke 21:22; ποιεῖν τὴν ἐκδίκησίν τινος, to vindicate one from wrongs, accomplish the avenging of, Luke 18:7f; τινί, to avenge an injured person, Acts 7:24 (Judges 11:36); ἐκδίκησίς τινος, objective genitive, the punishment of one, 1 Peter 2:14; διδόναι ἐκδίκησίν τινι, to inflict punishment on, [render vengeance to] one, 2 Thessalonians 1:8; cf. [Sir. 12:6]; Ezekiel 25:14. (Polybius 3, 8, 10.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
32:35
Judges
11:36
Ezekiel
16:38; 23:45; 25:14
Luke
18:7; 21:22
Acts
7:24
Romans
12:19
2 Corinthians
7:11
2 Thessalonians
1:8
Hebrews
10:30
1 Peter
2:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1557 matches the Greek ἐκδίκησις (ekdikēsis),
which occurs 54 times in 48 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:12 - And I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite every first-born in the land of Egypt both man and beast, and on all the gods of Egypt will I execute vengeance: I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:2 - Avenge the [fn]wrongs of the children of Israel on the Madianites, and [fn]afterwards thou shalt be added to thy people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:3 - And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm [fn]some of you, and set yourselves in array before the Lord against Madian, to inflict vengeance on Madian from the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:4 - And the Egyptians buried those that died of them, even all that the Lord smote, every first-born in the land of Egypt; also the Lord executed vengeance on their gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:35 - In the day of vengeance [fn] I will recompense, whensoever their foot shall be tripped up; for the day of their destruction is near to them, and the judgments at hand are close upon you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:36 - And she said to him, Father, hast thou opened thy mouth to the Lord? Do to me accordingly as the word went out of thy mouth, in that the Lord has wrought vengeance for thee on thine enemies of the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:7 - And Sampson said to them, Though ye may have dealt thus with her, verily I will be avenged of you, and afterwards I will cease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:28 - And Sampson wept before the Lord, and said, O Lord, my Lord, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, O God, yet this once, and I will requite one recompense to the Philistines for my two eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:8 - And they brought the head of Jebosthe to David to Chebron, and they said to the king, Behold the head of Jebosthe the son of Saul thy enemy, who sought thy life; and the Lord has [fn]executed for my lord the king vengeance on his enemies, as it is this day: even on Saul thy enemy, and on his seed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:48

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:48 - The Lord who avenges me is strong, chastening the nations under me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:47 - (LXX 17:48) It is God that avenges me, and has subdued the nations under me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:10 - (LXX 57:11) The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance of the ungodly: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:10 - (LXX 78:10) Lest haply they should say among the heathen, Where is their God? and let the avenging of thy servants' blood that has been shed be known among the heathen before our eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:1 - (LXX 93:1) A Psalm of David for the fourth day of the week. The Lord is a God of vengeance; the God of vengeance [fn]has declared himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:7 - to execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments among the peoples;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:17 - And he put on righteousness as a breast-plate, and placed the helmet of salvation on his head; and he clothed himself with the garment of vengeance, and with his cloak,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:15 - For, behold, the Lord will come as fire, and his chariots as a storm, to render his vengeance with wrath, and his rebuke with a flame of fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:20 - O Lord, that judgest righteously, trying the reins and hearts, let me see thy vengeance taken upon them, for to thee I have declared my cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:10 - For I have heard the reproach of many gathering round, saying, Conspire ye, and let us conspire together against him, even all his friends: watch his intentions, if perhaps he shall be deceived, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall be avenged on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:12 - O Lord, that provest just deeds, understanding the reins and hearts, let me see thy vengeance upon them: for to thee I have revealed my cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 - (LXX 26:10) And that day shall be to the Lord our God a day of vengeance, to take vengeance on his enemies: and the sword of the Lord shall devour, and be glutted, and be drunken with their blood: for the Lord has a sacrifice from the land of the north at the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:21 - (LXX 26:21) Also her hired soldiers in the midst of her are as fatted calves fed in her; for they also have turned, and fled with one accord: they stood not, for the day of destruction was come upon them, and the time of their retribution.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:15 - (LXX 27:15) and prevail against her: her hands are weakened, her bulwarks are fallen, and her wall is broken down: for it is vengeance from God: take vengeance upon her; as she has done, do to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:27 - (LXX 27:27) Dry ye up all her fruits, and let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, and the time of their retribution.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:28 - (LXX 27:28) A voice of men fleeing and escaping from the land of Babylon, to declare to Sion the vengeance that comes from the Lord our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:31 - (LXX 27:31) Behold, I am against thee the haughty one, saith the Lord: for thy day is come, and the time of thy retribution.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:6 - (LXX 28:6) Flee ye out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every one his soul: and be not overthrown in her iniquity; for it is the time of her retribution from the Lord; he is rendering to her a recompence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:11 - (LXX 28:11) Prepare the arrows; fill the quivers: the Lord has stirred up the spirit of the king of the Medes: for his wrath is against Babylon, to destroy it utterly; for it is the Lord's vengeance, it is the vengeance of his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36 - (LXX 28:36) Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will judge thine adversary, and I will execute vengeance for thee; and I will waste her sea, and dry up her fountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:60

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:60 - Thou hast seen all their vengeance, thou hast looked on all their devices against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:15 - And thou shalt be mourned over and miserable among the nations round about thee, when I have executed judgments in thee in the vengeance of my wrath. I the Lord have spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:1 - And he cried in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, The judgment of the city has drawn nigh; and each had the weapons of destruction in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:21 - Thus saith the Lord, And if I even send upon Jerusalem my four sore judgments, sword, and famine, and evil beasts, and pestilence, to destroy from out of it man and beast;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:38 - And I will be avenged on thee with the vengeance of an adulteress, and I will bring upon thee blood of fury and jealousy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:41

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:41 - And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and shall execute vengeance on thee in the sight of many women: and I will turn thee back from harlotry, and I will no more give thee rewards.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:4 - Shall I utterly take vengeance on them, son of man? testify to them of the iniquities of their fathers:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:10 - They uncovered her shame: they took her sons and daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became a byword among women; and they wrought vengeance in her for the sake of the daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:45

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:45 - And they are just men, and shall take vengeance on them with the judgment of an adulteress and the judgment of blood: for they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:8 - that my wrath should come up for complete vengeance to be taken: I set her blood upon a smooth rock, so as not to cover it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:11 - And I will execute vengeance on Moab; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:12 - Thus saith the Lord; Because of what the Idumeans have done in taking vengeance on the house of Juda, and because they have remembered injuries, and have exacted full recompence;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:14 - And I will execute my vengeance on Idumea by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall deal in Idumea according to mine anger and according to my wrath, and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:15 - Therefore thus saith the Lord, Because the Philistines have wrought revengefully, and raised up vengeance rejoicing from their heart to destroy the Israelites to a man;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:17 - And I will execute great vengeance upon them; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have brought my vengeance upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:14 - And I will destroy the land of Phathore, and will send fire upon Tanis, and will execute vengeance on Diospolis.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:7 - The days of vengeance are come, the days of thy recompense are come; and Israel shall be afflicted as the prophet that is mad, as a man deranged: by reason of the multitude of thine iniquities thy madness has abounded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:15 - (LXX 5:14) And I will execute vengeance on the heathen in anger and wrath, because they hearkened not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:4 - therefore I will take away their goods as a devouring moth, and as one who acts by a rigid rule in a day of visitation. Woe, woe, thy times of vengeance are come; now shall be their lamentations.
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