noun · feminine
ekdikēsias
Strong’sG1557
a defense, vengeance, full punishment
stem ekdikēsi-9 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
† ἐκ-δίκησις, -εως, ἡ
(< ἐκδικέω), [in LXX chiefly for נָקָם;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1557 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidek-dik'-ay-sis
vindication, retribution
Fromfrom G1556;
King James(a-, re-)venge(-ance), punishment.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
avenging, ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι to give satisfaction, Refs 2nd c.BC+; ἐ. ποιεῖσθαί τινος obtain it from.., Refs; legal remedy, Refs 6th c.AD+; ἐ. ποιεῖν τινι avenge him, NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | ekdikēsias2×ἐκδίκησις | ekdikēsiais |
| object accusative | ekdikēsian6×ἐκδίκησιν | ekdikēsiain |
| direct address vocative | ekdikēsiar | ekdikēsiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | ekdikēsiau1×ἐκδικήσεως | ekdikēsiaiu |
| to, for dative | ekdikēsia | ekdikēsiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
ekdikēsia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
9 occurrences, every one of them listed
ekdikēsias“vengeance”subjectnominative singular2×
Romans 12:19… topon ta orga, grafotē gar; Mi ekdikēsias, mis antapodōami, legatō kurios.… God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says …
Hebrews 10:30oidanē gar ton legaranton; Mi ekdikēsias, mis antapodōami; kai palin; Krinati kurios …For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and …
ekdikēsian“justice”objectaccusative singular6×
Luke 18:7… de theos ouk mē poiateia tan ekdikēsian toiu eklektoiu autou toiu boarōntoiu auto …Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out …
Luke 18:8legamō vi hoti poiati tan ekdikēsian autoiu en tache. plēn tos huios …… you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the …
Acts 7:24“vengeance”… horarantos tinon adikorōnton amuneta kai poiata ekdikēsian to kataponorōnto pataxarantos ton Aiguption.… when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was …
2 Corinthians 7:11“justice”… fobon, alla epipothēsian, alla zēlon, alla ekdikēsian; en pante sustēava heautoin hagnoin arō …… alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this …
2 Thessalonians 1:8en floga pureu, dōarōntou ekdikēsian toi mē oidarēntoi theon kai toi …in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know …
1 Peter 2:14… hēgemonoi hōs dia autou pemporōntoi eis ekdikēsian kakopoioiu epainon de agathopoioiu… as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to …
ekdikēsiau“vengeance”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Luke 21:22hoti hēmerais ekdikēsiau houtais alō teu pimplēira panteim teim …For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.