Lexical Summary ekdikeō: to vindicate, to avenge Original Word: ἐκδικέωTransliteration: ekdikeō Phonetic Spelling: (ek-dik-eh'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to vindicate, to avenge Meaning: to vindicate, to avenge Strong's Concordance avenge. From ekdikos; to vindicate, retaliate, punish -- a (re-)venge. see GREEK ekdikos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1556: ἐκδικέωἐκδικέω, ἐκδικῶ; future ἐκδικήσω; 1 aorist ἐξεδίκησα; (ἔκδικος, which see); the Sept. for נָקַם, פָּקַד, שָׁפַט; a. τινα, to vindicate one's right, do one justice (A. V. avenge): Luke 18 (1 Macc. 6:22); τινα ἀπό τίνος, to protect, defend, one person from another, Luke 18:3; ἑαυτόν, to avenge oneself, Romans 12:19. b. τί, to avenge a thing (i. e. to punish a person for a thing): τήν παρακοήν, 2 Corinthians 10:6; τό haima] τίνος ἀπό or ἐκ τίνος, to demand in punishment the blood of one from another, i. e. to exact of the murderer the penalty of his crime (A. V. avenge one's blood on or at the hand of): Revelation 6:10; Revelation 19:2; see ἐκ, I. 7. (In Greek authors from (Apollod.), Diodorus down.) |
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