ἐκδικέω
ekdikeō
“to avenge”
Definition
to vindicate, retaliate, punish
from G1558 (ἔκδικος);
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Occurrences
ἐκδικέω appears 6 times in the New Testament.
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Key Passages
And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.
And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Then she will stop wearing me out with her perpetual requests.’”
For His judgments are true and just.He has judged the great prostitutewho corrupted the earth with her immorality.He has avenged the blood of His servantsthat was poured out by her hand.”
And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
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