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Lexicon :: Strong's H5360 - nᵊqāmâ

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נְקָמָה
Transliteration
nᵊqāmâ
Pronunciation
nek-aw-maw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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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.
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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:2 - “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the children of Israel. Afterward you shall 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, saying, “Arm some of yourselves for war, and let them go against the Midianites to take vengeance for the LORD on Midian.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:36 - So she said to him, “My father, if you have given your word to the LORD, do to me according to what has gone out of your mouth, because the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the people of Ammon.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:48

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:48 - It is God who avenges me,
And subdues the peoples under me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:47 - It is God who avenges me,
And subdues the peoples under me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:10 - Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”
Let there be known among the nations in our sight
The avenging of the blood of Your servants which has been shed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:1 - O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongs—
O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 149:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:7 - To execute vengeance on the nations,
And punishments on the peoples;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:20 - But, O LORD of hosts,
You who judge righteously,
Testing the mind and the heart,
Let me see Your vengeance on them,
For to You I have revealed my cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:10 - For I heard many mocking:
“Fear on every side!”
“Report,” they say, “and we will report it!”
All my acquaintances watched for my stumbling, saying,
“Perhaps he can be induced;
Then we will prevail against him,
And we will 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,
You who test the righteous,
And see the mind and heart,
Let me see Your vengeance on them;
For I have pleaded my cause before You.

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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 Himself on His adversaries.
The sword shall devour;
It shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood;
For the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice
In the north country by the River Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:15 - Shout against her all around;
She has given her hand,
Her foundations have fallen,
Her walls are thrown down;
For it is the vengeance of the LORD.
Take vengeance on her.
As she has done, so do to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:28 - The voice of those who flee and escape from the land of Babylon
Declares in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God,
The vengeance of His temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:6 - Flee from the midst of Babylon,
And every one save his life!
Do not be cut off in her iniquity,
For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance;
He shall recompense her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:11 - Make the arrows bright!
Gather the shields!
The LORD has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes.
For His plan is against Babylon to destroy it,
Because it is the vengeance of the LORD,
The vengeance for His temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36 - Therefore thus says the LORD:

“Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance for you.
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 - You have seen all their vengeance,
All their schemes against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:14 - “I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, that they may do in Edom according to My anger and according to My fury; and they shall know My vengeance,” says the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:15 - ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Because the Philistines dealt vengefully and took vengeance with a spiteful heart, to destroy because of the old hatred,”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:17

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