ἐκδῐκ-έω,
avenge, punish, φόνον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Ctesias Historicus “fragment” 37; παρακοήν NT.2Cor.10.6; τινάς “PGen.” 47.17 (4th c.AD)] NT+5th c.BC+]; exact vengeance for, τὰ αἵματα τῶν δούλων [[ LXX.2Ki.4.8; τὸ αἷμα τὸ ἀναίτιον “SIG” 1181.12 (Jewish, circ. 2nd-1st c.BC). ] LXX+2nd c.BC+]
__2 decide a case, δίκην, ἀγῶνα, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.432, “POxy.” 1020.6 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II avenge or vindicate a person, by taking up his cause, [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 2.5.11, “PAmh.” 2.134.10 (2nd c.AD), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Comp. Ag.Gracch.” 5; ἑαυτούς NT.Rom.12.19, etc.] NT+1st c.AD+]; ἐ. τινὰ ἀπό τινος avenge one on another, [[ NT.Luke.18.3: with _dative_, Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 627 ] NT+5th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ LXX.Psa.36(37).28. ] LXX]
__II.2 act as ἔκδικος [[ 11.3, “AJA” 18.325 (Sardes, 1st c.BC),compare “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2824 (from Aphrodisias), “BCH” 23.182 (from Pisidia). ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III claim, [[ “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 3488 (from Thyatira), “Inscription Perg.” 245; σιτία καὶ ποτά 5th c.AD: Hierocles Platonicus Philosophus “in Carmen Aureum - FPG” 8p.431M. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__IV ἐ. τισί make retribution for them, [[ 5th-4th c.BC: Aesopus Fabularum Scriptor 279b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]