noun · feminine
antapodosias
Greekἀνταπόδοσις (antapodosis)
Strong’sG469
a reward, recompense
stem antapodosi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἀντ-από-δοσις, -εως, ἡ
(v. supr.), [in LXX chiefly for גְּמוּל, שִׁלּוּם;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G469 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidan-tap-od'-os-is
requital (properly, the act)
Fromfrom G467;
King Jamesreward.
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 | antapodosias | antapodosiais |
| object accusative | antapodosian1×ἀνταπόδοσιν | antapodosiain |
| direct address vocative | antapodosiar | antapodosiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | antapodosiau | antapodosiaiu |
| to, for dative | antapodosia | antapodosiai |
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
antapodosia 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
antapodosian“reward”objectaccusative singular1×
Colossians 3:24“reward”oidarētois hoti apo kuriou apolambevi tan antapodosian tau klēronomiau; to kurio Christo douleuavōr;because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.