נְקָמָה
nĕqāmâ
vengeance
Strong's H5360NounHebrewTWOT 1413b

נְקָמָה (nĕqāmâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning vengeance. It appears 27 times in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5360).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1413b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1413b)vengeance; avengement; avenge, revenge, revengeing
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נְקָמָה noun, feminine: vengeance

Strong's H5360 נְקָמָה: avengement, whether the act or the passion
KJV:avenge, revenge(-ing), 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

Numbers 31:2Judges 11:362 Samuel 4:8

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