Gloss: avenging
Transliteration: ekdikos
Strong’s: G1558
ἔκδικος, -ον
(δίκη), [in LXX: Wis.12:12, Sir.30:6, 4Ma.15:29 * ;]
__1. without law, unjust.
__2. exacting penalty from; as subst., an avenger: Rom.13:4; before περί, 1Th.4:6 (in π., a legal representative; Milligan, Th., l.with).†
(AS)
(δίκη), [in LXX: Wis.12:12, Sir.30:6, 4Ma.15:29 * ;]
__1. without law, unjust.
__2. exacting penalty from; as subst., an avenger: Rom.13:4; before περί, 1Th.4:6 (in π., a legal representative; Milligan, Th., l.with).†
(AS)