Gloss: to avenge
Transliteration: ekdikeō
Strong’s: G1556
ἐκδικέω, -ῶ
(ἔκδικος), [in LXX for פָּקַד, נָקַם, שָׁפַט, etc. ;]
__1. to vindicate: with accusative of person(s), Luk.18:3, 5.
__2. to avenge: with accusative of person(s), ἑαυτούς, Rom.12:19; with accusative of thing(s), παρακοήν, 2Co.10:6; αἷμα, Rev.6:10 19:2 (Cremer, 203; for exx. from π. in both senses, see MM, Exp., xii).†
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(ἔκδικος), [in LXX for פָּקַד, נָקַם, שָׁפַט, etc. ;]
__1. to vindicate: with accusative of person(s), Luk.18:3, 5.
__2. to avenge: with accusative of person(s), ἑαυτούς, Rom.12:19; with accusative of thing(s), παρακοήν, 2Co.10:6; αἷμα, Rev.6:10 19:2 (Cremer, 203; for exx. from π. in both senses, see MM, Exp., xii).†
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