נָקָם
nāqām
vengeance
Strong's H5359NounHebrewTWOT 1413a

נָקָם (nāqām) is a Hebrew noun meaning vengeance. It appears 17 times in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5359).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1413a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1413a)vengeance; revenge; avenged, quarrel
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נָקָם noun, masculine: vengeance

Strong's H5359 נָקָם: revenge
KJV:avenged, quarrel, vengeance.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1413: נָקַם nāqam — avenge, take vengeance; entertain revengeful feelings; avenge oneself, suffer vengeance; be avenged, vengeance be taken; grudge, punish; avenger, revenge

See it in Scripture

Leviticus 26:25Deuteronomy 32:35Judges 16:28

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