What does κομίζω (komízō) mean in the Bible?
G2865 means to bring or carry and, often in the middle voice, to receive, recover, or receive a due outcome. 9, believers are receiving the goal of faith, the salvation of their lives.
Greek · G2865
κομίζω
To bring/be repaid
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κομίζωG2865
Pronunciationkomízō
What does κομίζω (komízō) mean in the Bible?
G2865 means to bring or carry and, often in the middle voice, to receive, recover, or receive a due outcome. 9, believers are receiving the goal of faith, the salvation of their lives.
Reader summary
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2865?
The BSB source-word alignment has 10 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include you will receive (2), [now that] you are receiving (1), [yet] they did not receive (1), he did receive (1), I would have received (1).
Where does κομίζω (komízō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 25:27. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (3), 1 Peter (2), 2 Corinthians (1), Colossians (1).
What This Word Actually Means
G2865 means to bring or carry and, often in the middle voice, to receive, recover, or receive a due outcome. In 1Pet. 1. 9, believers are receiving the goal of faith, the salvation of their lives. In 2Cor. 5. 10, each person receives what is due for embodied deeds before Christ's judgment seat. In Col. 3. 25, the wrongdoer will be repaid without favoritism. G2865 opens teaching on salvation reaching its goal, patient reception of promise, resurrection hope, accountable conduct, impartial judgment, and reward under grace.
It does not sell merit, guarantee immediate repayment, or authorize people in power to punish others as God's agents. The giver, object, time, and moral setting determine whether the reception is gift, recovery, reward, or judgment.
How the Bible Uses It
G2865 describes bringing or carrying something, receiving or obtaining an outcome, receiving something back, and recompense for conduct. Its passages range from a jar carried to a meal to promise, resurrection, salvation, reward, and judgment.
- 1Pet.1.9
Now that you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
Believers enduring tested faith are already receiving its goal, the salvation toward which their living hope points.
- 2Cor.5.10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
All appear before Christ's judgment seat to receive what is due for deeds done in the body, whether good or bad.
- Col.3.25
Whoever does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.
Within instructions to households, Paul says the person doing wrong will be repaid and that God shows no favoritism.
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Ityou will receive2×Hebrews 10:36, 1 Peter 5:4
[now that] you are receiving1×1 Peter 1:9
[yet] they did not receive1×Hebrews 11:39
he did receive1×Hebrews 11:19
I would have received1×Matthew 25:27
may receive his due1×2 Corinthians 5:10
she brought1×Luke 7:37
will be repaid [for]1×Colossians 3:25
will reward1×Ephesians 6:8
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 25:27ἐκομισάμηνtoI would have receivedVerb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 1st Person SingularLuke 7:37κομίσασαtoshe broughtVerb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular2 Corinthians 5:10κομίσηταιtomay receive his dueVerb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person SingularEphesians 6:8κομίσεταιtowill rewardVerb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person SingularColossians 3:25κομίσεταιtowill be repaid [for]Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person SingularHebrews 10:36κομίσησθεtoyou will receiveVerb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 2nd Person PluralHebrews 11:19ἐκομίσατοtohe did receiveVerb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person SingularHebrews 11:39ἐκομίσαντοto[yet] they did not receiveVerb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural1 Peter 1:9κομιζόμενοιto[now that] you are receivingVerb - Present Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural1 Peter 5:4κομιεῖσθεtoyou will receiveVerb - Future Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 25:27
Aligned rows10
Books represented7
Matthew1Luke12 Corinthians1Ephesians1Colossians1Hebrews31 Peter2
Source forms
κομίσεται2xkomisetaiEphesians 6:8, Colossians 3:25
ἐκομισάμην1xekomisamēnMatthew 25:27
ἐκομίσαντο1xekomisantoHebrews 11:39
ἐκομίσατο1xekomisatoHebrews 11:19
κομιεῖσθε1xkomieisthe1 Peter 5:4
κομιζόμενοι1xkomizomenoi1 Peter 1:9
κομίσασα1xkomisasaLuke 7:37
κομίσησθε1xkomisēstheHebrews 10:36
Parsing patterns
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular2xEphesians 6:8, Colossians 3:25
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular1xMatthew 25:27
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural1xHebrews 11:39
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular1xHebrews 11:19
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular1xLuke 7:37
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 2nd Person Plural1xHebrews 10:36
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person Singular1x2 Corinthians 5:10
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Plural1x1 Peter 5:4
Using This Word Well
Be careful not to...
- Do not use future reward to pressure workers, volunteers, victims, or caregivers to accept unpaid labor, danger, retaliation, or preventable harm.
- Do not claim the authority to identify every hardship as repayment for a specific sin or to administer God's final judgment.
Avoid claiming...
- Do not claim that G2865 makes salvation a payment earned by sufficient work or suffering.
- Do not claim that every faithful person will receive visible success, restored property, or full justice before death.
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to bring/be repaid
Strong'sG2865
Lexical occurrences10 versesGreek text appearances11 timesWord forms3 forms10 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
to bring/be repaid
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
1to take care of.
2to carry off safe.
3to carry off as booty.
4to bear or carry: Luk.7:37. Mid., to bear for oneself, hence,
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
11 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 25:27Verb First Person Singular Aorist Middle Indicative
ἐκομισάμηνekomisamhn
I bring, receive, recover
Read verseLuke 7:37Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Feminine
κομίσασαkomisasa
I bring, receive, recover
Read verse2 Corinthians 5:10Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Middle Subjunctive
κομίσηταιkomishtai
I bring, receive, recover
Read verseEphesians 6:8Verb Third Person Singular Future Middle Deponent Indicative
κομιεῖταιkomieitai
I bring, receive, recover
Read verseColossians 3:25Verb Third Person Singular Future Middle Deponent Indicative
κομιεῖταιkomieitai
I bring, receive, recover
Read verseHebrews 10:36Verb Second Person Plural Aorist Middle Subjunctive
κομίσησθεkomishsqe
I bring, receive, recover
Read verseHebrews 11:19Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Middle Indicative
ἐκομίσατο.ekomisato
I bring, receive, recover
Read verseHebrews 11:39Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Middle Indicative
ἐκομίσαντοekomisanto
I bring, receive, recover
Read verse1 Peter 1:9Verb Present Middle Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
κομιζόμενοιkomizomenoi
I bring, receive, recover
Read verse1 Peter 5:4Verb Second Person Plural Future Middle Deponent Indicative
κομιεῖσθεkomieisqe
I bring, receive, recover
Read verse2 Peter 2:13Verb Future Middle Deponent Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
κομιούμενοιkomioumenoi
I bring, receive, recover
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups3Aligned forms10TensesFuture, Aorist, PresentVoicesMiddle, Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicativestates a fact or reality6×
Future MiddleEph 6:8 · Col 3:25 · 1 Pet 5:43×
Aorist MiddleMatt 25:27 · Heb 11:19 · Heb 11:393×
Participleverbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality2×
Aorist ActiveLuke 7:371×
Present Middle1 Pet 1:91×
Subjunctivepossibility, probability, or purpose2×
Aorist Middle2 Cor 5:10 · Heb 10:362×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 10 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist6future3present1
Voice
middle9active1
Mood
indicative6participle2subjunctive2
NT Occurrences
Matthew 25:27ἐκομισάμηνaorist middle indicativecompletedLuke 7:37κομίσασαaorist active participleparticiple2 Corinthians 5:10κομίσηταιaorist middle subjunctivesubjunctiveEphesians 6:8κομίσεταιfuture middle indicativeprospectiveColossians 3:25κομίσεταιfuture middle indicativeprospectiveHebrews 10:36κομίσησθεaorist middle subjunctivesubjunctiveHebrews 11:19ἐκομίσατοaorist middle indicativecompletedHebrews 11:39ἐκομίσαντοaorist middle indicativecompleted1 Peter 1:9κομιζόμενοιpresent middle participleparticiple1 Peter 5:4κομιεῖσθεfuture middle indicativeprospective
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
For the Preacher and Teacher
G2865 gathers several forms of receiving without reducing Christian life to an exchange. First Peter speaks of salvation as the goal believers receive while trusting Christ amid testing, then promises faithful shepherds an unfading crown from the Chief Shepherd. Hebrews can say that persevering people will receive the promise while also remembering witnesses who died without receiving its complete historical fulfillment.
Abraham receives Isaac back figuratively from death, making resurrection hope central rather than treating faith as guaranteed immediate success. Judgment passages affirm that embodied deeds matter and that wrongdoing is not protected by status. In Colossians, the warning of impartial repayment follows instructions to slaves and masters, so it cannot be used to demand compliant suffering while shielding a powerful offender.
Grace does not make conduct irrelevant, and accountability does not make salvation a wage earned from God. Faithful application encourages perseverance, repairs actual wrong where possible, and leaves final judgment to Christ rather than deputizing leaders to dispense divine retribution.
Anchor passage
1Pet.1.9
Doctrinal connections
- G2865: salvation is received as the goal of faith grounded in God's mercy and Christ's resurrection.
- G2865: promise can be trustworthy even when its fullness is not received within one person's lifetime.
- G2865: embodied deeds matter before Christ without turning grace into a commercial transaction.
- G2865: divine judgment is impartial and offers no protected class for powerful wrongdoers.
- G2865: faithful service may be unseen by human authorities yet remains known to the Lord.
- G2865: Abraham receiving Isaac back points to resurrection hope beyond ordinary recovery.
G2865 is a Greek verb used actively for carrying or bringing and in middle forms for receiving, obtaining, recovering, or receiving recompense. The object and voice clarify whether a passage describes transport, return, promised outcome, reward, or judgment.
From Old to New Testament
Biblical covenant and wisdom texts join gift, inheritance, patient hope, just recompense, and God's impartial judgment, while the New Testament centers their fulfillment and final accounting in Christ. Jesus receives His life back in resurrection, anchoring hope that surpasses both immediate compensation and every incomplete human accounting.