What does μισθαποδοσία (misthapodosía) mean in the Bible?
μισθαποδοσία (misthapodosía): Divine recompense—either reward or punishment—given in return for deeds, emphasizing accountability.
Greek · G3405
μισθαποδοσία
Requital (good or bad)
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μισθαποδοσίαG3405
Pronunciationmisthapodosía
What does μισθαποδοσία (misthapodosía) mean in the Bible?
μισθαποδοσία (misthapodosía): Divine recompense—either reward or punishment—given in return for deeds, emphasizing accountability.
Full entry for μισθαποδοσία (G3405) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3405?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include reward (2), punishment (1).
Where does μισθαποδοσία (misthapodosía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 2:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itreward2×Hebrews 10:35, Hebrews 11:26
punishment1×Hebrews 2:2
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Usage map
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First aligned rowHebrews 2:2
Aligned rows3
Books represented1
Hebrews3
Source forms
μισθαποδοσίαν3xmisthapodosianHebrews 2:2, Hebrews 10:35, Hebrews 11:26
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular3xHebrews 2:2, Hebrews 10:35, Hebrews 11:26
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Divine recompense—either reward or punishment—given in return for deeds, emphasizing accountability.
Strong'sG3405
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms1 form3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
requital (good or bad)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Hebrews 2:2Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
μισθαποδοσίαν,misqapodosian
reward, due punishment
Read verseHebrews 10:35Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
μισθαποδοσίανmisqapodosian
reward, due punishment
Read verseHebrews 11:26Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
μισθαποδοσίαν.misqapodosian
reward, due punishment
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 this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms3Case patternAccusative (3)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · FeminineHeb 2:2 · Heb 10:35 · Heb 11:263×
Word Origins
μισθαποδοσία is built from this root: