נָקָם

na.qamvengeanceHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine17 occurrences8 books17 verses

Definition

from H5358; revenge
Traditional renderings: avenged, quarrel, vengeance.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

17 total
  1. Leviticus 26:25נְקַם־ · the vengeance
    And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
  2. Deuteronomy 32:35נָקָם֙ · Vengeance
    Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
  3. Deuteronomy 32:41נָקָם֙ · vengeance
    …when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.
  4. Deuteronomy 32:43וְנָקָם֙ · vengeance
    Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He will cleanse His land and His people.
  5. Judges 16:28נְקַם־ · vengeful blow
    Then Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”
  6. Psalm 58:10נָקָ֑ם · they are avenged
    The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
  7. Proverbs 6:34נָקָֽם׃ · of vengeance
    For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
  8. Isaiah 34:8נָקָ֖ם · of vengeance
    For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
  9. Isaiah 35:4נָקָ֣ם · with vengeance
    Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
  10. Isaiah 47:3נָקָ֣ם · vengeance
    Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”
  11. Isaiah 59:17נָקָם֙ · of vengeance
    He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
  12. Isaiah 61:2נָקָ֖ם · vengeance
    …to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,
  13. Isaiah 63:4נָקָ֖ם · of vengeance
    For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come.
  14. Ezekiel 24:8נָקָ֔ם
    In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.’
  15. Ezekiel 25:12נָקָ֖ם
    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt,
  16. Ezekiel 25:15נָקָם֙ · vengeance
    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because the Philistines acted in vengeance, taking vengeance with malice of soul to destroy Judah with ancient hostility,
  17. Micah 5:15נָקָ֖ם · vengeance
    I will take vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations that have not obeyed Me.”