Words the Bible translates as avenge
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ekdikeōἐκδικέωto see justice done: to carry out what a wrong requires, whether by securing the wronged party's rights or by exacting the penalty from the wrongdoer
- naqamנָקַםto avenge: to set a wrong right by punishing the wrongdoer, as a rightful authority and not as a private grudge
- naqamנָקָםvengeance: punishment inflicted in return for a wrong, by one who has the standing to inflict it
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