Words the Bible translates as pay
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- didōmiδίδωμιto give: to transfer something from one person to another, whether an object, a gift, a right, or a charge.
- apodidōmiἀποδίδωμιto give back what is owed or due: to pay, repay, return, or render to someone what belongs to them
- misthosμισθόςwages: the pay a worker earns for labor done
+1 more meaning
- reward: what God gives back in answer to how a person has lived
- teleōτελέωto bring something all the way to its appointed end: to finish, complete, or fully carry out.
- yehavיְהַבto give: to hand something over to another, whether as a gift granted, a charge delivered into someone's power, a foundation laid, or a payment made
- shaqalשָׁקַלto weigh: to set an amount on a balance to measure its weight, and so to weigh out silver as payment
- netanנְתַןto give: to hand over something it is in one's power to grant, whether rule over a kingdom, a delay that was asked for, or money that is owed
- tinōτίνωto paynot studied yet
Keep looking
Every English meaning beginning with P is on its letter page, and the whole index starts at Browse.