נָקָם
nâqâm · naw-kawm'
revenge
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5358 (נָקַם);
revenge
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] avenged, quarrel, 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 נָקָם 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- vengeance8 · 47%
- of vengeance4 · 24%
- the quarrel1 · 6%
- to me belongeth vengeance1 · 6%
- avenged1 · 6%
- the vengeance1 · 6%
- with vengeance1 · 6%
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.