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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #1557 - ἐκδίκησις

Transliteration

ekdíkēsis

Phonetics

ek-dik'-ay-sis

Origin

from (G1556)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

2:445,215

Definition

Thayer's

a revenging, vengeance, punishment

In 2 Cor 7:11 -- meeting out of justice; doing justice to allparties. See Luke 18:3, 21:22. The word also has the sense ofacquittal and carries the sense of vindication. - Vincent III p. 329

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 639 ‑ אַף (af); 5359 ‑ נָקָם (naw‑kawm'); 6485 ‑ פָּקַד (paw‑kad'); 8199 ‑ שָׁפַט (shaw‑fat'); 8385 ‑ תֹּאֲנָה (tah‑an‑aw', to‑an‑aw'); 8433 ‑ תּוֹכַחַת (to‑kay‑khaw', to‑kakh'‑ath);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (8)

Luke

Romans

2 Corinthians

2 Thessalonians

Hebrews

1 Peter

NAS (10)

Luke

Acts

Romans

2 Corinthians

2 Thessalonians

Hebrews

1 Peter

HCS (9)

Luke

Acts

Romans

2 Corinthians

2 Thessalonians

Hebrews

1 Peter

BSB (9)

Luke

Acts

Romans

2 Corinthians

2 Thessalonians

Hebrews

1 Peter

ESV (7)

Luke

Romans

2 Corinthians

2 Thessalonians

Hebrews

WEB (10)

Luke

Acts

Romans

2 Corinthians

2 Thessalonians

Hebrews

1 Peter

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐκδῐκ-ησις, εως, ἡ,

avenging, ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι to give satisfaction, Plb. 3.8.10; ἐ. ποιεῖσθαί τινος obtain it from.., CIG 2826 (Aphrodisias); legal remedy, PLond. 5.1674.102 (vi A.D.); ἐ. ποιεῖν τινι avenge him, Acts 7:24; τινός Lu Luke 18:7-8.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

† ἐκ -δίκησις , -εως , ἡ

(< ἐκδικέω ),

[in LXX chiefly for H5359;]

vengeance, vindication: Luke 21:22, Romans 12:19 (v. MM, Exp., xii), Hebrews 10:30 (LXX), 2 Corinthians 7:11; of the injured person, c. gen., Luke 18:7-8; c. dat., Acts 7:24; of the offender, c. gen. obj., 1 Peter 2:14; c. dat., 2 Thessalonians 1:8 (cf. Sirach 12:6).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

A striking curse from Phlius may be cited from Syll 810 to illustrate Romans 12:19. The fragment runs—καὶ ὅτι ἂν ποιῇς, το [ῦτο ] εἰς σεαυτὸν τρεπέ [σθω ·] ταῦτά σοι εὐχόμε [θα.] εἰ δέ τι ἑκὼν ἐξαμαρτ [ήσει ], οὐκ ἐμὸν ἐπαράσ [ασθαι ], δίκη δὲ ἐπικρέματα [ι ] τιμωρὸς ἀπελθόν [τι ] ἀπειθὴς Νεμέσε [ως, ";it is not mine to invoke curses, but the inexorable vengeance of Nemesis hangs over you as you go."; Ἐκδικία is found in P Oxy VIII. 1121.21 (A.D. 295) ἐκδικίαν αἰτεῖν, ";demand satisfaction,"; ib. XII. 1556.8 (A.D. 247) ἄχρι τῆς παρὰ τῷ μείζονι ἐκδικίας.

List of Word Forms

εκδικήσει εκδικήσεις εκδικήσεων εκδικησεως εκδικήσεως εκδικήσεώς ἐκδικήσεως εκδικησιν εκδίκησιν εκδίκησίν ἐκδίκησιν εκδικησις εκδικήσις εκδίκησις ἐκδίκησις εκδικητήν ekdikeseos ekdikēseōs ekdikḗseos ekdikḗseōs ekdikesin ekdikēsin ekdíkesin ekdíkēsin ekdikesis ekdikēsis ekdíkesis ekdíkēsis

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