Naqam נָקָם

Naqam (Hebrew נָקָם, Strong's H5359) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “vengeance”. It occurs 17 times in 17 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Naqam, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Leviticus

• Leviticus 26:25
  And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 32:35
  To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
• Deuteronomy 32:41
  If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.
• Deuteronomy 32:43
  Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He will cleanse His land and His people.

Judges

• Judges 16:28
  And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.Then Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”

Psalms

• Psalm 58:10
  The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 6:34
  For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 34:8
  For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
• Isaiah 35:4
  Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
• Isaiah 47:3
  Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”
• Isaiah 59:17
  For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
• Isaiah 61:2
  To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,
• Isaiah 63:4
  For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 24:8
  That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.’
• Ezekiel 25:12
  Thus saith the Lord God; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt,
• Ezekiel 25:15
  Thus saith the Lord God; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because the Philistines acted in vengeance, taking vengeance with malice of soul to destroy Judah with ancient hostility,

Micah

• Micah 5:15
  And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.I will take vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations that have not obeyed Me.”

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).