Strong's Lexicon
G489 — ἀντιμισθία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G489 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀντιμισθία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from a compound of G473 and G3408 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | antimisthia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | an-tee-mis-thee'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. recompense, repayment |
| KJV Renderings: | recompense |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀντιμισθία, ἀντιμισθιας, ἡ (ἀντίμισθος remunerating) a reward given in compensation, requital, recompense;
a. in a good sense: 2Co 6:13 (τήν αὐτήν ἀντιμισθίαν πλατύνθητε καί ὑμεῖς, a concise expression for Be ye also enlarged i. e. enlarge your hearts, just as I have done (2Co 6:11), that so ye may recompense me — for τό αὐτό, ὁ ἐστιν ἀντιμισθία; cf. Winers Grammar, 530 (493), and § 66, 1 b.; (Buttmann, 190 (164); 396 (339))).
b. in a bad sense: Rom 1:27. (Found besides only in Theophilus of Antioch; Clement of Alexandria; Clement of Rome, 2Co 1:1-24; 2Co 3:1-18; 2Co 5:1-21 [ET]; 9, 7 [ET]; 11, 6 [ET]), and other church fathers.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀντιμισθία (recompense)
Romans 1:27
- KJV: And likewise also the men leaving the natural use of the woman burned in their lust one toward another men with men working that which is unseemly and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet
- GK: ομοίως τε και οι άρρενες αφέντες την φυσικήν χρήσιν της θηλείας εξεκαύθησαν εν τη ορέξει αυτών εις αλλήλους άρσενες εν άρσεσι την ασχημοσύνην κατεργαζόμενοι και την αντιμισθίαν ην έδει της πλάνης αυτών εν εαυτοίς απολαμβάνοντες
2 Corinthians 6:13
- KJV: Now for a recompence in the same I speak as unto children be ye also enlarged
- GK: την δε αυτήν αντιμισθίαν ως τέκνοις λέγω πλατύνθητε και υμείς