Words the Bible translates as repay
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- apodidōmiἀποδίδωμιto give back what is owed or due: to pay, repay, return, or render to someone what belongs to them
- salemשָׁלֵםto pay back in full: to give a person exactly what their deeds or debts have earned, whether restitution, reward, or punishment
+3 more meanings
- to pay a vow: to discharge in full a promise made to God by handing over exactly what was pledged
- to be whole and finished, or to bring something to its finish: to reach completion, or to carry a work through to its end
- to make peace with someone, or to be at peace with them: to end hostility and stand in settled, friendly relations
- antapodidōmiἀνταποδίδωμιto give back in return: to settle an account by handing back what someone's own action has earned, whether a kindness answered or a wrong punished.
- apotinōἀποτίνωto repaynot studied yet
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