Help QuickNav Adv. Options
ESV

ESV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H5360 - nᵊqāmâ

Choose a new font size and typeface
נְקָמָה
Transliteration
nᵊqāmâ
Pronunciation
nek-aw-maw'
Listen
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1413b

Strong’s Definitions

נְקָמָה nᵉqâmâh, nek-aw-maw'; feminine of H5359; avengement, whether the act or the passion:— avenge, revenge(-ing), vengeance.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's H5360 in the following manner: vengeance (18x), avenge (with H5414) (3x), revenge (3x), Avenge (with H5358) (1x), avenged (1x), take vengeance for thee (with H5358) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's H5360 in the following manner: vengeance (18x), avenge (with H5414) (3x), revenge (3x), Avenge (with H5358) (1x), avenged (1x), take vengeance for thee (with H5358) (1x).

  1. vengeance

    1. vengeance (by God, by Israel, by enemies of Israel)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נְקָמָה nᵉqâmâh, nek-aw-maw'; feminine of H5359; avengement, whether the act or the passion:— avenge, revenge(-ing), vengeance.
STRONGS H5360: Abbreviations
† נְקָמָה noun feminine vengeance (on formation compare LagBN 143); — נ׳ Jeremiah 46:10 + 3 times; construct נִקְמַת Numbers 31:2 + 7 times; suffix נִקְמָתִי Ezekiel 25:14 + 7 times suffixes; plural נְקָמוֺת Judges 11:36 + 5 times; נְקָמֹת 2 Samuel 22:48; —
1. vengeance of God, absolute Ezekiel 25:14; נקם נ׳ Jeremiah 51:36; דַּם נִקְמַת Psalm 79:10; אֵל נְקָמוֺת Psalm 94:1 (twice in verse); עֵת נ׳ Jeremiah 51:6; יוֺם נ׳ Jeremiah 46:10; יהוה נ׳ Jeremiah 50:15, 28; Jeremiah 51:11; הֵיכָלוֺ נ׳ Jeremiah 50:28; Jeremiah 51:11; with בְּ of adversary, נתן נ׳ Ezekiel 25:14, 17; עשׂה נ׳ Ezekiel 25:17; with מִן of adversary נתן נ׳ 2 Samuel 4:8 עשׂה נ׳ Judges 11:36; נִקְמָֽתְךָ מֵהֶם Jeremiah 11:20; Jeremiah 20:12; with לְ whom נתן נ׳ 2 Samuel 22:48 = Psalm 18:48.
2. of Israel and its chiefs מן נקם נ׳ Numbers 31:2 (P); with בְ׳, נתן ני׳ Numbers 31:3 (P); עשׂה נ׳ Psalm 149:7.
3. enemies of Israel absolute Lamentations 3:60; עשׂה בנקמה; Ezekiel 25:15; of Jeremiah מן לקח מ׳ Jeremiah 20:10.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

31:2; 31:2; 31:3

Judges

11:36; 11:36

2 Samuel

4:8; 22:48; 22:48

Psalms

18:48; 79:10; 94:1; 149:7

Jeremiah

11:20; 20:10; 20:12; 46:10; 46:10; 50:15; 50:28; 50:28; 51:6; 51:11; 51:11; 51:36

Lamentations

3:60

Ezekiel

25:14; 25:14; 25:14; 25:15; 25:17; 25:17

H5360

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5360 matches the Hebrew נְקָמָה (nᵊqāmâ),
which occurs 27 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:2 - “Avenge the people of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:3 - So Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian to execute the LORD’s vengeance on Midian.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:36 - And she said to him, “My father, you have opened your mouth to the LORD; do to me according to what has gone out of your mouth, now that the LORD has avenged you on your enemies, on the Ammonites.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:8 - and brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron. And they said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life. The LORD has avenged my lord the king this day on Saul and on his offspring.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:48

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:48 - the God who gave me vengeance
and brought down peoples under me,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:47 - the God who gave me vengeance
and subdued peoples under me,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:10 - Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”
Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants
be known among the nations before our eyes!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:1 - O LORD, God of vengeance,
O God of vengeance, shine forth!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 149:7

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:20 - But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously,
who tests the heart and the mind,
let me see your vengeance upon them,
for to you have I committed my cause.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:10 - For I hear many whispering.
Terror is on every side!
“Denounce him! Let us denounce him!”
say all my close friends,
watching for my fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
then we can overcome him
and take our revenge on him.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:12 - O LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous,
who sees the heart and the mind,[fn]
let me see your vengeance upon them,
for to you have I committed my cause.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 - That day is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts,
a day of vengeance,
to avenge himself on his foes.
The sword shall devour and be sated
and drink its fill of their blood.
For the Lord GOD of hosts holds a sacrifice
in the north country by the river Euphrates.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:15 - Raise a shout against her all around;
she has surrendered;
her bulwarks have fallen;
her walls are thrown down.
For this is the vengeance of the LORD:
take vengeance on her;
do to her as she has done.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:28 - “A voice! They flee and escape from the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, vengeance for his temple.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:6 - “Flee from the midst of Babylon;
let every one save his life!
Be not cut off in her punishment,
for this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance,
the repayment he is rendering her.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:11 - “Sharpen the arrows!
Take up the shields! The LORD has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance for his temple.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36 - Therefore thus says the LORD:
“Behold, I will plead your cause
and take vengeance for you.
I will dry up her sea
and make her fountain dry,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:60

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:60 - You have seen all their vengeance,
all their plots against me.

Tools

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 my anger and according to my wrath, and they shall know my vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:15 - “Thus says the Lord GOD: Because the Philistines acted revengefully and took vengeance with malice of soul to destroy in never-ending enmity,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:17 - I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay my vengeance upon them.”
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
ESV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
ESV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan