- ἐκδικέω
- ἐκδικέω (s. ἐκδίκησις, ἔκδικος) fut. ἐκδικήσω; 1 aor. ἐξεδίκησα, impv. ἐκδίκησον. Pass.: fut. ἐκδικηθήσομαι; aor. ἐξεδιχήθην; pf. 3 sg. ἐκδεδίκηται LXX (Diod S, Plut., Herodian, ins, pap, LXX; En 20:4; TestSol 20:2; TestJud 23:3 [not A]; JosAs, Philo, Joseph., Just.; Ath. 32, 1; s. Anz 364).① to procure justice for someone, grant justice (Plut., Ag. et Cleom. 845 [5, 5]; PAmh 134, 10; PStras 41, 9; 1 Macc 6:22; Jos., Ant. 6, 303) τινά Lk 18:5; taking justice into one’s own hands ἐκ. ἑαυτόν take one’s revenge Ro 12:19 (cp. POxy 937, 7 ἐκδικήσω ἐμαυτόν). ἐ. με ἀπὸ τ. ἀντιδίκου μου see to it that I get justice against my opponent Lk 18:3 (cp. TestLevi 2:2).—On the parable, GDelling, ZNW 53, ’62, 1–25=Studien zum NT, ’70, 203–25.② to inflict appropriate penalty for wrong done (of special significance in an honor/shame-oriented society) punish, take vengeance for τὶ (Ctesias, Fgm. 37=688 Fgm. 13a p. 459, 20 Jac. φόνον; Plut., Ant. 67, 2 τ. τοῦ πατρὸς θάνατον; Herodian 2, 6, 9; Jos., Ant. 9, 171; Just., A I, 68, 10 [Hadrian]) 2 Cor 10:6. τὸ αἷμα (Dt 32:43; 4 Km 9:7; prayers for vengeance fr. Rheneia: Dssm., LO 353f, 359 [LAE 424f, 431f]; cp. SIG 1181, 11), w. the pers. on whom vengeance is taken, or who is punished, designated by ἐκ (Num 31:2; 1 Km 24:13; ApcPl 40 Tdf.) Rv 6:10, or ἐκ χειρός τινος (4 Km 9:7) 19:2.③ to carry out one’s obligations in a worthy manner, do justice to ἐ. τὸν τόπον do justice to one’s official position IPol 1:2 (cp. Cornelius in Eus., HE 6, 43, 9 and 11; Origen, In Mt. bk.12, 14 p. 98, 28ff ed. EKlostermann ’35: οἱ τ. τόπον τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς ἐκδικοῦντες χρῶνται τῷ ῥητῷ ὡς Πέτρος). S. ἐκδίκησις.—DELG s.v. δίκη. M-M. TW.
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