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ἐκδικέω

MainId: 001567000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: ε

StrongCodes: G1556

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 001567001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'δικαιόω', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 001567001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 56.35

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Courts and Legal Procedures

      LEXSubDomains: Obtain Justice

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-07-04 20:10:42

         DefinitionShort: to give justice to someone who has been wronged

         Glosses: to give someone justice

      LEXReferences: LUKE 18:3, LUKE 18:5

   2. LEXID: 001567001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 39.33

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Hostility, Strife

      LEXSubDomains: Revenge

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-07-04 20:10:42

         DefinitionShort: to repay harm with harm, on the assumption that the initial harm was unjustified and that retribution is therefore called for

         Glosses: ['to pay back', 'to revenge', 'to seek retribution', 'retribution', 'seeking retribution']

      LEXReferences: ROM 12:19

   3. LEXID: 001567001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 38.8

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Punish, Reward

      LEXSubDomains: Punish

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-07-04 20:10:42

         DefinitionShort: to punish, on the basis of what is rightly deserved

         Glosses: ['to punish', 'to cause to suffer', 'punishment']

      LEXReferences: 2COR 10:6, REV 6:10, REV 19:2