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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.
Where it appears
27 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 22 verses shown.
2 Samuel 4:8 HNcfpa2 Samuel 22:48 HNcfpaEzekiel 25:14 HNcfsc/Sp1csEzekiel 25:15 HR/NcfsaEzekiel 25:17 HNcfpaJudges 11:36 HNcfpaJeremiah 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.