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ἐκδίκησις

Transliteration ekdikēsis		Pronunciation ek-dē'-kā-sēs (Key)
Part of Speech feminine noun		Root Word (Etymology) From ἐκδικέω (G1556)
TDNT Reference 2:445,215	Vines View Entry

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)

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Strong's Number G1557 matches the Greek ἐκδίκησις (ekdikēsis), which occurs 1 time in 1 verse in 1Pe of the Greek concordance of the KJV
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1Pe 2:14

Or ¹⁵³⁵ unto governors ²²³², as ⁵⁶¹³ unto them that are sent ³⁹⁹² by ¹²²³ him ⁸⁴⁶ for ¹⁵¹⁹ ³³⁰³ the punishment¹⁵⁵⁷ of evildoers ²⁵⁵⁵, and ¹¹⁶¹ for the praise ¹⁸⁶⁸ of them that do well ¹⁷.

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