ἀντάλλᾰγ-μα G0465
exchange, something given in exchange; that which is offered or received as equivalent trade
This noun describes what is given or received in exchange for something else. Both occurrences appear in parallel Gospel passages where Jesus asks what a person could give in exchange for their soul. Matthew 16:26 and Mark 8:37 both pose this rhetorical question after teaching about gaining the whole world yet forfeiting one's life. Classical usage included exchanges given for friendship. The New Testament restricts it to Jesus' saying about the soul's incomparable value. Translations (Spanish en-cambio/en-intercambio, French échange) emphasize the transaction concept.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Both Gospel uses present the same rhetorical question in Jesus' teaching about discipleship costs: What exchange could someone offer for their soul? The implied answer is nothing—the soul's value exceeds any possible trade. The accusative ἀντάλλαγμα suggests the object offered in exchange. Jesus' point is that no amount of worldly gain compensates for losing one's true self before God. The parallel passages show this wasn't casual speech but core teaching repeated in Jesus' instruction. 2×
AR["فِدَاءً"]·ben["বিনিময়"]·DE["ἀντάλλαγμα"]·EN["as-an-exchange", "in-exchange-for"]·FR["échange"]·heb["תְּמוּרָה"]·HI["बदल", "बदले-में"]·ID["sebagai-ganti"]·IT["sostituto"]·jav["gantos", "liru"]·KO["대가로"]·PT["em-troca"]·RU["в-обмен", "выкупом"]·ES["en-cambio", "en-intercambio"]·SW["badala"]·TR["karşılık"]·urd["بدلے-میں"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀντάλλᾰγ-μα, ατος, τό, that which is given or taken in exchange, φίλου for a friend, NT+5th c.BC+