Gloss
justice; vengeance; punishment
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ἐκδίκησις, εως, ἡ
Greek transliteration
ekdikēsis
Simplified transliteration
ekdikesis
Numbers
Strong's number
1557
GK Number
1689
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
9
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-3e(5b)
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for ἐκδίκησις
| Luke 18:7 | Will not God certainly vindicate his elect, who cry to him day and night, and have patience with them? |
| Luke 18:8 | I tell you, he will vindicate them without delay; but will the Son of Man, when he comes, find faith on earth?” |
| Luke 21:22 | for these are days of vengeance (ekdikēseōs | ἐκδικήσεως | gen sg fem), so that everything that has been written may be fulfilled. |
| Acts 7:24 | And seeing one of them being treated unjustly, he defended him and brought justice (ekdikēsin | ἐκδίκησιν | acc sg fem) to the one being mistreated by striking down the Egyptian. |
| Romans 12:19 | Never avenge yourselves, dear friends, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance (ekdikēsis | ἐκδίκησις | nom sg fem) is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” |
| 2 Corinthians 7:11 | For see what eagerness this very thing — this sadness as God intended — has produced in you; what defense of yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what deep concern, what punishment! (ekdikēsin | ἐκδίκησιν | acc sg fem) In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter. |
| 2 Thessalonians 1:8 | in flaming fire, inflicting punishment (ekdikēsin | ἐκδίκησιν | acc sg fem) on those who do not know God, and who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. |
| Hebrews 10:30 | For we know the one who said, “Vengeance (ekdikēsis | ἐκδίκησις | nom sg fem) belongs to me, I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” |
| 1 Peter 2:14 | or to governors as those sent by him for the punishment (ekdikēsin | ἐκδίκησιν | acc sg fem) of those who do evil and the praise of those who do good. |
