What does "Vengeance" mean in the Bible?

What does the Bible say about Vengeance?

VEN'GEANCE. Rom 12:19. This word often denotes merely punishment, without any reference to the state of mind in which it is inflicted. In the passage cited and elsewhere, Deut 32:35, the exclusive right of God to punish wrong-doers and to vindicate the truth is plainly asserted. Hence every act of revenge is an interference with the divine prerogative. The word is applied to God in the same manner in which "anger," "hatred," etc., are applied - not as denoting a state or temper of mind, but as implying an act or course of proceeding such as usually indicates a particular state of mind, when done or pursued by man.

What is the Hebrew word for Vengeance?

Where does Vengeance appear in the Bible?

Vengeance is referenced in 16 verses across 9 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.

• 2 Thessalonians 1:8
• Deuteronomy 32:35
• Deuteronomy 32:41
• Deuteronomy 32:43
• Hebrews 10:30
• Isaiah 34:8
• Isaiah 35:4
• Isaiah 47:3
• Isaiah 59:17
• Isaiah 61:2
• Isaiah 63:4
• Leviticus 26:25
• Luke 21:22
• Micah 5:15
• Proverbs 6:34
• Romans 12:19

What else appears in these passages?

These turn up in the same passages as Vengeance.