ἐκδικέω

ekdikeō

to avenge

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Strong’s G1556Verb6 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Translated as

do avenge1

i will avenge1

avenging1

to avenge1

you avenge1

he has avenged1

In the text

Luke 18:3ἐκδίκησόν
And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
Romans 12:19ἐκδικοῦντες
Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
2 Corinthians 10:6ἐκδικῆσαι
And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.
Revelation 6:10ἐκδικεῖς
And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?”

Abbott-Smith

ἐκδικέω, -ῶ
(ἔκδικος), [in LXX for פָּקַד, נָקַם, שָׁפַט, etc. ;]

1. to vindicate: with accusative of person(s), Luk.18:3, 5.

2. to avenge: with accusative of person(s), ἑαυτούς, Rom.12:19; with accusative of thing(s), παρακοήν, 2Co.10:6; αἷμα, Rev.6:10 19:2 (Cremer, 203; for exx. from π. in both senses, see MM, Exp., xii).†
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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.