H5358 · נָקַם
nâqam · naw-kam' · avenge, vengeance, revenge, punish
H5358 (nâqam, pronounced naw-kam') is the Hebrew word נָקַם in Strong’s dictionary: to grudge, i.e. avenge or punish. It appears 35 times in 31 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- נָקַם (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- nâqam
- Pronunciation
- naw-kam'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- to grudge, i.e. avenge or punish
- Rendered in the KJV
- avenge(-r, self), punish, revenge (self), [idiom] surely, take vengeance.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
35 occurrences in 31 verses (34 with English words of their own, 1 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “avenge” ×3
- “and take vengeance” ×2
- “Avenge me” ×1
- “He will avenge” ×1
- “I have taken vengeance” ×1
- “I may pay back” ×1
- “Take vengeance” ×1
- “against” ×1
By book
Genesis 2 · Exodus 2 · Leviticus 2 · Numbers 1 · Deuteronomy 1 · Joshua 1 · Judges 2 · 1 Samuel 3 · 2 Kings 1 · Esther 1 · Psalms 3 · Isaiah 1 · Jeremiah 7 · Ezekiel 3 · Nahum 1
First 30 of 31 verses
- Genesis 4:15
- Genesis 4:24
- Exodus 21:20
- Exodus 21:21
- Leviticus 19:18
- Leviticus 26:25
- Numbers 31:2
- Deuteronomy 32:43
- Joshua 10:13
- Judges 15:7
- Judges 16:28
- 1 Samuel 14:24
- 1 Samuel 18:25
- 1 Samuel 24:12
- 2 Kings 9:7
- Esther 8:13
- Psalms 8:2
- Psalms 44:16
- Psalms 99:8
- Isaiah 1:24
- Jeremiah 5:9
- Jeremiah 5:29
- Jeremiah 9:9
- Jeremiah 15:15
- Jeremiah 46:10
- Jeremiah 50:15
- Jeremiah 51:36
- Ezekiel 24:8
- Ezekiel 25:12
- Ezekiel 25:15
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H5358.