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Strong's G1557 ἐκδίκησις (ekdikesis)

Ekdikesis means “punishment” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1557 — galal (“dung”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1557
Language Greek
Linked Usages 81
Books 25

Strong's G1557 Quick Answer

Strong's G1557 ἐκδίκησις (ekdikesis) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ekdikesis (ek-dik'-ay-sis) n. 1. vindication, retribution [from G1556] It has 81 linked Bible usages across 25 books. Visible English usage signals include punishment. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
ekdikesis (ek-dik'-ay-sis) n. 1. vindication, retribution [from G1556]
Usage
81 linked usages
Books
25 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
punishment

Meaning and Definition

ekdikesis (ek-dik'-ay-sis) n. 1. vindication, retribution [from G1556] KJV: (a-, re-)venge(-ance), punishment Root(s): G1556

Original Word
ἐκδίκησις
Transliteration
ekdikesis
Derivation
Root: ἐκδικέω R1: 1556
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1557. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

vengeance

Usage: ἐκ-δίκησις, -εως, ἡ (ἐκδικέω), [in LXX chiefly for נָקָם ;] vengeance, vindication: Luk.21:22, Rom.12:19 (see MM, Exp., xii), Heb.10:30 (LXX), 2Co.7:11; of the injured person, with genitive, Luk.18:7-8; with dative, Act.7:24; of the offender, with genitive obj., 1Pe.2:14; with dative, 2Th.1:8 (cf. Sir.12:6).† (AS)

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How Strong's G1557 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ekdikesis, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

punishment 1 Peter 2:14

How Strong's G1557 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 47 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1557 (ἐκδίκησις) appears 79 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1557 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1557 in the New Testament

9 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 18:7 KJV

And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

Luke 18:8 KJV

I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

Luke 21:22 KJV

For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

Strong's G1557 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

47 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 12:12 Septuagint / Brenton

And I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite every firstborn in the land of Egypt both man and beast, and on all the gods of Egypt will I execute vengeance: I am the Lord.

Numbers 31:2 Septuagint / Brenton

Avenge the wrongs of the children of Israel on the Midianites, and afterward thou shalt be added to thy people.

Numbers 31:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm some of you, and set yourselves in array before the Lord against Midian, to inflict vengeance on Midian from the Lord.

Strong's G1557 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

24 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 8:35 Septuagint / Brenton

Then said Uzziah and the princes unto her, Go in peace, and the Lord God be before thee, to take vengeance on our enemies.

Judith 9:2 Septuagint / Brenton

O Lord God of my father Simeon, to whom thou gavest a sword to take vengeance of the strangers, who loosened the girdle of a maid to defile her, and discovered the thigh to her shame, and polluted her virginity to her reproach; for thou saidst, It shall not be so; and yet they did so:

1 Maccabees 2:67 Septuagint / Brenton

Take also unto you all those that observe the law, and avenge ye the wrong of your people.

Strong's G1557 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 25:4 Septuagint / Brenton

the earth with goodness. And as for this fragrant tree no mortal is permitted to touch it till the great judgement, when He shall take vengeance on all and bring (everything) to its consummation

Usage Excerpts

First 81 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1557.

Exodus 12:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite every firstborn in the land of Egypt both man and beast, and on all the gods of Egypt will I execute vengeance: I am the Lord.
Numbers 31:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Avenge the wrongs of the children of Israel on the Midianites, and afterward thou shalt be added to thy people.
Numbers 31:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm some of you, and set yourselves in array before the Lord against Midian, to inflict vengeance on Midian from the Lord.
Numbers 33:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Egyptians buried those that died of them, even all that the Lord smote, every firstborn in the land of Egypt; also the Lord executed vengeance on their gods.
Deuteronomy 32:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the day of vengeance I will recompense, Whensoever their foot shall be tripped up; For the day of their destruction is near to them, And the judgments at hand are close upon you.
Judges 11:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she said to him, Father, hast thou opened thy mouth to the Lord? Do to me accordingly as the word went out of thy mouth, in that the Lord has wrought vengeance for thee on thine enemies of the children of Ammon.
Judges 14:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his father and his mother knew not that it was of the Lord, that he sought to be revenged on the Philistines: and at that time the Philistines lorded it over Israel.
2 Kingdoms 4:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David to Hebron, and they said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thy enemy, who sought thy life; and the Lord has executed for my lord the king vengeance on his enemies, as it is this day: even on Saul thy enemy, and on his seed.
2 Kingdoms 22:48 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord who avenges me is strong, Chastening the nations under me,
Psalms 17:48 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It is God that avenges me, And has subdued the nations under me;
Psalms 57:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance of the ungodly: He shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.
Psalms 78:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lest haply they should say among the heathen, Where is their God? And let the avenging of thy servants’ blood that has been shed Be known among the heathen before our eyes.
Psalms 93:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A Psalm of David for the fourth day of the week. The Lord is a God of vengeance; The God of vengeance has declared himself.
Psalms 149:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
To execute vengeance on the nations, And punishments among the peoples;
Isaiah 59:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and placed the helmet of salvation on his head; and he clothed himself with the garment of vengeance, and with his cloak,
Isaiah 66:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For, behold, the Lord will come as fire, and his chariots as a storm, to render his vengeance with wrath, and his rebuke with a flame of fire.
Jeremiah 11:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord, that judgest righteously, trying the reins and hearts, let me see thy vengeance taken upon them, for to thee I have declared my cause.
Jeremiah 20:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I have heard the reproach of many gathering round, saying, Conspire ye, and let us conspire together against him, even all his friends: watch his intentions, if perhaps he shall be deceived, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall be avenged on him.
Jeremiah 20:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord, that provest just deeds, understanding the reins and hearts, let me see thy vengeance upon them: for to thee I have revealed my cause.
Jeremiah 26:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And that day shall be to the Lord our God a day of vengeance, to take vengeance on his enemies: and the sword of the Lord shall devour, and be glutted, and be drunken with their blood: for the Lord has a sacrifice from the land of the north at the river Euphrates.
Jeremiah 26:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Also her hired soldiers in the midst of her are as fatted calves fed in her; for they also have turned, and fled with one accord: they stood not, for the day of destruction was come upon them, and the time of their retribution.
Jeremiah 27:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and prevail against her: her hands are weakened, her bulwarks are fallen, and her wall is broken down: for it is vengeance from God: take vengeance upon her; as she has done, do to her.
Jeremiah 27:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Dry ye up all her fruits, and let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, and the time of their retribution.
Jeremiah 27:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A voice of men fleeing and escaping from the land of Babylon, to declare to Zion the vengeance that comes from the Lord our God.
Jeremiah 27:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, I am against thee the haughty one, saith the Lord: for thy day is come, and the time of thy retribution.
Jeremiah 28:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Flee ye out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every one his soul: and be not overthrown in her iniquity; for it is the time of her retribution from the Lord; he is rendering to her a recompense.
Jeremiah 28:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Prepare the arrows; fill the quivers: the Lord has stirred up the spirit of the king of the Medes: for his wrath is against Babylon, to destroy it utterly; for it is the Lord’s vengeance, it is the vengeance of his people.
Jeremiah 28:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will judge thine adversary, and I will execute vengeance for thee; and I will waste her sea, and dry up her fountain.
Lamentations 3:60 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast seen all their vengeance, Thou hast looked on all their devices against me.
Ezekiel 5:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt be mourned over and miserable among the nations round about thee, when I have executed judgments in thee in the vengeance of my wrath. I the Lord have spoken.
Ezekiel 9:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he cried in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, The judgment of the city has drawn nigh; and each had the weapons of destruction in his hand.
Ezekiel 14:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord, And if I even send upon Jerusalem my four sore judgments, sword, and famine, and evil beasts, and pestilence, to destroy from out of it man and beast;
Ezekiel 16:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will be avenged on thee with the vengeance of an adulteress, and I will bring upon thee blood of fury and jealousy.
Ezekiel 16:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall burn thy houses with fire, and shall execute vengeance on thee in the sight of many women: and I will turn thee back from harlotry, and I will no more give thee rewards.
Ezekiel 20:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Shall I utterly take vengeance on them, son of man? testify to them of the iniquities of their fathers:
Ezekiel 23:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They uncovered her shame: they took her sons and daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became a byword among women; and they wrought vengeance in her for the sake of the daughters.
Ezekiel 23:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they are just men, and shall take vengeance on them with the judgment of an adulteress and the judgment of blood: for they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
Ezekiel 24:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that my wrath should come up for complete vengeance to be taken: I set her blood upon a smooth rock, so as not to cover it.
Ezekiel 25:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will execute vengeance on Moab; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 25:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord; Because of what the Edomites have done in taking vengeance on the house of Judah, and because they have remembered injuries, and have exacted full recompense;
Ezekiel 25:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will execute my vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall deal in Edom according to mine anger and according to my wrath, and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord.
Ezekiel 25:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Because the Philistines have wrought revengefully, and raised up vengeance rejoicing from their heart to destroy the Israelites to a man;
Ezekiel 25:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will execute great vengeance upon them; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have brought my vengeance upon them.
Ezekiel 30:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will destroy the land of Pathros, and will send fire upon Tanis, and will execute vengeance on Diospolis.
Hosea 9:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The days of vengeance are come, the days of thy recompense are come; and Israel shall be afflicted as the prophet that is mad, as a man deranged: by reason of the multitude of thine iniquities thy madness has abounded.
Micah 5:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will execute vengeance on the heathen in anger and wrath, because they hearkened not.
Micah 7:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
therefore I will take away their goods as a devouring moth, and as one who acts by a rigid rule in a day of visitation. Woe, woe, thy times of vengeance are come; now shall be their lamentations.
Luke 18:7 New Testament, KJV
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
Luke 18:8 New Testament, KJV
I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
Luke 21:22 New Testament, KJV
For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
Acts 7:24 New Testament, KJV
And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
Romans 12:19 New Testament, KJV
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
2 Corinthians 7:11 New Testament, KJV
For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
2 Thessalonians 1:8 New Testament, KJV
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Hebrews 10:30 New Testament, KJV
For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
1 Peter 2:14 New Testament, KJV
Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Judith 8:35 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then said Uzziah and the princes unto her, Go in peace, and the Lord God be before thee, to take vengeance on our enemies.
Judith 9:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord God of my father Simeon, to whom thou gavest a sword to take vengeance of the strangers, who loosened the girdle of a maid to defile her, and discovered the thigh to her shame, and polluted her virginity to her reproach; for thou saidst, It shall not be so; and yet they did so:
1 Maccabees 2:67 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Take also unto you all those that observe the law, and avenge ye the wrong of your people.
1 Maccabees 3:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So he made him ready to go up, and there went with him a mighty host of the ungodly to help him, and to be avenged of the children of Israel.
1 Maccabees 6:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and they went unto the king, and said, How long will it be ere thou execute judgment, and avenge our brethren?
1 Maccabees 7:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And him he sent with that wicked Alcimus, whom he made high priest, and commanded that he should take vengeance of the children of Israel.
1 Maccabees 7:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
he went out into all the coasts of Judea round about, and took vengeance of them that had revolted from him, so that they durst no more go forth into the country.
1 Maccabees 7:38 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
be avenged of this man and his host, and let them fall by the sword: remember their blasphemies, and suffer them not to continue any longer.
1 Maccabees 9:42 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So when they had avenged fully the blood of their brother, they turned again to the marsh of Jordan.
3 Maccabees 7:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For know ye, that should we conceive any evil design against, or in any manner aggrieve them, we shall ever have as our opposite, not man, but the highest God, the ruler of all might. From Him there will be no escape, as the avenger of such deeds. Fare ye well.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But for the foolish devices of their wickedness, Wherewith being deceived they worshiped serpents void of reason, and vile beasts, Thou didst send a multitude of unreasonable beasts upon them for vengeance:
Wisdom of Sirach 5:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And say not, Who shall control me for my works? For the Lord will surely revenge thy pride.
Wisdom of Sirach 5:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Make no tarrying to turn to the Lord, And put not off from day to day: For suddenly shall the wrath of the Lord come forth, And in thy security thou shalt be destroyed, And perish in the day of vengeance.
Wisdom of Sirach 7:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Humble thy soul greatly: For the vengeance of the ungodly is fire and worms.
Wisdom of Sirach 12:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For the most High hateth sinners, And will repay vengeance unto the ungodly, And keepeth them against the mighty day of their punishment.
Wisdom of Sirach 18:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Think upon the wrath that shall be at the end, And the time of vengeance, when he shall turn away his face.
Wisdom of Sirach 25:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And any affliction, but the affliction from them that hate me: And any revenge, but the revenge of enemies.
Wisdom of Sirach 27:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Mockery and reproach are from the proud; But vengeance, as a lion, shall lie in wait for him.
Wisdom of Sirach 28:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He that revengeth shall find vengeance from the Lord, And he will surely keep his sins in remembrance.
Wisdom of Sirach 35:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Go not in a way wherein thou mayest fall, And stumble not among the stones.
Wisdom of Sirach 39:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
There be spirits that are created for vengeance, Which in their fury lay on sore strokes; In the time of destruction they pour out their force, And appease the wrath of him that made them.
Wisdom of Sirach 39:29 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Fire, and hail, and famine, and death, All these were created for vengeance;
Wisdom of Sirach 47:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For they sought out all wickedness, Till the vengeance came upon them.
Wisdom of Sirach 48:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Who heardest the rebuke of the Lord in Sinai, And in Horeb the judgment of vengeance:
1 Enoch 25:4 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
the earth with goodness. And as for this fragrant tree no mortal is permitted to touch it till the great judgement, when He shall take vengeance on all and bring (everything) to its consummation

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1557, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 15 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 3 usages, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
2 Thessalonians 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 7 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 13 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G1557 FAQ

What does ekdikesis (ἐκδίκησις) mean?

Ekdikesis (Strong's G1557) is a Greek word most simply glossed "punishment". ekdikesis (ek-dik'-ay-sis) n. 1. vindication, retribution [from G1556]

How many times is ekdikesis (ἐκδίκησις) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 81 linked usages for Strong's G1557 across 25 books.

Where can I study ekdikesis (ἐκδίκησις) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1557 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate ekdikesis (ἐκδίκησις)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as punishment. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1557 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 47 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 24 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G1557, with linked reader references where each row is available.