King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5359
Transliteration: naqam
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-kawm')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: vengeance
Meaning: vengeance
Word Summary
naqam: vengeance
Original Word: נָקָםTransliteration: naqam
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-kawm')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: vengeance
Meaning: vengeance
Strong's Concordance
avenged, quarrel, vengeance From naqam; revenge -- + avenged, quarrel, vengeance.
see HEBREW naqam
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5359. naqam
נָקָם noun masculine vengeance; — ׳נ Deuteronomy 32:35 14t.; construct נְקַם Leviticus 26:25; Judges 16:28; —
1 taken by God, absolute Ezekiel 24:8; Psalm 58:11; ׳נ בְּדִית vengeance of the covenant Leviticus 26:25 (H); נקם יוֺם Isaiah 34:8; 61:2; 63:4; נ ׳בִּגְדֵי 59:17; וְשִׁלֵּם נָקָם לִי Deuteronomy 32:35; נ ׳לקח Isaiah 47:3; ׳נ יבוא 35:4; with accusative adversary נ ׳עשׂה Micah 5:14; with לְ of adversary נ ׳חשׁיב Deuteronomy 32:41, 43.
2 Samson against Philistines, נ ׳נקם Judges 16:28.
3 enemies against Judah, absolute Ezekiel 25:12, 15; individual enemy נ ׳יום Proverbs 6:34.