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El Nekamot — God of Vengeance

אֵל נְקָמוֹת

El Nekamot — pronounced ALE neh-kah-MOHT · appears 1 (the doubled phrase) times · Strong's H5360

God of just requital — the appeal of the oppressed to the Judge who repays.

Not vindictiveness but the cry that wrong will not have the last word. Both traditions read it as the reason humans may lay revenge down — because Someone trustworthy holds it.

First occurrence

Ps 94:1 — 'El Nekamot, YHVH — shine forth!'

Key passages

Deut 32:35 — 'Vengeance is Mine, and recompense'

Rom 12:19 — Paul quotes it: leave room for God's justice

In the Greek Scriptures

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