What does ἀνταπόδοσις · κληρονομία mean in the Bible?
ἀνταπόδοσις · κληρονομία is a Greek phrase meaning "reward, recompense, inheritance".
Greek · G469, G2817
ἀνταπόδοσις / κληρονομία
Requital (properly, the act) · inheritance
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ἀνταπόδοσις G469 requital (properly, the act)
Pronunciation antapódosis
Recompense as the active process of repaying or returning something owed, emphasizing reciprocal exchange.
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κληρονομία G2817 inheritance
Pronunciation klēronomía
In NT, primarily God's promised kingdom and spiritual blessings given to believers through Christ, not earned property.
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What does ἀνταπόδοσις / κληρονομία (antapodosis / klēronomia) mean in the Bible?
ἀνταπόδοσις · κληρονομία is a Greek phrase meaning "reward, recompense, inheritance".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G469, G2817?
G469, G2817 is connected to 1 lexical occurrence verse in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. reward, recompense, inheritance
Source Gloss
reward, recompense, inheritance
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 patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Col 3:24 1×
Word Origins
ἀνταπόδοσις / κληρονομία is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain