noun · feminine

amoibas

Greekἀμοιβή (amoibē)

Strong’sG287

a change, an exchange

stem amoib-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

recompense1×

What it means

** 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.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G287 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidam-oy-bay'

requital

Fromfrom ἀμείβω (to exchange);

King Jamesrequite.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	amoibas	amoibais
object accusative	amoiban	amoibain1×ἀμοιβὰς
direct address vocative	amoibar	amoibair
of, belonging to genitive	amoibau	amoibaiu
to, for dative	amoiba	amoibai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

amoibstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

amoiba is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

amoibain“recompense”objectaccusative plural1×

1 Timothy 5:4“recompense”ei de tinas chēras tekneim ē ekgoneim echatō, mathalōr prōton ton idion oikon eusebarō kai amoibain apodōarō toi progonoi, houtem gar atō apodektem enōpion tou theou.But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.