Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #110992

SR GNT Rom 12:19 ἐκδικοῦντες (ekdikountes) ‘not yourselves avenging beloved but give’ Strongs=15560 Lemma=ekdikeō
Word role=verb mood=participle tense=present voice=active case=nominative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=60 AD Refers to Word #110993

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Only use of identical word form ἐκδικοῦντες (V-PPA·NMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐκδικοῦντες’ (V-PPA·NMP) is always and only glossed as ‘avenging’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘ekdikeō’ have 6 different glosses: ‘are avenging’, ‘to avenge’, ‘I will_be avenging’, ‘he avenged’, ‘avenge’, ‘avenging’.

Greek words (4) other than ἐκδικοῦντες (V-PPA·NMP) with a gloss related to ‘avenging’

LUKE 18:5 ἐκδικήσω (ekdikaʸsō) V-IFA1··S ‘trouble widow this I will_be avenging her in_order_that not’ SR GNT Luke 18:5 word 13

OET-LV: 5 because _of this the widow which surely to _be _bringing _about trouble to _me, I _will _be _avenging her, in _order _that not coming to the_end she _may _be _harassing me. (LUK_18:5)

OET-RV: 5 this widow is making trouble for me. I’ll fight her case for her so she’ll stop harassing me.’ ” (LUK 18:5)

ROM 13:4 ἔκδικος (ekdikos) S-NMS Lemma=ekdikos ‘for a servant he is an avenging for severe_anger to the one’ SR GNT Rom 13:4 word 25

OET-LV: 4 For/Because of_god the_servant he _is to _you for the good. But if the evil you _may _be _practicing, be _fearing, because/for not vainly the sword he _is _bearing, For/Because of_god a_servant he _is, an_avenging for severe _anger to _the one the evil doing. (ROM_13:4)

OET-RV: 4 because they’re God’s servants for your good. But if you’re doing evil, then you should rightly be afraid because the authorities aren’t armed without reason—they’re God’s servants to dispense severe anger to those doing evil. (ROM 13:4)

1 TH 4:6 ἔκδικος (ekdikos) S-NMS Lemma=ekdikos ‘brother of him because avenging is the master concerning all’ SR GNT 1 Th 4:6 word 13

OET-LV: 6 which not to _be _going _beyond and to _be _exploiting in the matter the brother of _him, because avenging is the_master concerning all these things, as also we _previously _said to _you _all and we _testified. (TH1_4:6)

OET-RV: 6 nor going beyond lusts and exploiting your fellow believers, because Yahweh is the one who avenges all those things as we’ve told you before and testified to you all. (TH1 4:6)

REV 6:10 ἐκδικεῖς (ekdikeis) V-IPA2··S ‘not you are judging and are avenging the blood of us’ SR GNT Rev 6:10 word 19

OET-LV: 10 And they _cried _out with_a_voice loud saying: Until when the master the holy and true, not you _are _judging and are _avenging the blood of _us, from the ones dwelling on the earth? (REV_6:10)

OET-RV: 10 These souls called out loudly, “You, master, always do what is right and decide what is right! So please condemn and punish the people on the earth who killed us.” (REV 6:10)

Key: S=substantive adjective V=verb NMS=nominative,masculine,singular