1) to avenge, take vengeance, revenge, avenge oneself, be avenged, be punished 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to avenge, take vengeance 1a2) to entertain revengeful feelings 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to avenge oneself 1b2) to suffer vengeance 1c) (Piel) to avenge 1d) (Hophal) to be avenged, vengeance be taken (for blood) 1e) (Hithpael) to avenge oneself
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H5358 — נָקַם
na.qam · to avenge · Hebrew/Aramaic
28 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 4:15 · יֻקָּ֑םAnd Jehovah saith to him, ‘Therefore—of any slayer of Cain sevenfold it is required;’ and Jehovah setteth to Cain a token that none finding him doth slay him.Genesis 4:24 · יֻקַּם־For sevenfold is required for Cain, And for Lamech seventy and sevenfold.’Exodus 21:20 · נָקֹ֖ם · יִנָּקֵֽם׃‘And when a man smiteth his man-servant or his handmaid, with a rod, and he hath died under his hand—he is certainly avenged;Exodus 21:21 · יֻקַּ֔םonly if he remain a day, or two days, he is not avenged, for he is his money.Leviticus 19:18 · תִקֹּ֤םThou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I am Jehovah.Leviticus 26:25 · נֹקֶ֙מֶת֙and I have brought in on you a sword, executing the vengeance of a covenant; and ye have been gathered unto your cities, and I have sent pestilence into your midst, and ye have been given into the hand of an enemy.Numbers 31:2 · נְקֹ֗ם‘Execute the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianites—afterwards thou art gathered unto thy people.’Deuteronomy 32:43 · יִקּ֑וֹםSing ye nations—with his people, For the blood of His servants He avengeth, And vengeance He turneth back on His adversaries, And hath pardoned His land—His people.’Joshua 10:13 · יִקֹּ֥םand the sun standeth still, and the moon hath stood—till the nation taketh vengeance on its enemies; is it not written on the Book of the Upright, ‘and the sun standeth in the midst of the heavens, and hath not hasted to go in—as a perfect day?’Judges 15:7 · נִקַּ֥מְתִּיAnd Samson saith to them, ‘Though ye do thus, nevertheless I am avenged on you, and afterwards I cease!’Judges 16:28 · וְאִנָּקְמָ֧הAnd Samson calleth unto Jehovah, and saith, ‘Lord Jehovah, remember me, I pray Thee, and strengthen me, I pray Thee, only this time, O God; and I am avenged—vengeance at once—because of my two eyes, on the Philistines.’1 Samuel 14:24 · וְנִקַּמְתִּי֙And the men of Israel have been distressed on that day, and Saul adjureth the people, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eateth food till the evening, and I have been avenged of mine enemies;’ and none of the people hath tasted food.1 Samuel 18:25 · לְהִנָּקֵ֖םAnd Saul saith, ‘Thus do ye say to David, There is no delight to the king in dowry, but in a hundred foreskins of the Philistines—to be avenged on the enemies of the king;’ and Saul thought to cause David to fall by the hand of the Philistines.1 Samuel 24:12 · וּנְקָמַ֥נִי‘Jehovah doth judge between me and thee, and Jehovah hath avenged me of thee, and my hand is not on thee;2 Kings 9:7 · וְנִקַּמְתִּ֞יand thou hast smitten the house of Ahab thy lord, and I have required the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Jehovah, from the hand of Jezebel;Esther 8:13 · לְהִנָּקֵ֖םa copy of the writing to be made law in every province and province is revealed to all the peoples, and for the Jews being ready at this day to be avenged of their enemies.Psalm 8:2 · וּמִתְנַקֵּֽם׃From the mouths of infants and sucklings Thou hast founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger.Psalm 44:16 · וּמִתְנַקֵּֽם׃Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.Psalm 99:8 · וְ֝נֹקֵ֗םO Jehovah, our God, Thou hast afflicted them, A God forgiving Thou hast been to them, And taking vengeance on their actions.Isaiah 1:24 · וְאִנָּקְמָ֖הTherefore—the affirmation of the Lord—Jehovah of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ah, I am eased of Mine adversaries, And I am avenged of Mine enemies,Jeremiah 5:9 · תִתְנַקֵּ֖םFor these do I not lay a charge? An affirmation of Jehovah, And on a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?Jeremiah 5:29 · תִתְנַקֵּ֖םFor these do not I inspect, an affirmation of Jehovah, On a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?Jeremiah 9:9 · תִתְנַקֵּ֖םFor these things do not I see after them? An affirmation of Jehovah, Against a nation such as this doth not My soul avenge itself?Jeremiah 15:15 · וְהִנָּ֤קֶםThou, Thou hast known, O Jehovah, Remember me, and inspect me, And take vengeance for me of my pursuers, In Thy long-suffering take me not away, Know—I have borne for Thee reproach.Jeremiah 46:10 · לְהִנָּקֵ֣םAnd that day is to the Lord Jehovah of Hosts A day of vengeance, To be avenged of His adversaries, And the sword hath devoured, and been satisfied, And it hath been watered from their blood, For a sacrifice is to the Lord Jehovah of Hosts, In the land of the north, by the river Phrat.Jeremiah 50:15 · הִנָּ֣קְמוּShout against her round about, She hath given forth her hand, Fallen have her foundations, Thrown down have been her walls, For it is the vengeance of Jehovah, Be avenged of her, as she did—do ye to her.Jeremiah 51:36 · וְנִקַּמְתִּ֖יTherefore, thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am pleading thy cause, And I have avenged thy vengeance, And dried up its sea, and made its fountains dry.Nahum 1:2 · וְנֹקֵם֙ · נֹקֵ֥ם · נֹקֵ֤םA God zealous and avenging is Jehovah, An avenger is Jehovah, and possessing fury. An avenger is Jehovah on His adversaries, And He is watching for His enemies.