Vengeance
נָקָםStrong’s H5359naqam (na-qam)
Appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Naqam is the Hebrew word usually translated “vengeance” and “vengeance of”. It appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament.
“And 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.”
Meaning
- Vengeancevengeance (by God, by Samson, by enemies of Judah)
How it's translated
- vengeance 14
- vengeance of 2
- and vengeance 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 6
- Deuteronomy 3
- Ezekiel 3
- Leviticus 1
- Judges 1
- Psalms 1
8 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 32:35To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
- Deuteronomy 32:41If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
- Deuteronomy 32:43Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
- Judges 16:28And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, 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.
- Psalms 58:10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
- Proverbs 6:34For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Hebrew dictionary
נָקָם naqam · vengeance
1) vengeance 1a) vengeance (by God, by Samson, by enemies of Judah)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.