ἐκδικέω
ekdikéō
“to vindicate, retaliate, punish”
6 occurrencesNew TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to vindicate, retaliate, punish
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
pr. to execute right and justice; to punish, 2 Cor. 10:6; Rev. 6:10; 19:2; in NT to right, avenge a person, Lk. 18:3, 5; Rom. 12:9*
Translated in KJV as
a (re-)venge
Etymology
from G1558 (ἔκδικος);
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