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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.)
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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 - I will pass through the land of Egypt in the same night, and I will attack all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of humans and of animals, and on 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 - "Exact vengeance for the Israelites on the Midianites - after that you will be gathered to your people."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:3 - So Moses spoke to the people: "Arm men from among you for the war, to attack the Midianites and to execute the LORD's vengeance on Midian.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:4 - Now the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had killed among them; the LORD also executed judgments on their gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:35 - I will get revenge and pay them back at the time their foot slips; for the day of their disaster is near, and the impending judgment is rushing upon them!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:36 - She said to him, "My father, since you made an oath to the LORD, do to me as you promised. After all, the LORD vindicated you before your enemies, the Ammonites."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:7 - Samson said to them, "Because you did this, I will get revenge against you before I quit fighting."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:28 - Samson called to the LORD, "O Master, LORD, remember me! Strengthen me just one more time, O God, so I can get swift revenge against the Philistines for my two eyes!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:8 - They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron, saying to the king, "Look! The head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life! The LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king this day against Saul and his descendants!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:48

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:48 - The one true God completely vindicates me; he makes nations submit to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:47 - The one true God completely vindicates me; he makes nations submit to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:10 - The godly will rejoice when they see vengeance carried out; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:10 - Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants be avenged among the nations!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:1 - O LORD, the God who avenges! O God who avenges, reveal your splendor!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 149:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:7 - in order to take revenge on the nations, and punish foreigners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:17 - He wears his desire for justice like body armor, and his desire to deliver is like a helmet on his head. He puts on the garments of vengeance and wears zeal like a robe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:15 - For look, the LORD comes with fire, his chariots come like a windstorm, to reveal his raging anger, his battle cry, and his flaming arrows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:20 - So I said to the LORD, "O LORD who rules over all, you are a just judge! You examine people's hearts and minds. I want to see you pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:10 - I hear many whispering words of intrigue against me. Those who would cause me terror are everywhere! They are saying, "Come on, let's publicly denounce him!" All my so-called friends are just watching for something that would lead to my downfall. They say, "Perhaps he can be enticed into slipping up, so we can prevail over him and get our revenge on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:12 - O LORD who rules over all, you test and prove the righteous. You see into people's hearts and minds. Pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 - But that day belongs to the Lord God who rules over all. It is the day when he will pay back his enemies. His sword will devour them until its appetite is satisfied! It will drink their blood until it is full! For the Lord GOD who rules over all will offer them up as a sacrifice in the land of the north by the Euphrates River.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:21 - Even her mercenaries will prove to be like pampered, well-fed calves. For they too will turn and run away. They will not stand their ground when the time for them to be destroyed comes, the time for them to be punished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:15 - Shout the battle cry from all around the city. She will throw up her hands in surrender. Her towers will fall. Her walls will be torn down. Because I, the LORD, am wreaking revenge, take out your vengeance on her! Do to her as she has done!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:27 - Kill all her soldiers! Let them be slaughtered! They are doomed, for their day of reckoning has come, the time for them to be punished."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:28 - Listen! Fugitives and refugees are coming from the land of Babylon. They are coming to Zion to declare there how the LORD our God is getting revenge, getting revenge for what they have done to his temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:31 - "Listen! I am opposed to you, you proud city," says the Lord GOD who rules over all. "Indeed, your day of reckoning has come, the time when I will punish you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:6 - Get out of Babylonia quickly, you foreign people. Flee to save your lives. Do not let yourselves be killed because of her sins. For it is time for the LORD to wreak his revenge. He will pay Babylonia back for what she has done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:11 - "Sharpen your arrows! Fill your quivers! The LORD will arouse a spirit of hostility in the kings of Media. For he intends to destroy Babylonia. For that is how the LORD will get his revenge - how he will get his revenge for the Babylonians' destruction of his temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36 - Therefore the LORD says, "I will stand up for your cause. I will pay the Babylonians back for what they have done to you. I will dry up their sea. I will make their springs run dry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:60

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:60 - You have seen all their vengeance, all their plots against me. ש (Sin/Shin)

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:15 - You will be an object of scorn and taunting, a prime example of destruction among the nations around you when I execute judgments against you in anger and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:1 - Then he shouted in my ears, "Approach, you who are to visit destruction on the city, each with his destructive weapon in his hand!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:21 - "For this is what the sovereign LORD says: How much worse will it be when I send my four terrible judgments - sword, famine, wild animals, and plague - to Jerusalem to kill both people and animals!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:38 - I will punish you as an adulteress and murderer deserves. I will avenge your bloody deeds with furious rage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:41

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:41 - They will burn down your houses and execute judgments on you in front of many women. Thus I will put a stop to your prostitution, and you will no longer give gifts to your clients.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:4 - "Are you willing to pronounce judgment? Are you willing to pronounce judgment, son of man? Then confront them with the abominable practices of their fathers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:10 - They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became notorious among women, and they executed judgments against her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:45

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:45 - But upright men will punish them appropriately for their adultery and bloodshed, 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 arouse anger, to take vengeance, I have placed her blood on an exposed rock so that it cannot be covered up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:11 - I will execute judgments against Moab. Then they will know that I am the LORD.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:12 - "This is what the sovereign LORD says: 'Edom has taken vengeance against the house of Judah; they have made themselves fully culpable by taking vengeance on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:14 - I will exact my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel. They will carry out in Edom my anger and rage; they will experience my vengeance, declares the sovereign LORD.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:15 - "This is what the sovereign LORD says: 'The Philistines have exacted merciless revenge, showing intense scorn in their effort to destroy Judah with unrelenting hostility.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:17 - I will exact great vengeance upon them with angry rebukes. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I exact my vengeance upon them.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:14 - I will desolate Pathros, I will ignite a fire in Zoan, and I will execute judgments on Thebes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:7 - The time of judgment is about to arrive! The time of retribution is imminent! Let Israel know! The prophet is considered a fool - the inspired man is viewed as a madman - because of the multitude of your sins and your intense animosity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:15 - I will angrily seek vengeance on the nations that do not obey me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:4 - The best of them is like a thorn; the most godly among them are more dangerous than a row of thorn bushes. The day you try to avoid by posting watchmen - your appointed time of punishment - is on the way, and then you will experience confusion.
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