נָקַם
nâqam · naw-kam'
to grudge, i.e. avenge or punish
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to grudge, i.e. avenge or punish
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: avenge(-r, self), punish, revenge (self), [idiom] surely, take vengeance.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › what comes behind, the returning cycle › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The seed, life continuing of what comes behind, the returning cycle of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָקַם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
35 occurrences · 35 OT · 0 NT · 31 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- be avenged3 · 10%
- avenge2 · 7%
- revengeth2 · 7%
- vengeance shall be taken1 · 3%
- shall be avenged1 · 3%
- he shall be surely1 · 3%
- punished1 · 3%
- he shall not be punished1 · 3%
- thou shalt not avenge1 · 3%
- upon you, that shall avenge1 · 3%
- for he will avenge1 · 3%
- had avenged1 · 3%
- yet will i be avenged1 · 3%
- avenged1 · 3%
- that i may be avenged1 · 3%
- to be avenged1 · 3%
- that i may avenge1 · 3%
- to avenge1 · 3%
- and the avenger1 · 3%
- and avenger1 · 3%
- them, though thou tookest vengeance1 · 3%
- and avenge1 · 3%
- me, and revenge1 · 3%
- that he may avenge1 · 3%
- take vengeance1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.