Genesis 4:15
And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
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Vengeance
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Jude 1:7
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
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11 occurrences in 8 verses.
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This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.
Genesis
11 verses
Deuteronomy
33 verses
Judges
11 verses
Psalms
54 verses
Proverbs
11 verses
Isaiah
66 verses
Jeremiah
118 verses
Lamentations
11 verses
Ezekiel
75 verses
Micah
11 verses
Nahum
11 verses
Luke
11 verses
Acts
11 verses
Romans
22 verses
2 Thessalonians
11 verses
Hebrews
11 verses
Jude
11 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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נְקָמָה
nᵉqâmâh · nek-aw-maw'
18 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: Judges 11:36Strong's last: Ezekiel 25:17
Open full H5360 profile →נָקָם
nâqâm · naw-kawm'
15 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
revenge
Strong's KJV usage: avenged, quarrel, vengeance.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 32:35Strong's last: Micah 5:15
Open full H5359 profile →ἐκδίκησις
ekdíkēsis · ek-dik'-ay-sis
4 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 21:22Strong's last: Hebrews 10:30
Open full G1557 profile →נָקַם
nâqam · naw-kam'
4 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 99:8Strong's last: Nahum 1:2
Open full H5358 profile →δίκη
díkē · dee'-kay
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
right (as self-evident), i.e. justice (the principle, a decision, or its execution)
Strong's KJV usage: :--judgment, punish, vengeance.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 28:4Strong's last: Jude 1:7
Open full G1349 profile →ὀργή
orgḗ · or-gay'
1 times translated as this KJV form36 total Strong's occurrences
properly, desire (as a reaching forth or excitement of the mind), i.e. (by analogy), violent passion (ire, or (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment
Strong's KJV usage: :--anger, indignation, vengeance, wrath.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Romans 3:5Strong's last: Romans 3:5
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H5360
But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
H5360
But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
H5360
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.
H5360
Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.
H5358
Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.
H5360
The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
H5360
The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
H5360
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
H5360
Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
H5360
Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
H5358
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
English meaning and historical usage.
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vengeance
VENGEANCE, noun venj'ance. [Latin vindico.]
The infliction of pain on another, in return for an injury or offense. Such infliction, when it proceeds from malice or more resentment, and is not necessary for the purposes of justice, is revenge, and a most heinous crime. When such infliction proceeds from a mere love of justice, and the necessity of punishing offenders for the support of the laws, it is vengeance and is warrantable and just. In this case, vengeance is a just retribution, recompense or punishment. In this latter sense the word is used in Scripture, and frequently applied to the punishments inflicted by God on sinners.
To me belongeth vengeance and recompense. Deuteronomy 32:35.
The Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries. Nahum 1.
With a vengeance in familiar language, signifies with great violence or vehemence; as, to strike one with a vengeance
Formerly, what a vengeance was a phrase used for what emphatical.
But what a vengeance makes thee fly?
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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