נְקָמָה neqamah

Hebrew word for “vengeance” · Strong’s H5360 · used 27 times in 22 verses

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Meaning

1) vengeance; 1a) vengeance (by God, by Israel, by enemies of Israel)

How it is translated

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

• vengeance 20
• vengeances 7

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Jeremiah 51 (3), Ezekiel 25 (3), Numbers 31 (2), Jeremiah 20 (2), Jeremiah 50 (2), Judges 11 (1), 2 Samuel 4 (1), 2 Samuel 22 (1), Psalms 18 (1), Psalms 79 (1)

Forms

• נקמת 9
• נקמות 6
• נקמה 3
• נקמתך 3
• נקמתי 3
• נקמתנו 1
• נקמתם 1
• בנקמה 1

Words used with it

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

• נָקַם naqam “to avenge” 5
• רִיב riv “strife” 3
• צָבָא tsava “Hosts” 4
• אֵל el “God” 3
• בָּבֶל bavel “Babylon” 3
• כִּלְיָה kilyah “kidney” 2
• תּוֹכַחַת tokhachat “argument” 2
• בָּחַן bachan “to test” 2
• נִי ni “me” 4
• יְהֹוִה yehovih “YHWH/God” 3
• אֲדֹנָי adonai “Lord” 3
• הֵיכָל hekhal “temple” 2

Key verses

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

• Numbers 31:2 — Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
• Psalms 79:10 — Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is…
• Psalms 94:1 — O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
• Jeremiah 11:20 — But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
• Jeremiah 20:10 — For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he…
• Jeremiah 20:12 — But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
• 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 51:6 — Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; he will render…
• Jeremiah 51:11 — Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it;…
• 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.
• Ezekiel 25:15 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;

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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.