ἀνταπο-δίδωμι G0467
To repay, recompense, give back in return; passive: to be repaid or recompensed
A compound verb (anti + apo + didomi — 'give back in return against') expressing full requital or recompense. Paul quotes Deuteronomy 32:35 in Romans 12:19: 'Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord,' using this word for God's definitive settling of accounts. Yet the same verb carries grace: in Luke 14:14 Jesus promises that generosity to the poor will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous. Paul also uses it in the tender question of Romans 11:35 — who has first given to God so as to be repaid? The word thus spans divine judgment and divine generosity.
Senses
1. repay, recompense — The active sense of repaying, recompensing, or giving back in return — whether for good or for evil. Romans 12:19 and Hebrews 10:30 both cite God as the one who will repay vengeance. In 2 Thessalonians 1:6 God repays tribulation to those who afflict believers. Yet in 1 Thessalonians 3:9 Paul asks what thanksgiving he can 'render back' to God — using the same word for grateful requital. Spanish 'retribuir' and French 'rendre en retour' capture the reciprocal nature of this recompense. 5×
AR["أنْ-نُعيدَ", "أنْ-يُجازيَ", "أَنْ-يُكَافِئُوكَ", "أُجَازِي", "سَأُجَازِي"]·ben["আমি-প্রতিফল-দেব", "প্রতিদান-দিতে", "প্রতিফল-দেওয়া", "ফিরিয়ে-দিতে", "ফেরত-দেব,"]·DE["vergelten", "ἀνταποδοῦναί"]·EN["to-repay", "will-repay"]·FR["rendre", "rendre-en-retour"]·heb["אֲשַׁלֵּם", "לְ-הָשִׁיב", "לְהָשִׁיב"]·HI["प्रतिफल-दूंगा,", "बदला-देने-को", "लौटाऊंगा", "लौत-देन", "लौत-सक्ते-हैन"]·ID["akan-membalas", "akan-membalas,", "kami-balaskan", "membalas"]·IT["antapodounai", "antapodōsō", "rendere", "ripagare"]·jav["badhé-males,", "badhé-mbalès", "males"]·KO["갚으리라", "갚을-것을", "보답하기-위하여", "보답하는-것이다"]·PT["retribuir", "retribuir-te", "retribuirei", "retribuirei,"]·RU["Господь", "воздам", "воздать"]·ES["devolver", "para-retribuirte", "retribuir", "retribuiré"]·SW["kukulipa", "kurudisha", "kuwalipa", "nitalipa", "nitalipa,"]·TR["karşılık-vereceğim", "karşılık-vermek", "karşılığını-vereceğim"]·urd["بدلہ-دوں-گا", "بدلہ-دینا", "بدلہ-دینے", "لوٹانے-کو", "واپس-دوں-گا"]
2. be repaid, be recompensed — The passive sense: to be repaid or to receive recompense. In Luke 14:14 Jesus assures that the one who invites the poor, crippled, and blind — those who cannot repay — 'will be repaid' (antapodothesetai) at the resurrection. Romans 11:35 poses the rhetorical question of whether anyone has given to God first 'so as to be repaid.' Spanish 'le sera recompensado' and German 'vergelten' both express this promise of future divine reciprocation. 2×
AR["سَتُكَافَأُ", "يُرَدُّ"]·ben["প্রতিদান-করা-হবে", "ফেরত-দেওয়া-হবে"]·DE["vergelten", "ἀνταποδοθήσεται"]·EN["it-will-be-repaid"]·FR["rendre", "rendre-en-retour"]·heb["יְשֻׁלַּם-לוֹ", "יֻשְׁבַ"]·HI["बदला-दिया-जाएगा", "लौटाया-जाएगा"]·ID["akan-dibalas"]·IT["rendere", "ripagare"]·jav["badhé-dipun-wales", "badhé-dipunwales"]·KO["갚아지리요", "갚아질-것이다"]·PT["será-retribuído"]·RU["-воздастся", "воздастся"]·ES["le-será-recompensado", "te-será-retribuido"]·SW["atalipwa", "utalipwa"]·TR["karşılık-verilecek", "karşılığı-verilecek"]·urd["بدلہ-دیا-جائے-گا"]
Related Senses
H5414 1. give, bestow (1855×)H3947 1. take, seize, grasp (Qal) (940×)G2192 1. possess / have (680×)G1325 1. give, bestow (336×)H5159 1. inherited land or property (170×)G2983 1. receive, obtain (134×)H3423 1. Qal: take possession of land (130×)G2983 2. take, take up (113×)G2398 1. one's own, belonging to oneself (91×)G3860 1. hand over, deliver to custody (78×)H7998 1. spoil, plunder, booty (74×)G1325 2. be given, be granted (70×)H5414 2. put, place, set (68×)H7999a 1. pay, repay, recompense (63×)H7069 1. Buy, purchase (59×)H1892 1. vanity, futility, absurdity (58×)H5159 2. heritage as covenant portion (52×)H6299 1. redeem or ransom (Qal active) (49×)H4376 1. Sell (Qal active) (47×)H1350a 1. Redeem, buy back (46×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀνταπο-δίδωμι, give back, repay, tender in repayment or requital, Refs; ἀ. τὸ ὅμοιον, τὸἴσον, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ αὐτὰ ἀ. react in the same way, Refs 5th c.BC+; of counter-arguments, Refs: absolutely, pay back, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 take vengeance, LXX+NT __II assign as a balance, ἐναντίαν γένεσινRefs 5th c.BC+ __II.2 make convertible, τὴν μεταφορὰν τὴν ἐκ τοῦ ἀνάλογονRefs 4th c.BC+:—passive, Refs…