Quick Definition
ἀνταποδίδωμι v. I give in return
Strong's Definition
from 473 and 591; to requite (good or evil)
KJV Usage: recompense, render, repay
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | fut. ἀνταποδώσω · aor.inf. ἀνταποδοῦναι · fut.pass. ἀνταποδοθήσομαι | δίδωμι
57.154 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Pay, Price, Cost
to repay, to pay back, to give back to pay something back to someone as the result of an incurred obligation
1 The implication of a return payment is somewhat more emphatic in ἀνταποδίδωμι[a] than in ἀποδίδωμι[a] (57.153).
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀντ-απο-δίδωμι: fut. ἀνταποδώσω; 2 aor. inf. ἀνταποδοῦvat; 1 fut. pass. ἀνταποδοθήσομαι : (ἀντί for something received, in return, ἀποδίδωμι to give back); to repay, requite ; a. in a good sense: Lk. xiv. 14; Ro. xi. 35; εὐχαριστίαν τινί, 1 Th. iii. 9. Ὄ. in a bad sense, of penalty and vengeance; absol.: Ro. xii. 19; Heb. x. 30, (Deut. xxxii. 35); θλίψιν τινί, 2 Th. 1.6. (Very often in the Sept. and Apocr., in both senses; in Grk. writ. fr. [Hdt.] Thue. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀνταποδίδωμι antapodidōmi 7x
to repay, give back, return, recompense, Lk. 14:14 (2x); Rom. 11:35; 12:19; 1 Thess. 3:9; 2 Thess. 1:6; Heb. 10:30
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀντ-απο-δίδωμι
(ἀντί, ἀποδίδωμι), [in LXX for שׁלם pi., גּמל, שׁוּב hi., etc.;]
to give back as an equivalent, recompense, requital (the ἀντί expressing the idea of full, complete return; v. Lft., Notes, 46); in favourable sense: Lk 14:14, Ro 11:35, I Th 3:9;
in unfavourable sense: Ro 12:19, II Th 1:6, He 10:30.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀνταποδίδωμι. P Par 3455 (ii/B.c.) χαλκίαν τηροῦντες ἀν[τ]απ[ο]δώσωσι αὐτοῖς. Chrest. 11. 37211- 11 (ii/A.D.) δεῖσθαι οὗν] ἃ ὑφείλατο ἐπαναγκασθῆναι ἀ[ν]τα[π]οδοῦναι. P Leid W ** 34,
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀνταποδίδωμι (antapodidōmi) — to repay. 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 γένεσιν[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. make convertible, τὴν μεταφορὰν τὴν ἐκ τοῦ ἀνάλογον[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. b Grammars, make to correspond, of correlatives (e.g. τοιοῦτος, οἷος), in passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; so of μέν.. δέ, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.3. intransitive, answer to, correspond with, εἰ μὴ ἀνταποδιδοίη τὰ ἕτερα τοῖς ἑτέροις[Refs 5th c.BC+], compare b; οὐκ ἀνταποδίδωσι τὸ ὅμοιον there is no similar correspondent, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.4. give back words, exchange 'tu quoque's', [Refs]
III. deliver in turn, τὸ σύνθημα[Refs 5th c.BC+]; explain in turn, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV. give back a sound, of an echo, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of troops, κραυγὴν ἀ.[Refs]
