Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H5360
נְקָמָה
ne.qa.mah · “vengeance”
Used 27 times across 7 books
Definition
1) vengeance
1a) vengeance (by God, by Israel, by enemies of Israel)
1a) vengeance (by God, by Israel, by enemies of Israel)
Where it appears
Numbers2
Judges1
2 Samuel2
Psalms5
Jeremiah11
Lamentations1
Ezekiel5
In the text
Numbers 31:2Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.Numbers 31:3And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the Lord of Midian.Judges 11:36And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the Lord, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the Lord hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.2 Samuel 4:8And they brought the head of Ish–bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish–bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the Lord hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.2 Samuel 22:48It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,Psalms 18:48He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.Psalms 79:10Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.Psalms 94:1O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.Psalms 149:7To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;Jeremiah 11:20But, O Lord of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
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