King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5360
Transliteration: neqamah
Phonetic Spelling: (nek-aw-maw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: vengeance
Meaning: avengement
Word Summary
neqamah: vengeance
Original Word: נְקָמָהTransliteration: neqamah
Phonetic Spelling: (nek-aw-maw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: vengeance
Meaning: avengement
Strong's Concordance
avenge, revenge, vengeance Feminine of naqam; avengement, whether the act of the passion -- + avenge, revenge(-ing), vengeance.
see HEBREW naqam
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5360. neqamah
נְקָמָה noun feminine vengeance (on formation compare LagBN 143); — ׳נ Jeremiah 46:10 3t.; construct נִקְמַת Numbers 31:2 7t.; suffix נִקְמָתִי Ezekiel 25:14 7t. suffixes; plural נְקָמוֺת Judges 11:36 5t.; נְקָמֹת 2 Samuel 22:48; —
1 vengeance of God, absolute Ezekiel 25:14; נ ׳נקם Jeremiah 51:36; נִקְמַת דַּם Psalm 79:10; נְקָמוֺת אֵל 94:1 (twice in verse); נ ׳עֵת Jeremiah 51:6; נ ׳יוֺם 46:10; ׳נ יהוה 50:15, 28; 51:11; ׳נ הֵיכָלוֺ 50:28; 51:11; with בְּ of adversary, נ ׳נתן Ezekiel 25:14, 17; נ ׳עשׂה 25:17; with מִן of adversary נ ׳נתן 2 Samuel 4:8 נ ׳עשׂה Judges 11:36; מֵהֶם נִקְמָֽתְךָ Jeremiah 11:20; 20:12; with לְ whom נ ׳נתן 2 Samuel 22:48 = Psalm 18:48.
2 of Israel and its chiefs נ ׳נקם מן Numbers 31:2 (P); with ני ׳נתן ׳בְ, 31:3 (P); נ ׳עשׂה Psalm 149:7.
3 enemies of Israel absolute Lamentations 3:60; בנקמה עשׂה; Ezekiel 25:15; of Jeremiah מ ׳לקח מן Jeremiah 20:10.