Vengeance
ἐκδίκησιςStrong’s G1557ekdikēsis
Appears in 9 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ekdikēsis is the Greek word usually translated “vengeance”, “avenging” and “vindication”. It appears in 9 verses of the New Testament.
“In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:”
Meaning
Usually translated “vengeance”, “avenging” and “vindication”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- vengeance 5
- avenging 2
- of avenging 1
- vindication 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 3
- Acts 1
- Romans 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
- 2 Thessalonians 1
- Hebrews 1
7 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 18:7And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
- Luke 18:8I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
- Luke 21:22For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
- Acts 7:24And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
- Romans 12:19Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
- 2 Corinthians 7:11For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
Greek dictionary
ἐκδίκησις ekdikēsis · vengeance
ἐκ-δίκησις, -εως, ἡ (ἐκδικέω), [in LXX chiefly for נָקָם ;] vengeance, vindication: Luk.21:22, Rom.12:19 (see MM, Exp., xii), Heb.10:30 (LXX), 2Co.7:11; of the injured person, with genitive, Luk.18:7-8; with dative, Act.7:24; of the offender, with genitive obj., 1Pe.2:14; with dative, 2Th.1:8 (cf. Sir.12:6).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “vengeance” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
VENGEANCE, noun
venj'ance. [Latin vindico.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.