What does ἀνταπόδοσις (antapódosis) mean in the Bible?
ἀνταπόδοσις (antapódosis): Recompense as the active process of repaying or returning something owed, emphasizing reciprocal exchange.
Greek · G469
ἀνταπόδοσις
ἀνταπόδοσις (antapódosis): Recompense as the active process of repaying or returning something owed, emphasizing reciprocal exchange.
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ἀνταπόδοσιςG469
Pronunciationantapódosis
What does ἀνταπόδοσις (antapódosis) mean in the Bible?
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How does the BSB render G469?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include reward (1).
Where does ἀνταπόδοσις (antapódosis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Colossians 3:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Colossians (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders Itreward1×Colossians 3:24
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First aligned rowColossians 3:24
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Books represented1
Colossians1
Source forms
ἀνταπόδοσιν1xantapodosinColossians 3:24
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1xColossians 3:24
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Recompense as the active process of repaying or returning something owed, emphasizing reciprocal exchange.
Strong'sG469
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
requital (properly, the act)
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Recompense as the active process of repaying or returning something owed, emphasizing reciprocal exchange.
(see supr.), [in LXX chiefly for גְּמוּל, שִׁלּוּם ;] recompense: Col.3:24 (MM, VGT, see word).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
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Colossians 3:24Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀνταπόδοσινantapodosin
a reward, recompense
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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 forms1Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · FeminineCol 3:241×
Word Origins
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