ekdikos

Strong’sG1558

avenging, an avenger

stem ekdik-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 26 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.

** ἔκδικος, -ον

(< δίκη), [in LXX: Wi 12:12, Si 30:6, IV Mac 15:29 *;]

1. without law, unjust.

2. exacting penalty from; as subst., an avenger: Ro 13:4; seq. περί, I Th 4:6 (in π., a legal representative; Milligan, Th., l.c.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1558 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidek'-dik-os

carrying justice out, i.e. a punisher

Fromfrom G1537 and G1349;

King Jamesa (re-)venger.

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

ἔκδῐκ-ος, ον,
lawless, unjust, ἔκδικα πάσχω Refs 4th c.BC+; of persons, Refs 5th c.BC+. adverb -κωςRefs 4th c.BC+
II maintaining the right, avenging, ἔχει θεὸς ἔ. ὄμμα LXX+1st c.AD+
II.2 substantive, avenger, Refs 1st c.AD+
II.3 public advocate or prosecutor, Refs 1st c.BC+
II.4 generally, legal representative, Refs 1st c.AD+

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.

avenger2×

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	ekdikos2×ἔκδικος	ekdikas	ekdikem	ekdikois	ekdikais	ekdikeim
object accusative	ekdikon	ekdikan		ekdikoin	ekdikain
direct address vocative	ekdikor	ekdikar		ekdikoir	ekdikair
of, belonging to genitive	ekdikou	ekdikau	ekdikeu	ekdikoiu	ekdikaiu	ekdikeiu
to, for dative	ekdiko	ekdika	ekdike	ekdikoi	ekdikai	ekdikei

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

ekdikstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

ekdik 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

Words built on the same stem

Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.

ekdikamō — ἐκδικέω, I give justice over, defend, avenge, vindicate

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

ekdikos“avenger”subjectnominative singular2×

Romans 13:4“avenger”… machairan foratō; theou gar diakonos atō, ekdikos eis organ to tem kakosem prassarōnto.… for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.

1 Thessalonians 4:6“avenger”… te pragme ton adelfon autou, dioti ekdikos kurios peri panteiu houteiu, kathōs kai …… or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have …