Jeremiah 15:15
O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
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Revenge
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2 Corinthians 10:6
And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
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נְקָמָה
nᵉqâmâh · nek-aw-maw'
2 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences
avengement, whether the act or the passion
Strong's KJV usage: avenge, revenge(-ing), vengeance.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Jeremiah 20:10Strong's last: Ezekiel 25:15
Open full H5360 profile →ἐκδικέω
ekdikéō · ek-dik-eh'-o
1 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: 2 Corinthians 10:6Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 10:6
Open full G1556 profile →ἐκδίκησις
ekdíkēsis · ek-dik'-ay-sis
1 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: 2 Corinthians 7:11Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 7:11
Open full G1557 profile →נָקַם
nâqam · naw-kam'
1 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: Jeremiah 15:15Strong's last: Jeremiah 15:15
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G1557
For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
G1556
And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
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revenge
REVENGE, verb transitive revenj'. [Latin vindex, vindico. See Vindicate.]
1. To inflict pain or injury in return for an injury received.
[Note. this word and avenge were formerly used as synonymous, and it is so used in the common version of the Scripture, and applied to the Supreme Being. 'O Lord - revenge me of my persecutors.' Jeremiah 15:15. In consequence of a distinction between avenge and revenge which modern usage has introduced, the application of this word to the Supreme Being appears extremely harsh, irreverent and offensive. revenge is now used in an ill sense, for the infliction of pain maliciously or illegally; avenge for inflicting just punishment.]
2. According to modern usage, to inflict pain deliberately and maliciously, contrary to the laws of justice and humanity, in return for injury, pain or evil received; to wreak vengeance spitefully on one who injures or offends. We say, to revenge an injury or insult, or with the reciprocal pronoun, to revenge ourselves on an enemy or for an injury, that is, to take vengeance or satisfaction.
3. To vindicate by punishment of an enemy.
The gods are just and will revenge our cause.
[According to modern usage, avenge should here be substituted for revenge ]
REVENGE, noun revenj'.
1. Return of an injury; the deliberate infliction of pain or injury or a person in return for an injury received from him.
2. According to modern usage, a malicious or spiteful infliction of pain or injury, contrary to the laws of justice and christianity, in return for an injury or offense. revenge is dictated by passion; vengeance by justice.
3. The passion which is excited by an injury done or an affront given; the desire of inflicting pain on one who has done an injury; as, to glut revenge
REVENGE, as the word is now understood, is always contrary to the precepts of Christ.
The indulgence of revenge tends to make men more savage and cruel.
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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