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ne.qa.mah H5360

נְקָמָה (ne.qa.mah) means “vengeance” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

נְקָמָה Hebrew · H5360 27 tagged occurrences in 22 verses

Pronunciation guide: nek-aw-maw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5360

נְקָמָה · ne.qa.mah · vengeance

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

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

feminine of H5359 (נָקָם); avengement, whether the act of the passion

KJV glosses: [phrase] avenge, revenge(-ing), vengeance.

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How translators render H5360

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
vengeance 6
my vengeance 3
of vengeance 3
your vengeance 3
is the vengeance 2
the vengeance 2
avenged 1
in vengeance 1
on your behalf 1
our vengeance 1
their malice 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the vengeance 5
vengeance 4
my vengeance 3
that avengeth 2
thy vengeance 2
to whom vengeance 2
all their vengeance 1
and avenge 1
avenge 1
avenged 1
by revenge 1
for thee 1
of vengeance 1
our revenge 1
the revenging 1

Verses containing H5360

Page 1 of 1. 22 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Numbers 31:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”

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  2. Numbers 31:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Moses told the people, “Arm some of your men for war, that they may go against the Midianites and execute the LORD’s vengeance on them.

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  3. Judges 11:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “My father,” she replied, “you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me as you have said, for the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites.”

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  4. 2 Samuel 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”

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  5. 2 Samuel 22:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,

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  6. Psalms 18:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me,

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    Source alternate reference: 18.48

  7. Psalms 79:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.

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  8. Psalms 94:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.

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  9. Psalms 149:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,

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  10. Jeremiah 11:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.

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  11. Jeremiah 20:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”

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  12. Jeremiah 20:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    O LORD of Hosts, who examines the righteous, who sees the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.

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  13. Jeremiah 46:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.

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  14. Jeremiah 50:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.

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  15. Jeremiah 50:28 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.

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  16. Jeremiah 51:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.

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  17. Jeremiah 51:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple.

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  18. Jeremiah 51:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.

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  19. Lamentations 3:60 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have seen all their malice, all their plots against me.

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  20. Ezekiel 25:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.’

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  21. Ezekiel 25:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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,

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  22. Ezekiel 25:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I will execute great vengeance against them with furious reproof. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay My vengeance upon them.’”

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