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נְקָמָה
nᵉqâmâh · Hebrew · Strong's H5360 · 27 occurrences
The KJV renders 4 different Hebrew and Greek words as “vengeance”
What it means
avengement, whether the act of the passion
feminine of H5359 (נָקָם);
How the KJV renders it
revenge, 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.
“revenge”
also renders ekdíkēsis (G1557), parʻâh (H6546)
Where it appears
27 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 22 verses shown.
2 Samuel 4:8 · HNcfpa
They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, “Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life! Yahweh has avenged my lord the king today of Saul and of his offspring.”
2 Samuel 22:48 · HNcfpa
even the God who executes vengeance for me, who brings down peoples under me,
Ezekiel 25:14 · HNcfsc/Sp1cs
I will lay my vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel. They will do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath. Then they will know my vengeance,” says the Lord Yahweh.
Ezekiel 25:15 · HR/Ncfsa
“‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Because the Philistines have taken revenge, and have taken vengeance with contempt of soul to destroy with perpetual hostility,”
Ezekiel 25:17 · HNcfpa
I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes. Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I lay my vengeance on them.”’”
Judges 11:36 · HNcfpa
She said to him, “My father, you have opened your mouth to Yahweh; do to me according to that which has proceeded out of your mouth, because Yahweh has taken vengeance for you on your enemies, even on the children of Ammon.”
Jeremiah 11:20 HNcfsc/Sp2msJeremiah 20:10 HNcfsc/Sp1cpJeremiah 20:12 HNcfsc/Sp2msJeremiah 46:10 HNcfsaJeremiah 50:15 HNcfscJeremiah 50:28 HNcfscJeremiah 51:6 HNcfsaJeremiah 51:11 HNcfscJeremiah 51:36 HNcfsc/Sp2fsLamentations 3:60 HNcfsc/Sp3mpNumbers 31:2 HNcfscNumbers 31:3 HNcfscPsalm 18:47 HNcfpaPsalm 79:10 HNcfscPsalm 94:1 HNcfpaPsalm 149:7 HNcfsa
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.