ἔκδικος
ekdikos
- avenging
- without law, unjust
- exacting penalty from
- an avenger
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Glosses: avenging
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)
Abbott-Smith
Glosses: without law, unjust; exacting penalty from; an avenger
without law, unjust; exacting penalty from; an avenger