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נָקָם
nâqâm · Hebrew · Strong's H5359 · 17 occurrences
The KJV renders 4 different Hebrew and Greek words as “vengeance”
What it means
revenge
from H5358 (נָקַם);
How the KJV renders it
quarrel, vengeance
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“quarrel”
also renders momphḗ (G3437)
Where it appears
17 occurrences in the Hebrew text.
Deuteronomy 32:35 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 32:41 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 32:43 HC/NcmsaEzekiel 24:8 HNcmsaEzekiel 25:12 HNcmsaEzekiel 25:15 HNcmsaIsaiah 34:8 HNcmsaIsaiah 35:4 HNcmsaIsaiah 47:3 HNcmsaIsaiah 59:17 HNcmsaIsaiah 61:2 HNcmsaIsaiah 63:4 HNcmsaJudges 16:28 HNcmscLeviticus 26:25 HNcmscMicah 5:15 HNcmsaProverbs 6:34 HNcmsaPsalm 58:10 HNcmsa
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.