verb
tinamō
Strong’sG5099
I pay
stem tin-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
τίνω
[in LXX: Pr 27:12 (τ. ζημίαν, for עָנַשׁ ni.), etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5099 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtee'-no
to pay a price, i.e. as a penalty
Fromstrengthened for a primary τίω (which is only used as an alternate in certain tenses);
King Jamesbe punished with.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Refs 8th c.BC+, etc.: Ionic dialect imperfect τίνεσκον Refs 3rd c.BC+future τείσω (ἐκ-) Refs 4th c.BC+ 3rd.pers. singular πείσει Refsaorist ἔτεισα (ἀπ-) Refs 5th c.BC+ in Hellenistic and later Inscrr. and Papyrus, and in codices of all authors (future, Refs 8th c.BC+; aorist, Refs 8th c.BC+future and aorist of τίω, and only to be distinguished by the sense: perfect τέτεικα (ἀπο-) Refs 3rd c.BC+; participle τετεικώς Refs 3rd c.BC+:—middle, present first in Refs 8th c.BC+: future τείσομαι Refs 8th c.BC+: aorist ἐτεισάμην Refs:—passive, aorist ἐξ-ετείσθην Refs 4th c.BC+: perfect 3rd.pers. singular ἐκ-τέτεισται Refs 5th c.BC+ in Epic dialect, also Refs 6th c.BC+; τῐνω in Trag., as Refs 6th c.BC+; also in some Epigrammatists, as Refs 3rd c.BC+
I active, pay a price by way of return or recompense, mostly in bad sense, pay a penalty, with accusative of the penalty, τ. θωήν NT+8th c.BC+; also τ. ἴσην (i.e. δίκην) Refs 5th c.BC+; τὴν προσήκουσαν τιμωρίανRefs —but also
I.b in good sense, pay a debt, acquit oneself of an obligation, ζωάγρια τ. Refs 8th c.BC+; τ. χάριν τινί render one thanks, Refs 5th c.BC+ —also simply,
I.c repay, with accusative of things, τροφάς τινι Refs 5th c.BC+ —in various phrases, τ. ἀντιποίνους δύας repay equivalent sorrows, Refs 4th c.BC+; φόνον φόνου ῥύσιον τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; αἱμάτων παλαιτέρων τ. μύσος send one pollution in repayment for another, Refs 4th c.BC+
I.1 with accusative of the thing paid or of the thing repaid (see. above).
I.2 less frequently with dative, κράατι τείσεις with thy head, Refs 8th c.BC+
I.3 with dative of person to whom payment is made (see. above).
I.4 with dative of the penalty, τ. θανάτῳ ἅπερ ἦρξεν Refs
I.5 with genitive of the thing for which one pays, τ. ἀμοιβὴν βοῶν τινι pay him compensation for the cows, Refs 8th c.BC+; τ. τινὶ ποινήν τινος pay one retribution for.. , Refs 5th c.BC+; τ. μητρὸς δίκας for thy mother, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀντὶ πληγῆς πληγὴν τ. Refs 4th c.BC+: also with accusative of the thing for which one pays, the price being omitted, pay or atone for a thing, τείσειαν Δαναοὶ ἐμὰ δάκρυα σοῖσι βέλεσσι Refs 8th c.BC+; τ. φόνον or λώβην τινός, Refs 8th c.BC+ thou shalt make atonement for the brother thou hast slain, Refs 8th c.BC+
I.6 absolutely, make return or requital, Refs 6th c.BC+
II middle, have a price paid one, make another pay for a thing, avenge oneself on him, punish him, frequently from Refs 8th c.BC+
II.1 with accusative person, Refs 8th c.BC+
II.2 with genitive criminis, τείσασθαι Ἀλέξανδρον κακότητος punish him for his wickedness, Refs 8th c.BC+
II.3 with accusative of things, take vengeance for a thing, τείσασθαι φόνον, βίην τινός, Refs 8th c.BC+
II.4 with double accusative person et of things, ἐτείσατο ἔργον ἀεικὲς ἀντίθεον Νηλῆα he made Neleus pay for the misdeed, visited it on his head, Refs 8th c.BC+; τείσασθαί τινα δίκην exact retribution from a person, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.5 with dative modi, τίνεσθαί τινα ἀγαναῖς ἀμοιβαῖς, φυγῇ, repay or requite with.., Refs 5th c.BC+
II.6 absolutely, repay oneself, indemnify oneself, ἡμεῖς δ᾽ αὖτε ἀγειρόμενοι κατὰ δῆμον τεισόμεθ᾽ Refs 8th c.BC+. (Root q[uglide][icaron]- [alternating with q[uglide]ei- and q[uglide]oi-] 'pay': τῐ-νϝ-ω, τῐ-σις, τεί-σω [Refs 5th c.AD+: Sanskrit cáy-ate 'avenge, punish': ápa-ci-tis 'vengeance':—not related to τίω.)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
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Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| tinaliτίσουσιν | will happen · theyfuture active indicative 3rd person plural | pay | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | tinamō | tiname | tinami | tinama | tinamē | tinamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | tinasō | tinase | tinasi | tinasa | tinasē | tinaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | tinatō | tinate | tinati | tinata | tinatē | tinatelē |
| we 1st person plural | tinanō | tinane | tinani | tinana | tinanē | tinanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | tinavō | tinave | tinavi | tinava | tinavē | tinavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | tinalō | tinale | tinali1×τίσουσιν | tinala | tinalē | tinalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | tinameiō | tinameia | tinameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | tinaseiō | tinaseia | tinaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | tinateiō | tinateia | tinateiē |
| we 1st person plural | tinaneiō | tinaneia | tinaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | tinaveiō | tinaveia | tinaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | tinaleiō | tinaleia | tinaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | tinasōr | tinasar | tinasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | tinatōr | tinatar | tinatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | tinavōr | tinavar | tinavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | tinalōr | tinalar | tinalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | tinamoiō | tinamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | tinasoiō | tinasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | tinatoiō | tinatoia |
| we 1st person plural | tinanoiō | tinanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | tinavoiō | tinavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | tinaloiō | tinaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | tinarō | tinari | tinara | tinarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | tinarōntos | tinarintos | tinarantos | tinarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
tin 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
tinali“pay”will happen · theyfuture active indicative 3rd person plural1×
2 Thessalonians 1:9“pay”hotinois dikan tinali olethron aiōnion apo prosōpeu tou kuriou …… suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the …