ἘΚΔΙΚΗΣΕΙΣ, ἐκδικησεις
EKDIKĒSEIS, ekdikēseis
Sounds Like: ek-dee-KAY-sace
Translations: vengeance, a vengeance, avenging, punishment, retribution
From the root: ΕΚΔΙΚΗΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of avenging or punishing someone for a wrong committed. It can mean vengeance, retribution, or the act of carrying out justice. It is often used in contexts where a wrong has been done and a response is sought to right that wrong, whether by God or by humans.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1557 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Samuel — 22:48
- 2 Kings — 9:7
- 1 Maccabees — 6:22
- Psalms — 17:48
- Ezekiel — 14:21, 16:41, 23:10, 25:17
- Micah — 7:4
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
- 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
- ΕΚΔΙΚΗΣΕΙΣ — vengeances, revenges, acts of vengeance, acts of revenge, retributions, punishments
- 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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