- Original: נקם - Transliteration: Naqam - Phonetic: naw-kam' - Definition: 1. to avenge, take vengeance, revenge, avenge oneself, be avenged, be punished a. (Qal) 1. to avenge, take vengeance 2. to entertain revengeful feelings b. (Niphal) 1. to avenge oneself 2. to suffer vengeance c. (Piel) to avenge d. (Hophal) to be avenged, vengeance be taken (for blood) e. (Hithpael) to avenge oneself - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1413 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to grudge that is avenge or punish: - avenge (-r self) punish revenge (self) X surely take vengeance. Total KJV Occurrences: 35 • avenge, 8 Leviticus 19:18; Leviticus 26:25; Numbers 31:2; Deuteronomy 32:43; 1 Samuel 24:12; 2 Kings 9:7; Isaiah 1:24; Jeremiah 46:10 • avenged, 9 Genesis 4:24; Joshua 10:13; Judges 15:7; Judges 16:28; 1 Samuel 14:24; 1 Samuel 18:25; Jeremiah 5:9; Jeremiah 5:29; Jeremiah 9:9 • avenger, 2 Psalm 8:2; Psalm 44:16 • himself, 1 Ezekiel 25:12 • punished, 3 Exodus 21:20(2); Exodus 21:21 • revenge, 1 Jeremiah 15:15 • revengeth, 2 Nahum 1:2(2) • take, 1 Ezekiel 24:8 • taken, 2 Genesis 4:15; Ezekiel 25:15 • taking, 1 Ezekiel 25:12 • thee, 1 Jeremiah 51:36 • themselves, 1 Esther 8:13 • vengeance, 3 Psalm 99:8; Jeremiah 50:15; Nahum 1:2