Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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)
  • εὐφράνθητε, οὐρανοί, ἅμα αὐτῷ, καὶ προσκυνησάτωσαν αὐτῷ πάντεσ ἄγγελοι Θεοῦ. εὐφράνθητε, ἔθνη μετὰ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐνισχυσάτωσαν αὐτῷ πάντεσ υἱοὶ Θεοῦ. ὅτι τὸ αἷμα τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ ἐκδικᾶται, καὶ ἐκδικήσει καὶ ἀνταποδώσει δίκην τοῖσ ἐχθροῖσ καὶ τοῖσ μισοῦσιν ἀνταποδώσει, καὶ ἐκκαθαριεῖ Κύριοσ τὴν γῆν τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 32:43)
  • οὐαὶ ἔθνεσιν ἐπανισταμένοισ τῷ γένει μου. Κύριοσ παντοκράτωρ ἐκδικήσει αὐτοὺσ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεωσ δοῦναι πῦρ καὶ σκώληκασ εἰσ σάρκασ αὐτῶν, καὶ κλαύσονται ἐν αἰσθήσει ἕωσ αἰῶνοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 16:17)
  • γινώσκετε γὰρ ὅτι κατὰ τούτων, ἐάν τι κακοτεχνήσωμεν πονηρὸν ἢ ἐπιλυπήσωμεν αὐτοὺσ τὸ σύνολον, οὐκ ἄνθρωπον, ἀλλὰ τὸν πάσησ δεσπόζοντα δυνάμεωσ Θεὸν ὕψιστον ἀντικείμενον ἡμῖν ἐπ̓ ἐκδικήσει τῶν πραγμάτων κατὰ πᾶν ἀφεύκτωσ διὰ παντὸσ ἕξομεν. ἔρρωσθε». (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 7:9)
  • καὶ μὴ εἴπῃσ. τίσ με δυναστεύσει̣ ὁ γὰρ Κύριοσ ἐκδικῶν ἐκδικήσει σε. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 5:3)

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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