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Lexicon :: Strong's G1556 - ekdikeō

Aa
ἐκδικέω
Transliteration
ekdikeō (Key)
Pronunciation
ek-dik-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:442,215

Strong’s Definitions

ἐκδικέω ekdikéō, ek-dik-eh'-o; from G1558; to vindicate, retaliate, punish:—a (re-)venge.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G1556 in the following manner: avenge (5x), revenge (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G1556 in the following manner: avenge (5x), revenge (1x).

  1. to vindicate one's right, do one justice

    1. to protect, defend, one person from another

  2. to avenge a thing

    1. to punish a person for a thing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐκδικέω ekdikéō, ek-dik-eh'-o; from G1558; to vindicate, retaliate, punish:—a (re-)venge.
STRONGS G1556:
ἐκδικέω, -ῶ; future ἐκδικήσω; 1 aorist ἐξεδίκησα; (ἔκδικος, which see); Sept. for נָקַם, פָּקַד, שָׁפַט;
a. τινά, to vindicate one's right, do one justice, [A. V. avenge]: Luke 18:5 (1 Macc. 6:22); τινὰ ἀπό τινος, to protect, defend, one person from another, Luke 18:3; ἑαυτόν, to avenge oneself, Romans 12:19.
b. τί, to avenge a thing (i. e. to punish a person for a thing): τὴν παρακοήν, 2 Corinthians 10:6; τὸ αἷμά τινος ἀπό or ἔκ τινος, to demand in punishment the blood of one from another, i. e. to exact of the murderer the penalty of his crime, [A. V. avenge one's blood on or at the hand of]: Revelation 6:10; Revelation 19:2; see ἐκ, I. 7. (In Greek authors from [Apollodorus], Diodorus down.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
18:3; 18:5
Romans
12:19
2 Corinthians
10:6
Revelation
6:10; 19:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1556 matches the Greek ἐκδικέω (ekdikeō),
which occurs 67 times in 61 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 4:15–Hos 12:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:15 - And Jehovah said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And Jehovah appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should smite him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:24 -
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold,
Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:4 - But Pharaoh will not hearken unto you, and I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20 - And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall surely be punished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:21 - Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:25 - And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant; and ye shall be gathered together within your cities: and I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

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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 BoxDeu 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:19 - And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:43 -
Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people:
For he will avenge the blood of his servants,
And will render vengeance to his adversaries,
And will make expiation for his land, for his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:31 - And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye contend for Baal? Or will ye save him? he that will contend for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him contend for himself, because one hath broken down his altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:28 - And Samson called unto Jehovah, and said, O Lord Jehovah, 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 Box1Sa 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:13 - For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring a curse upon themselves, and he restrained them not.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:24 - And the men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until it be evening, and I be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted food.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:2 - Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:25 - And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:12 - Jehovah judge between me and thee, and Jehovah avenge me of thee; but my hand shall not be upon thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:7 - And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Jehovah, at the hand of Jezebel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:8 - And it came to pass, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, that he found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, ministering to Ahaziah, and slew them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:8 -
Thou answeredst them, O Jehovah our God:
Thou wast a God that forgavest them,
Though thou tookest vengeance of their doings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:16 - For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls that I have made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:9 - Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:29 - Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:9 - Shall I not visit them for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:3 - And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith Jehovah: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:2 - Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, against the shepherds that feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them; behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:34 - And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of Jehovah, I will even punish that man and his house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:12 - And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith Jehovah, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it desolate for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 - For that day is a day of the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:25 - Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saith: Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and her kings; even Pharaoh, and them that trust in him:

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:18 - Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:21 - Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: slay and utterly destroy after them, saith Jehovah, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:44 - And I will execute judgment upon Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:52 - Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will execute judgment upon her graven images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:3 - Now is the end upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways; and I will bring upon thee all thine abominations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:27 - The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 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 bring upon thee the blood of wrath and jealousy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:12 - But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit: its strong rods were broken off and withered; the fire consumed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 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 BoxEze 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:24 - And they shall come against thee with weapons, chariots, and wagons, and with a company of peoples; they shall set themselves against thee with buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will commit the judgment unto them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:45

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:8 - That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:12 - Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: 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 BoxHos 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:4 - And Jehovah said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:13 - And I will visit upon her the days of the Baalim, unto which she burned incense, when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:9 - And it shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:13 - As for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but Jehovah accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:9 - They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:2 - Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

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