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Nave Topical Bible
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Thompson Chain Reference
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Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
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Torrey Topical Textbook
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Dictionaries
American Tract Society
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Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
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Charles Buck Dictionary
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Holman Bible Dictionary
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
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Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Revenge (2)
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King James Dictionary
• Revenging
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• Revengement
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Smith Bible Dictionary
• Blood The Revenger of
Vines' Expository Dictionary
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Webster Dictionary
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
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• ἐκδικέω
• ἐκδίκησις
• ἔκδικος
• גְּאולִּים , גָּאַל
• נָקַם
• נְקָמָה
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(1):

(v. t.) To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously.

(2):

(v. i.) To take vengeance; - with

(3):

(n.) The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil.

(4):

(v. t.) To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; - followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before the wrong done or the wrongdoer.

(5):

(n.) The disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who has done us an injury.