Quick Definition
διπλόω v. I double
Strong's Definition
from 1362; to render two-fold
KJV Usage: double
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | δύο · διπλοῦς
59.70 · Quantity · Increase, Decrease
to double, to cause twice as much as to cause a quantity to be twice as much
1 REV 18:6 It would be possible to interpret διπλόω with τὰ διπλᾶ as indicating intensity rather than extent of either punishment or instances of punishment.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διπλόω, -@: [1 aor. ἐδίπλωσα]; (διπλόος) ; to double: διπλώσατε αὐτῇ [only RG] διπλᾶ [ra δ. T Tr WH br.] i.e. return to her double, repay in double measure the evils she has brought upon you, Rev. xviii. 6 [R.V. double unto her the double}. (Xen. Hell. 6,5, 19; Plut. Cam. 41; Diog. Laért. 6, 22.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διπλόω diploō 1x
to double; to render back double, Rev. 18:6*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* διπλόω, -ῶ
(< διπλόος),
to double: δ. τὰ διπλᾶ, Re 18:6.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διπλόω (diploō) — to double. διπλ-όω, repeat a process, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; double, τρίβωνα, of philosophers, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; multiply by two, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, ἐδεδίπλωτο ἡ φάλαγξ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of swords, to be bent double, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of a bow-string, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; of fevers (compare διπλοῦς), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; δεδιπλωμένον ἔμβρυον, of position of foetus at birth, Aspasia cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. repay twofold, δ. διπλᾶ κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῆς [NT]