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- verb archaic Third-person singular present simple form of
avenge
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Examples
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It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me.
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It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me.
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It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
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It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
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It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me, and that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
2 Samuel 22. 1999
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It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
Psalms 18. 1999
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It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
Commentary on Revelation 1837-1913 1909
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He avengeth thee in his name of 'Horus, the son who avenged his father.'
Legends of the Gods The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations 1895
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For amongst men too, when one that hath been smitten on the right cheek offers the left also, he more avengeth himself than if he gave ten thousand blows; and when one that hath been reviled, not only revileth not again but even blesseth, he hath stricken [his adversary] more heavily, than if he rained upon him ten thousand reproaches.
NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians Editor 1889
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The LORD is a jealous God and avengeth; the LORD avengeth and is full of wrath; the LORD taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature Richard Green Moulton 1886
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