Greek · Strong's G1556
ἐκδικέω
ekdikeoek-dik-eh'-o
to vindicate, retaliate, punish
1890 spelling: ekdikéō
- ε5
- κ20
- δ4
- ι10
- κ20
- ε5
- ω800
Isopsephy 864
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
to vindicate, retaliate, punish
Rendered in the KJV as
a (re-)venge.
- 6occurrencesin the New Testament
- 4 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- ἐκδικεῖς1
- ἐκδικῆσαι1
- ἐκδίκησόν1
- ἐκδικήσω1
- ἐκδικοῦντες,1
- ἐξεδίκησεν1
How it is rendered · 6
- avenging,1
- do avenge1
- He has avenged1
- I will avenge1
- to avenge1
- you avenge1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singular1
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, command · 2nd person singular1
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)1
- verb · future active, statement · 1st person singular1
- verb · present active, statement · 2nd person singular1
- verb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-AAI-3S · 1
- V-AAM-2S · 1
- V-AAN · 1
- V-FAI-1S · 1
- V-PAI-2S · 1
- V-PAP-NPM · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Luke2 occurrences
- Luke 18:3ἐκδίκησόνekdikēsonverb · aorist (simple past) active, command · 2nd person singularAnd there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’here: do avenge
- Luke 18:5ἐκδικήσωekdikēsōverb · future active, statement · 1st person singularyet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Then she will stop wearing me out with her perpetual requests.’”here: I will avenge
2 Corinthians1 occurrence
Revelation2 occurrences
- Revelation 6:10ἐκδικεῖςekdikeisverb · present active, statement · 2nd person singularAnd they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”here: you avenge
- Revelation 19:2ἐξεδίκησενexedikēsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularFor His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”here: He has avenged