King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G489
Transliteration: antimisthia
Phonetic Spelling: (an-tee-mis-thee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a reward
Meaning: a reward
ἀντιμισθία, ἀντιμισθιας, ἡ (ἀντίμισθος remunerating) a reward given in compensation, requital, recompense;
Word Summary
antimisthia: a reward
Original Word: ἀντιμισθίαTransliteration: antimisthia
Phonetic Spelling: (an-tee-mis-thee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a reward
Meaning: a reward
Strong's Concordance
recompense, rewardFrom a compound of anti and misthos; requital, correspondence -- recompense.
see GREEK anti
see GREEK misthos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 489: ἀντιμισθίαἀντιμισθία, ἀντιμισθιας, ἡ (ἀντίμισθος remunerating) a reward given in compensation, requital, recompense;
a. in a good sense: 2 Corinthians 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 (2 Corinthians 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: Romans 1:27. (Found besides only in Theophilus of Antioch; Clement of Alexandria; Clement of Rome, 2 Cor. 1, 3, 5 [ET]; 9, 7 [ET]; 11, 6 [ET]), and other church fathers.)