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ἐκδίκησις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐκδίκησις ἐκδίκησεως

Structure: ἐκδικησι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from e)kdike/w

Sense

  1. an avenging

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ οὐκ εἰσακούσεται ὑμῶν Φαραώ. καὶ ἐπιβαλῶ τὴν χεῖρά μου ἐπ̓ Αἴγυπτον καὶ ἐξάξω σὺν δυνάμει μου τὸν λαόν μου τοὺσ υἱοὺσ Ἰσραὴλ ἐκ γῆσ Αἰγύπτου σὺν ἐκδικήσει μεγάλῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 7:4)
  • καί διελεύσομαι ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ταύτῃ καὶ πατάξω πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ἕωσ κτήνουσ καὶ ἐν πᾶσι τοῖσ θεοῖσ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ποιήσω τὴν ἐκδίκησιν. ἐγὼ Κύριοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 12:12)
  • ἐκδίκει τὴν ἐκδίκησιν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ἐκ τῶν Μαδιανιτῶν, καὶ ἔσχατον προστεθήσῃ πρὸσ τὸν λαόν σου. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 31:2)
  • καὶ ἐλάλησε Μωυσῆσ πρὸσ τὸν λαὸν λέγων. ἐξοπλίσατε ἐξ ὑμῶν ἄνδρασ καὶ παρατάξασθε ἔναντι Κυρίου ἐπὶ Μαδιὰν ἀποδοῦναι ἐκδίκησιν παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου τῇ Μαδιάν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 31:3)
  • καὶ οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι ἔθαπτον ἐξ αὐτῶν τοὺσ τεθνηκότασ πάντασ, οὓσ ἐπάταξε Κύριοσ, πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ, καὶ ἐν τοῖσ θεοῖσ αὐτῶν ἐποίησε τὴν ἐκδίκησιν Κύριοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 33:4)
  • μή ποτε εἴπωσι τὰ ἔθνη. ποῦ ἔστιν ὁ Θεὸσ αὐτῶν̣ καὶ γνωσθήτω ἐν τοῖσ ἔθνεσιν ἐνώπιον τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ἡμῶν ἡ ἐκδίκησισ τοῦ αἵματοσ τῶν δούλων σου τοῦ ἐκκεχυμένου. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 78:10)
  • ταπείνωσον σφόδρα τὴν ψυχήν σου, ὅτι ἐκδίκησισ ἀσεβοῦσ πῦρ καὶ σκώληξ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 7:17)
  • ἐμπαιγμὸσ καὶ ὀνειδισμὸσ ὑπερηφάνων, καὶ ἡ ἐκδίκησισ ὡσ λέων ἐνεδρεύσει αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 27:28)
  • καὶ πᾶσαν πονηρίαν ἐξεζήτησαν, ἕωσ ἐκδίκησισ ἔλθῃ ἐπ̓ αὐτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 47:25)
  • κατακρατήσατε αὐτήν. παρελύθησαν αἱ χεῖρεσ αὐτῆσ, ἔπεσαν αἱ ἐπάλξεισ αὐτῆσ καὶ κατεσκάφη τὸ τεῖχοσ αὐτῆσ, ὅτι ἐκδίκησισ παρὰ Θεοῦ ἐστιν. ἐκδικεῖτε ἐπ’ αὐτήν. καθὼσ ἐποίησε, ποιήσατε αὐτῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 27:15)

Synonyms

  1. an avenging

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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