Words the Bible translates as reward
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 15 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- periפְּרִיfruit: what a tree, vine, or field brings forth, and what a person or nation yields when pictured as a growing plant
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- offspring: the young a person or an animal brings forth, named as the fruit of the body
- result: what a person's conduct, words, or work produces, the outcome it earns
- salemשָׁלֵםto pay back in full: to give a person exactly what their deeds or debts have earned, whether restitution, reward, or punishment
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- 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
- misthosμισθόςreward: what God gives back in answer to how a person has lived
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- wages: the pay a worker earns for labor done
- 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.
- aḥaritאַחֲרִיתthe after-part of something: its end, its final outcome, or the future it leads to
- gamalגָּמַלto deal out to someone what an act has earned: to repay, reward, or requite, whether good or ill
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- to wean a child: to finish the nursing years and bring a child to the next stage
- to ripen: for a plant to bring its fruit or growth to full maturity
- sakharשָׂכָרpay owed for service rendered: the wages, hire, fare, or reward due for work done or loyalty shown
- shaḥadשֹׁחַדa payment or gift handed to someone to sway a decision or win their favor
- gemulגְּמוּלa dealing: what one person does to another, or the matching return that deed earns; most often a deserved recompense.
- antapodosisἀνταπόδοσιςrewardnot studied yet
- eqevעֵקֶבconsequence: the outcome that follows a course of conduct, whether the reward it earns or, as a connecting word, the reason ("because") for what comes next
- pe'ullahפְּעֻלָּהwhat work brings back: the pay, reward, or payback earned by labor, and at times the labor itself
- besvorahבְּשֹׂרָהthe reward paid to a messenger for bringing good news: a runner's fee
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- good news: the report a messenger carries, the kind of word a runner is sent to deliver
- nevizbahנְבִזְבָּהrewardnot studied yet
- shalmonשַׁלְמֹןrewardnot studied yet
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