Words the Bible translates as avenging
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.
- ekdikēsisἐκδίκησιςjustice carried out on a wrong: the redress the wronged party is granted and the penalty the wrongdoer is dealt, as two sides of one act
- neqamahנְקָמָהvengeance: repaying a wrong with the punishment it deserves.
- ekdikosἔκδικοςavengingnot studied yet
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