ΕΚΔΙΚΗΣΕΙΣ, εκδικησεις
EKDIKĒSEIS, ekdikēseis
Sounds Like: ek-dee-KEE-sace
Translations: vengeances, revenges, acts of vengeance, acts of revenge, retributions, punishments
From the root: ΕΚΔΙΚΗΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to acts of vengeance, retribution, or punishment. It describes the process or outcome of seeking justice or satisfaction for a wrong committed, often implying a punitive response. It is typically used in a plural form to denote multiple instances or forms of such actions.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1557 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Maccabees — 6:22
- Psalms — 17:48
- Sirach — 7:17, 27:28
- Romans — 12:19
- Hebrews — 10:30
- Revelation — 6:10
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΔΙΚΗΣΙΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΙΚΗΣΙ — vengeance, avenging, punishment, retribution
- ἘΚΔΙΚΗΣΕΙΣ — vengeance, a vengeance, avenging, punishment, retribution
- ἘΚΔΙΚΗΣΕΩΝ — of vengeance, of punishments, of retribution
- ἘΚΔΙΚΗΣΕΩΣ — of vengeance, of punishment, of retribution, of vindication
- ἘΚΔΙΚΗΣΙΝ — vengeance, avenging, punishment, vindication, a vengeance, an avenging, a punishment, a vindication
- ΕΚΔΙΚΗΣΕΩΝ — of vengeance, of punishment, of retribution, of vindication
- ΕΚΔΙΚΗΣΕΩΣ — of vengeance, of punishment, of retribution, of avenging
- ΕΚΔΙΚΗΣΗΣ — of vengeance, of punishment, of avenging, of vindication
- ΕΚΔΙΚΗΣΙ — vengeance, avenging, punishment, retribution, vindication, a vindication
- ΕΚΔΙΚΗΣΙΝ — vengeance, avenging, punishment, retribution
- ΕΚΔΙΚΗΣΙΣ — vengeance, avenging, punishment, retribution, vindication, a vindication
- ΕΚΔΙΚΙ — vengeance, avenging, punishment, retribution, justice, a vengeance, an avenging, a punishment, a retribution, a justice
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