What does ἀνταπόδομα (antapódoma) mean in the Bible?
ἀνταπόδομα (antapódoma) is a Greek word meaning "a requital (properly, the thing)".
Greek · G468
ἀνταπόδομα
A requital (properly, the thing)
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ἀνταπόδομαG468
Pronunciationantapódoma
What does ἀνταπόδομα (antapódoma) mean in the Bible?
ἀνταπόδομα (antapódoma) is a Greek word meaning "a requital (properly, the thing)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G468?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a retribution (1), repaid (1).
Where does ἀνταπόδομα (antapódoma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 14:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Ita retribution1×Romans 11:9
repaid1×Luke 14:12
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 14:12
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Luke1Romans1
Source forms
ἀνταπόδομα1xantapodomaRomans 11:9
ἀνταπόδομά1xantapodomaLuke 14:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular1xRomans 11:9
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular1xLuke 14:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a requital (properly, the thing)
Strong'sG468
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a requital (properly, the thing)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 14:12Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
ἀνταπόδομα.antapodoma
a gift in return, a return, a recompense
Read verseRomans 11:9Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ἀνταπόδομαantapodoma
a gift in return, a return, a recompense
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 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · NeuterLuke 14:121×
Accusative · Singular · NeuterRom 11:91×
Word Origins
ἀνταπόδομα is built from this root: