ἀντιμισθία
antimisthia · recompense, return
Greek word · Strong’s number G489 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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antimisthia (ἀντιμισθία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “recompense, return”.
Recompense: what one receives in return, as a reward or a penalty.
How to say it
an·ti·mis·thi·a
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Responding in like manner to what one has received.
- The deserved punishment that comes for wrongdoing.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- exchange ×1
- penalty ×1
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Romans 1:27
and likewise also the males, leaving the natural use of the female, were inflamed in their desire for one another, males with males committing the indecency and receiving in themselves the penalty that was due for their error.
- 2 Corinthians 6:13
And in the same exchange— I speak as to children— be opened wide, you too.