נָקַם naqam

Hebrew word for “to avenge” · Strong’s H5358 · used 35 times in 31 verses

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Meaning

1) to avenge, take vengeance, revenge, avenge oneself, be avenged, be punished;

How it is translated

Glosses given for naqam in context, with how often each is used:

• will be avenged 4
• will avenge 4
• will it avenge itself 3
• avenging 3
• avenge 2
• will avenge myself 2
• avenge himself 2
• avenger 2
• avenge yourself 2
• certainly 1
• will avenge yourself 1
• which will avenge 1

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 4 (2), Exodus 21 (2), Jeremiah 5 (2), Ezekiel 25 (2), Leviticus 19 (1), Leviticus 26 (1), Numbers 31 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1), Joshua 10 (1), Judges 15 (1)

Forms

• יקם 4
• נקם 4
• ונקמתי 3
• להנקם 3
• תתנקם 3
• ואנקמה 2
• ומתנקם 2
• ונקם 2
• ינקם 1
• תקם 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with naqam more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• נָקָם naqam “vengeance” 6
• אֹיֵב oyev “enemy” 9
• נְקָמָה neqamah “vengeance” 5
• צַר tsar “enemy” 4
• גּוֹי goy “nation” 5
• פָּקַד paqad “to reckon” 4
• דָּם dam “blood” 4
• יְהֹוִה yehovih “YHWH/God” 4
• נְאֻם neum “utterance” 4
• שִׁבְעָתַיִם shivatayim “sevenfold” 2
• אִם im “if” 5
• אֲדֹנָי adonai “Lord” 4

Key verses

The verses using naqam that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Leviticus 19:18 — Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
• Leviticus 26:25 — And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the…
• Numbers 31:2 — Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
• Deuteronomy 32:43 — Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto…
• Joshua 10:13 — And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun…
• 1 Samuel 14:24 — And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be…
• Isaiah 1:24 — Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
• Jeremiah 15:15 — O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have…
• Jeremiah 46:10 — For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be…
• Jeremiah 50:15 — Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take…
• Jeremiah 51:36 — Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
• Nahum 1:2 — God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.