Strong's #1556: ekdikeo (pronounced ek-dik-eh'-o)

from 1558; to vindicate, retaliate, punish:--a (re-)venge.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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ekdikeō

1) to vindicate one' s right, do one justice

1a) to protect, defend, one person from another

2) to avenge a thing

2a) to punish a person for a thing

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from G1558

Citing in TDNT: 2:442, 215

Usage:

This word is used 6 times:

 

Luke 18:3: "unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary."
Luke 18:5: "widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual"
Romans 12:19: "Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath:"
2 Corinthians 10:6: "having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your"
Revelation 6:10: "true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on"
Revelation 19:2: "her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants"