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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ἔκδικος
ἔκδικος
G1558
Transliteration: ékdikos
Pronunciation: ek'-dik-os
Definition: a venger
- Original: ἔκδικος - Transliteration: Ekdikos - Phonetic: ek'-dik-os
- Definition:
1. without law and justice
2. exacting penalty from one
a. an avenger, punisher
- Origin: from G1537" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1537 and G1349" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1349 - TDNT entry: 09:24,2 - Part(s) of speech: Adjective - Strong's: From G1537" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1537 and G1349" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1349; carrying justice out that is a punisher: - a (re-) venger.