Nᵉqâmâh — H5360

Definition

feminine noun

avengement, whether the act of the passion

1. vengeance
1. vengeance (by God, by Israel, by enemies of Israel)

Usually translated as

vengeance, avenge, revenge, revenging

Origin

feminine of H5359

• Nâqâm (H5359)

Occurrences

Nᵉqâmâh occurs 27 times in 22 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (2), Judges (1), 2 Samuel (2), Psalms (4), Jeremiah (9), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (3)

• Numbers 31:2 — Avenge (נִקְמַת֙) the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
• Numbers 31:3 — And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge (נִקְמַת) the LORD of Midian.
• Judges 11:36 — And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance (נְקָמ֛וֹת) for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
• 2 Samuel 4:8 — And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged (נְקָמוֹת֙) my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
• 2 Samuel 22:48 — It is God that avengeth (נְקָמֹ֖ת) me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
• Psalms 18:47 — It is God that avengeth (נְקָמ֣וֹת) me, and subdueth the people under me.
• Psalms 79:10 — Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging (נִ֝קְמַ֗ת) of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
• Psalms 94:1 — O LORD God, to whom vengeance (נְקָמ֥וֹת) belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
• Psalms 94:1 — O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance (נְקָמ֣וֹת) belongeth, shew thyself.
• Psalms 149:7 — To execute vengeance (נְ֭קָמָה) upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
• Jeremiah 11:20 — But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance (נִקְמָֽתְךָ֙) on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
• Jeremiah 20:10 — For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge (נִקְמָתֵ֖נוּ) on him.
• Jeremiah 20:12 — But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance (נִקְמָֽתְךָ֙) on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
• Jeremiah 46:10 — For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance (נְקָמָה֙), that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
• Jeremiah 50:15 — Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance (נִקְמַ֨ת) of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.
• Jeremiah 50:28 — The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance (נִקְמַת֙) of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
• Jeremiah 50:28 — The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance (נִקְמַ֖ת) of his temple.
• Jeremiah 51:6 — Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance (נְקָמָ֥ה); he will render unto her a recompence.
• Jeremiah 51:11 — Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance (נִקְמַ֤ת) of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
• Jeremiah 51:11 — Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance (נִקְמַ֖ת) of his temple.
• Jeremiah 51:36 — Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee (נִקְמָתֵ֑ךְ); and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
• Lamentations 3:60 — Thou hast seen all their vengeance (נִקְמָתָ֔ם) and all their imaginations against me.
• Ezekiel 25:14 — And I will lay my vengeance (נִקְמָתִ֜י) upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD.
• Ezekiel 25:14 — And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance (נִקְמָתִ֔י), saith the Lord GOD.
• Ezekiel 25:15 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge (בִּנְקָמָ֑ה), and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;
• Ezekiel 25:17 — And I will execute great vengeance (נְקָמ֣וֹת) upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.
• Ezekiel 25:17 — And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance (נִקְמָתִ֖י) upon them.