To avenge
נָקַםStrong’s H5358naqam (na-qam)
Appears in 31 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Naqam is the Hebrew word usually translated “avenged”, “it avenge itself” and “avenge”. It appears in 31 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.”
Meaning
- To avenge, take vengeance, revenge, avenge oneself, be avenged, be punished(Qal) · (Niphal) · (Piel) to avenge · (Hophal) to be avenged, vengeance be taken (for blood) · (Hithpael) to avenge oneself
How it's translated
- he will be avenged 4
- will it avenge itself 3
- avenge 2
- and i will avenge myself 2
- to avenge himself 2
- and i will avenge 2
- and an avenger 2
- avenging 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 7
- 1 Samuel 3
- Psalms 3
- Ezekiel 3
- Genesis 2
- Exodus 2
15 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 4:24If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
- Exodus 21:20And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
- Exodus 21:21Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
- Leviticus 19:18Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 26:25And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
- Numbers 31:2Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
Hebrew dictionary
נָקַם naqam · to avenge
1) to avenge, take vengeance, revenge, avenge oneself, be avenged, be punished 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to avenge, take vengeance 1a2) to entertain revengeful feelings 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to avenge oneself 1b2) to suffer vengeance 1c) (Piel) to avenge 1d) (Hophal) to be avenged, vengeance be taken (for blood) 1e) (Hithpael) to avenge oneself
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “avenged” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
AVENG'ED, participle passive
Satisfied by the punishment of the offender; vindicated; punished.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.