נְקָמָהnᵉqâmâh

vengeance

Pronunciation: nek-aw-maw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5360

Meanings

1. vengeance, of God (Ezekiel 25:14; Jeremiah 51:36; Psalms 79:10)

2. of Israel and its chiefs (Numbers 31:2; Numbers 31:3; Psalms 149:7)

3. enemies of Israel (Lamentations 3:60; Ezekiel 25:15; Jeremiah 20:10)

Same root

נָקָםnâqâm · H5359revenge

Where it appears

Appears 27 times in the Bible.

Numbers 31:2 “On behalf of the people of Israel, take revenge on the Midianites for leading them into idolatry. After that, you will die and join your ancestors.”
Numbers 31:3 So Moses said to the people, “Choose some men, and arm them to fight the Lord’s war of revenge against Midian.
Judges 11:36 And she said, “Father, if you have made a vow to the Lord, you must do to me what you have vowed, for the Lord has given you a great victory over your enemies, the Ammonites.
2 Samuel 4:8 When they arrived at Hebron, they presented Ishbosheth’s head to David. “Look!” they exclaimed to the king. “Here is the head of Ishbosheth, the son of your enemy Saul who tried to kill you. Today the Lord has given my lord the king revenge on Saul and his entire family!”
2 Samuel 22:48 He is the God who pays back those who harm me; he brings down the nations under me
Psalms 18:47 He is the God who pays back those who harm me; he subdues the nations under me

See every passage

Numbers 31:2, 31:3
Judges 11:36
2 Samuel 4:8, 22:48
Psalms 18:47, 79:10, 94:1, 149:7
Jeremiah 11:20, 20:10, 20:12, 46:10, 50:15, 50:28, 51:6, 51:11, 51:36
Lamentations 3:60
Ezekiel 25:14, 25:15, 25:17

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).