STRONGS G1558:
ἔκδικος,
-ον, (
δίκη right, justice, penalty);
1. without law and justice (cf. Latin
exlex),
unjust: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aelian n. an. 16, 5.
2. exacting penalty from (
ἐκ) one;
an avenger, punisher:
Romans 13:4;
περί τινος,
1 Thessalonians 4:6; (Wis. 12:12; Sir. 30:6; 4 Macc. 15:26 (29); [Plutarch, de garrul. § 14, p. 509 f.]; Herodian, 7, 4, 10 [5th edition, Bekker; others]).
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