STRONGS G1556:
ἐκδικέω,
-ῶ; future
ἐκδικήσω; 1 aorist
ἐξεδίκησα; (
ἔκδικος, which see);
Sept. for
נָקַם,
פָּקַד,
שָׁפַט;
a. τινά,
to vindicate one's right, do one justice,
[A. V. avenge]:
Luke 18:5 (1 Macc. 6:22); τινὰ ἀπό τινος,
to protect, defend, one person from another, Luke 18:3;
ἑαυτόν,
to avenge oneself, Romans 12:19.
b. τί,
to avenge a thing (i. e. to punish a person for a thing):
τὴν παρακοήν,
2 Corinthians 10:6;
τὸ αἷμά τινος ἀπό or
ἔκ τινος, to demand in punishment the blood of one from another,
i. e. to exact of the murderer the penalty of his crime,
[A. V. avenge one's blood on or
at the hand of]:
Revelation 6:10;
Revelation 19:2; see
ἐκ, I. 7. (In Greek authors from [Apollodorus], Diodorus down.)
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