{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "G1556",
  "lemma": "ἐκδικέω",
  "transliteration": "ekdikéō",
  "definition": "to vindicate, retaliate, punish",
  "kjv": "a (re-)venge",
  "occurrences": 93,
  "language": "Greek",
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    {
      "id": "G1558",
      "lemma": "ἔκδικος",
      "transliteration": "ékdikos",
      "meaning": "carrying justice out, i.e. a punisher",
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    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Luke 18:3",
      "text": "A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, ‘Defend me from my adversary!’",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/18?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 18:5",
      "text": "yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.’”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/18?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Romans 12:19",
      "text": "Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/12?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Corinthians 10:6",
      "text": "and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience when your obedience is made full.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-corinthians/10?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Revelation 6:10",
      "text": "They cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/6?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Revelation 19:2",
      "text": "for his judgments are true and righteous. For he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/19?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judith 1:12",
      "text": "And Nebuchadnezzar was exceedingly angry with all this land, and he swore by his throne and kingdom that he would…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/1?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judith 2:1",
      "text": "In the eighteenth year, the twenty-second day of the first month, there was talk in the house of Nebuchadnezzar king of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/2?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judith 6:5",
      "text": "But you, Achior, hireling of Ammon, who have spoken these words in the day of your iniquity, will see my face no more…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/6?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judith 7:28",
      "text": "We take to witness against you the sky and the earth, and our God and the Lord of our fathers, who punishes us…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/7?v=28"
    }
  ],
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