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ἐκδίκησις

Transliteration: ekdikesis · noun

9x in NTFirst: Luke 18:7
Meaninga defense, vengeance, full punishment
Part of speechnoun
Frequency9x in the New Testament
Key inflected formsἐκδίκησιν, ἐκδικήσεως, ἐκδίκησις
Example versesLuke 18:7 · Luke 18:8 · Luke 21:22 · Acts 7:24 · Rom 12:19
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What kind of word is ἐκδίκησις?

ἐκδίκησις (ekdikesis) is a noun that occurs 9 times in the Greek New Testament (Koine). It means “a defense, vengeance, full punishment” and first appears in Luke 18:7.

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