Strong's Hebrew: 5360. נְקָמָה (neqamah) -- vengeance

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Lexicon

neqamah: vengeance

Original Word: נְקָמָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: neqamah
Phonetic Spelling: (nek-aw-maw')
Short Definition: vengeance

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
fem. of naqam
Definition
vengeance
NASB Translation
avenged (1), full vengeance (2), revenge (2), vengeance (22).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

נְקָמָה noun feminine vengeance (on formation compare Lag^{BN 143}); — ׳נ Jeremiah 46:10 3t.; construct נִקְמַת Numbers 31:2 7t.; suffix נִקְמָתִי Ezekiel 25:14 7t. suffixes; plural נְקָמוֺת Judges 11:36 5t.; נְקָמֹת 2 Samuel 22:48; —

1 vengeance of God, absolute Ezekiel 25:14; ׳נקם נ Jeremiah 51:36; דַּם נִקְמַת Psalm 79:10; אֵל נְקָמוֺת Psalm 94:1 (twice in verse); ׳עֵת נ Jeremiah 51:6; ׳יוֺם נ Jeremiah 46:10; יהוה ׳נ Jeremiah 50:15,28; Jeremiah 51:11; הֵיכָלוֺ ׳נ Jeremiah 50:28; Jeremiah 51:11; with בְּ of adversary, ׳נתן נ Ezekiel 25:14,17; ׳עשׂה נ Ezekiel 25:17; with מִן of adversary ׳נתן נ 2 Samuel 4:8 ׳עשׂה נ Judges 11:36; נִקְמָֽתְךָ מֵהֶם Jeremiah 11:20; Jeremiah 20:12; with לְ whom ׳נתן נ 2 Samuel 22:48 = Psalm 18:48.

2 of Israel and its chiefs מן ׳נקם נ Numbers 31:2 (P); with ׳בְ, ׳נתן ני Numbers 31:3 (P); ׳עשׂה נ Psalm 149:7.

3 enemies of Israel absolute Lamentations 3:60; עשׂה בנקמה; Ezekiel 25:15; of Jeremiah מן ׳לקח מ Jeremiah 20:10.

Strong's

avenge, revenge, vengeance

Feminine of naqam; avengement, whether the act of the passion -- + avenge, revenge(-ing), vengeance.

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