Numbers 35:12
And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
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Avenger
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1 Thessalonians 4:6
That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
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3 occurrences in 3 verses.
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גָּאַל
gâʼal · gaw-al'
6 times translated as this KJV form104 total Strong's occurrences
to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: × in any wise, × at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Numbers 35:12Strong's last: Joshua 20:9
Open full H1350 profile →נָקַם
nâqam · naw-kam'
2 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: Psalms 8:2Strong's last: Psalms 44:16
Open full H5358 profile →ἔκδικος
ékdikos · ek'-dik-os
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
carrying justice out, i.e. a punisher
Strong's KJV usage: :--a (re-)venger.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Thessalonians 4:6Strong's last: 1 Thessalonians 4:6
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H1350
And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
H1350
Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
H1350
Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
H1350
That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
H1350
And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
H1350
These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
H5358
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
H5358
For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
G1558
That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
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avenger
AVENG'ER, noun One who avenges or vindicates; a vindicator; a revenger.
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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