Leviticus 19:18
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
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Avenge
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Revelation 6:10
And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
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4 occurrences in 4 verses.
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נָקַם
nâqam · naw-kam'
9 times translated as this KJV form35 total Strong's occurrences
to grudge, i.e. avenge or punish
Strong's KJV usage: avenge(-r, self), punish, revenge (self), × surely, take vengeance.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Leviticus 19:18Strong's last: Jeremiah 46:10
Open full H5358 profile →ἐκδικέω
ekdikéō · ek-dik-eh'-o
4 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
to vindicate, retaliate, punish
Strong's KJV usage: :--a (re-)venge.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 18:3Strong's last: Revelation 6:10
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ekdíkēsis · ek-dik'-ay-sis
2 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
vindication, retribution
Strong's KJV usage: :--(a-, re-)venge(-ance), punishment.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 18:7Strong's last: Luke 18:8
Open full G1557 profile →נָתַן
nâthan · naw-than'
1 times translated as this KJV form2,007 total Strong's occurrences
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, × avenge, × be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, × doubtless, × without fail, fasten, frame, × get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), × have, × indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), lie, lift up, make, O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, × pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), sing, slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, × surely, × take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, weep, willingly, withdraw, would (to) God, yield.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Numbers 31:3Strong's last: Numbers 31:3
Open full H5414 profile →פָּקַד
pâqad · paw-kad'
1 times translated as this KJV form304 total Strong's occurrences
to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: appoint, × at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, × by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, × surely, visit, want.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Hosea 1:4Strong's last: Hosea 1:4
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H5358
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
H5358
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.
H5358
Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
H5414
And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.
H5358
Rejoice, 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.
H5358
The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
H5358
And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
H5358
The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
H5358
Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
H5358
For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
H6485
And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
G1556
And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
G1556
Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
G1557
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
G1557
I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
G1556
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
G1556
And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
English meaning and historical usage.
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avenge
AVENGE, v.t. avenj'. [L. vindex.]
1. To take satisfaction for an injury by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on the wrong doer. Shall not God avenge his own elect. Luke 18.Avenge me of my adversary.In these examples, avenge implies that the evil inflicted on the injuring party is a satisfaction or justice done to the injured, and the party vindicated is the object of the verb.2. To take satisfaction for, by pain or punishment inflicted on the injuring party.He will avenge the blood of his servants. Deut. 32.Here the thing for which satisfaction is taken is the object of the verb.3. To revenge. To avenge and revenge, radically, are synonymous. But modern usage inclines to make a valuable distinction in the use of these words, restricting avenge to the taking of just punishment, and revenge to the infliction of pain or evil, maliciously, in an illegal manner.4. In the passive form this verb signifies to have or receive just satisfaction, by the punishment of the offender.Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?Jer. 5.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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