Quick Definition
ἀμοιβή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. a change, an exchange
Strong's Definition
from ameibo (to exchange); requital
KJV Usage: requite
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ῆς
57.168 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Pay, Price, Cost
recompense, repayment that which is given as a means of recompense or repayment One may also translate ‘repayment to their parents and grandparents’ as ‘to pay back to their parents and grandparents for what these have done for them’ or ‘to help their parents and grandparents because of what these have done to help them.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀμοιβή, -ῆς, ἡ, (fr. ἀμείβω, as ἀλοιφή fr. ἀλείφω, στοιβή fr. στείβω), a very com. word with the Greeks, requital, recompense, in a good and a bad sense (fr. the signif. of the mid. ἀμείβομαι to requite, return like for ike): ina good sense, 1 Tim. v. 4.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀμοιβή amoibē 1x
(adequate) return, recompense, 1 Tim. 5:4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀμοιβή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< ἀμείβομαι, to repay); [in Aq., Sm.: Pr 12:14, al.;]
requital, recompense: I Ti 5:4 (for illustration from π. v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀμοιβή. The phrase in 1 Tim 54 ἀμοιβὰς ἀποδιδόναι τοῖς προγόvots, ““ἴο make a fitting requital to one’s parents,” is well illustrated by Przene 11217, where a certain Zosimus having received the title of citizen ‘‘has made no fruitless return for the honour”—[ovk ἄκαρπον τὴν τῆς τιμῆς] δέδειχεν ἀμοιβήν : cf. Cagvat IV, 293". 39 (ii/B.c.) κομιζόμενος τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν ἀξίας τὰς ἀμοιβάς, Sy// 3655 (i/A.D.) βασιλέων κἂν πάνυ ἐπινοῶσιν εἰς εὐχαριστίαν τηλικούτου θεοῦ εὑρεῖν ἴσας ἀμοιβὰς οἷς εὐηργέτηνται μὴ δυναμένων. In P Oxy IV. 705% (A.D. 200-2) the Emperors Septimius Severus and Caracalla reply to a certain Aurelius Horion who desired to confer benefactions on Oxyrhynchus—daroSexdpeba σε καὶ ταύτης τῆς ἐπιδόσεως ἣν ἀξιοῖς ἐπιδοῦναι ταῖς κώμαις τῶν ᾿Οξυρυγχειτῶν ἀποδιδοὺς ἀμοιβὴν ἐνκτήσεως, “we approve of this benefaction also which you request leave to confer upon the villages of the Oxyrhynchite nome, giving (to different persons) a succession in the enjoyment of it (?)” (Edd.). Ρ Giss I. 228 (ii/a.D.) νῦν ὄντως ἀμοιβ[ὴ]ν [. . .] τῆς εὐσεβείας pov ἀϊναλ]αμβανούσης σε ἀπρόσίκοπ]ον Kal ἱλαρώτατον.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀμοιβή (amoibē) — repayment. ἀμοιβ-ή, ἡ, (ἀμείβω) requital, recompense, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀγαναῖς ἀ. τινὰ τίνεσθαι to requite him by like return, [Refs]; οἵας ἀ. ἐξ Ἰάσονος κυρεῖ[Refs 5th c.BC+]; retribution, ἔργων ἀντ᾽ ἀδίκων χαλεπὴν ἐπέθηκεν ἀ.[Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. repayment, compensation, τείσουσι βοῶν ἐπιεικέ᾽ ἀ.[Refs 8th c.BC+]
3. that which is given in exchange, τῷ σκυτοτόμῳ ἀντὶ τῶν ὑποδημάτων ἀ. γίνεται κατ᾽ ἀξίαν[Refs 4th c.BC+]
4. answer, ἀσχήμων ἐν τῇ ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. change, exchange, τὰς ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι[Refs 1st c.BC+]; of money, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
III. change, alternation, κακῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2. transformation, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]