G1557: ἐκδίκησις (ekdíkēsis)

G1557 ἐκδίκησις (ekdíkēsis)

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Quick Definition

ἐκδίκησις, εως, ἡ n.f. a defense, vengeance, full punishment

Strong's Definition

from 1556; vindication, retribution

KJV Usage: (a-, re-)venge(-ance), punishment

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἐκδίκησις (G1557)

noun, f. | -εως | δικαιόω

56.35 · Courts and Legal Procedures · Obtain Justice

to give someone justice to give justice to someone who has been wronged

LUK 18:7 · LUK 18:8 · ACT 7:24

39.33 · Hostility, Strife · Revenge

to pay back, to revenge, to seek retribution, retribution, seeking retribution to repay harm with harm, on the assumption that the initial harm was unjustified and that retribution is therefore called for

LUK 21:22 · ACT 7:24 · ROM 12:19 · 2CO 7:11 · 2TH 1:8 · HEB 10:30

38.8 · Punish, Reward · Punish

to punish, to cause to suffer, punishment to punish, on the basis of what is rightly deserved

2CO 7:11 · 2TH 1:8 · HEB 10:30 · 1PE 2:14

¹ LUK 18:7 It is difficult to determine whether ἐκδίκησις in LUK 18:7 should be interpreted as a state of justice or the activity of giving justice. One might assume that the activity is represented by the verb ποιέω and that ἐκδίκησις then denotes the resulting state, but it is also possible to understand ποιέω as a kind of empty verb, which simply marks a case relationship between the agent (ὁ θεός) and the primary activity in ἐκδίκησις.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐκ-δίκησις, -ews, ἡ, (ἐκδικέω, q. V.), Sept. for 7/9) and ὉΡ2, TAPS, Daw (Ezek. xvi. 38; xxiii. 45) and pway; a revenging; vengeance, punishment: Ro. xii. 19 and Heb. x. 30 fr. Deut. xxxii. 35; 2 Co. vii. 11; Lk. xxi. 22; ποιεῖν τὴν ἐκδίκησίν twos, to vindicate one from wrongs, accomplish the avenging of, Lk. xviii. 7 sq.; τινί, to avenge an injured person, Acts vii. 24 (Judg. xi. 36); ἐκδίκησίς τινος, objec. gen., the punishment of one, 1 Pet. ii. 14; διδόναι ἐκδίκησίν τινι, to inflict punishment ‘on, [render vengeance to] one, 2 Th. i. 8; cf. [Sir. xii. 6]; Ezek. xxv. 14. (Polyb. 3, 8, 10.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐκδίκησις ekdikēsis 9x

vengeance, punishment, retributive justice, Lk. 21:22; Rom. 12:19; 2 Cor. 7:11; 1 Pet. 2:14; ἐκδίκησιν ποιεῖν, to vindicate, avenge, Lk. 18:7, 8; διδόναι ἐκδίκησιν, to inflict vengeance, Acts 7:24; 2 Thess. 1:8; Heb. 10:30*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

† ἐκ-δίκησις, -εως, ἡ

(< ἐκδικέω), [in LXX chiefly for נָקָם ;]

vengeance, vindication: Lk 21:22, Ro 12:19 (v. MM, Exp., xii), He 10:30 (LXX), II Co 7:11; of the injured person, c. gen., Lk 18:7, 8; c. dat., Ac 7:24; of the offender, c. gen. obj., I Pe 2:14; c. dat., II Th 1:8 (cf. Si 12:6).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐκδίκησις. A striking curse from Phlius may be cited from Syil 810 to illustrate Rom 121%, The fragment runs—kal ὅτι ἂν ποιῇς, To[dto] els σεαυτὸν τρεπέ[σθω"] ταῦτά σοι εὐχόμε[θα.] εἰ δέ τι ἑκὼν ἐξαμαρτ[ήσει], οὐκ ἐμὸν ἐπαράσ[ασθαι], δίκη δὲ ἐπικρέματα[ι] τιμωρὸς ἀπελθόντι] ἀπειθὴς Νεμέσεως, ΜΕ is not mine to invoke curses, but the inexorable vengeance of Nemesis hangs over you as you go.” ᾿Εἰκδικία is found in P Oxy VIII. 1121 (a.p. 295) ἐκδικίαν αἰτεῖν, “‘ demand satisfaction,’’ 16. XII. 15568 (A.p. 247) ἄχρι τῆς παρὰ τῷ μείζονι ἐκδικίας.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἐκδίκησις (ekdikēsis) — vengeance. ἐκδῐκ-ησις, εως, ἡ, avenging, ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι to give satisfaction, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐ. ποιεῖσθαί τινος obtain it from.., [Refs]; legal remedy, [Refs 6th c.AD+]; ἐ. ποιεῖν τινι avenge him, [NT]