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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 Box Exo 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:12 - For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:2 - Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:3 - And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:4 - For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:35 - To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:36 - And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:7 - And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:28 - And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:8 - And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:48

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:48 - It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:47 - It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:10 - The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:10 - Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:1 - O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 149:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:7 - To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:17 - For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:15 - For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:20 - But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:10 - For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:12 - But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 - For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:21 - Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:15 - Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:27 - Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:28 - The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:31 - Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:6 - Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD'S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:11 - Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36 - Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:60

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:60 - Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:15 - So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:1 - He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:21 - For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:38 - And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:41

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:41 - And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:4 - Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:10 - These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:45

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:45 - And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:8 - That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:11 - And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:12 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:14 - And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:15 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:17 - And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:14 - And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:7 - The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:15 - And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:4 - The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
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