Greek noun (feminine) · G1557
ἐκδίκησις
ekdikesisek-dik'-ay-sis
vengeance
9 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ekdíkēsis
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1557is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1557
vindication, retribution
The King James renders it: (a-, re-)venge(-ance), punishment.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ekdikesis is rendered "vengeance". It stands 9 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Three of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 18:7Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?
Luke 18:7ἐκδίκησιν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's nine uses are in Luke.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- vengeance5
- avenging2
- of avenging1
- vindication1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐκδικέω | ekdikeo | to avenge | Uses6 |
| ἐκδίδωμι | ekdidomi | to lease | Uses4 |
| ἔκδικος | ekdikos | avenging | Uses2 |
| ἐκδιηγέομαι | ekdiegeomai | to tell in detail | Uses2 |
| ἐκδιώκω | ekdioko | to persecute | Uses1 |
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐκδίκησιν6
- ἐκδίκησις2
- ἐκδικήσεως1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular6N-ASF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular2N-NSF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1N-GSF
Luke
three uses
Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?
- ἐκδίκησινekdikesinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: avenging
I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”
- ἐκδίκησινekdikesinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: avenging
For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.
- ἐκδικήσεωςekdikeseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of avenging
Acts
one use
And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him.
- ἐκδίκησινekdikesinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: vengeance
Romans
one use
Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
- ἐκδίκησιςekdikesisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: vengeance
2 Corinthians
one use
Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
- ἐκδίκησινekdikesinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: vindication
2 Thessalonians
one use
in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
- ἐκδίκησινekdikesinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: vengeance
Hebrews
one use
For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”
- ἐκδίκησιςekdikesisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: vengeance
1 Peter
one use
or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.
- ἐκδίκησινekdikesinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: vengeance
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.