Bible Dictionary: Repay

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced.

2. (v. t.) To make return or requital for; to recompense; -- in a good or bad sense; as, to repay kindness; to repay an injury.

3. (v. t.) To pay anew, or a second time, as a debt.

Greek

661. apotino -- to pay off, repay
... to pay off, repay. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: apotino Phonetic Spelling:
(ap-ot-ee'-no) Short Definition: I repay, pay what is due Definition: I repay ...
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467. antapodidomi -- to give back as an equivalent, recompense
... Origin from anti and apodidomi Definition to give back as an equivalent, recompense
NASB Word Usage paid back (1), render (1), repaid (1), repay (4), return (1 ...
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591. apodidomi -- to give up, give back, return, restore
... 4), give back (1), given (1), giving (1), make some return (1), must (1), paid
(3), pay (2), pay...back (1), pay back (3), render (6), repay (8), repayment to ...
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287. amoibe -- requital, recompense.
... Word Origin from ameibomai (to repay) Definition requital, recompense. requite,
recompense. From ameibo (to exchange); requital -- requite. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7999a. shalem -- to be complete or sound
... root Definition to be complete or sound NASB Word Usage completed (1), finished
(3), fulfill (1), fully repay (1), make (2), make an end (2), make it good (2 ...
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7725. shub -- to turn back, return
... 1), recompensed (4), recovered (4), refreshes (1), refund (3), refuse (4), refute
(1), regain (1), remade* (1), render (8), repaid (1), repay (5), repeatedly (2 ...
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7999. shalam -- to be complete or sound
... shaw-lam') Short Definition: amends. make amends, make an end, finish, full,
give again, make good, repay again A primitive root; to ...
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5414. nathan -- to give, put, set
... prevent* (2), produces (1), provide (1), provided (2), provides (1), put (192),
puts (4), putting (2), raised (2), reduces (1), render (2), repay (1), Requite ...
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1580. gamal -- to deal fully or adequately with, deal out to, wean ...
... 1), deal bountifully (2), dealt (2), dealt bountifully (2), did (2), does (2), done
(1), granted (2), recompense (1), repaid (1), repay (1), rewarded (4 ...
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Library

Whether a Man is Bound to Repay a Favor at Once?
... OF THANKFULNESS OR GRATITUDE (SIX ARTICLES) Whether a man is bound to repay
a favor at once? Objection 1: It seems that a man is ...
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That what any one Has Vowed to God, He must Quickly Repay.
... Third Book. 30. That what any one has vowed to God, he must quickly repay.
In Solomon: "According as thou hast vowed a vow to God ...
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Whether it is Lawful to Ask for any Other Kind of Consideration ...
... Objection 2: Further, as stated in Ethic. v, 5, one is in duty bound by
a point of honor, to repay anyone who has done us a favor. ...
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Psalm CXXXV.
... And since he hath nothing wherewith to repay God for so great benefits, what
remains for him but to give Him thanks, not to repay Him? ...
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Whether Ingratitude is Always a Sin?
... iii) that "he who does not repay a favor is ungrateful." But sometimes it is impossible
to repay a favor without sinning, for instance if one man has helped ...
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Whether Man Can Make Satisfaction to God?
... viii, 14), it is impossible to repay them measure for measure, but it suffices that
man repay as much as he can, for friendship does not demand measure for ...
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Whether Ingratitude is a Special Sin?
... iii): "It is ungrateful to take no notice of a kindness, it is ungrateful not to
repay one, but it is the height of ingratitude to forget it." Now these do not ...
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Work
... refuse; and all the labour required to keep his cattle in condition: but all that
trouble,' Solomon says, if a man will but undergo it, will repay itself; 'for ...
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The Ark among the Philistines
... to its place." They said, "If you send back the ark of the god of Israel, you must
not send it away empty, but must return to him an offering to repay him for ...
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Psalm VII.
... away by My blood-shedding, in great silence and great patience I bore with My betrayer;
wilt not thou imitate me, that thou too mayest not repay evil for evil? ...
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Thesaurus

Repay (79 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed
or advanced. ... Multi-Version Concordance Repay (79 Occurrences). ...
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Repaying (5 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Repay. Multi-Version Concordance ... Will you repay me? And if you repay
me, I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head. ...
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Requite (42 Occurrences)
... (vt) To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate;
to return (evil) for evil; to punish. ... Will you repay me? ...
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Pay (212 Occurrences)
... Matthew 18:26 The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, saying,'Lord,
have patience with me, and I will repay you all!' (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV ...
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Recompense (79 Occurrences)
... Revelation 22:12 "Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to repay to each
man according to his work. ... Psalms 54:5 He will repay the evil to my enemies. ...
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Vengeance (63 Occurrences)
... God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says
the Lord." (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). 2 Corinthians ...
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Knees (47 Occurrences)
... Matthew 18:26 The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, saying,'Lord,
have patience with me, and I will repay you all!' (See RSV NIV). ...
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Islands (32 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 59:18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, wrath to his
adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense. ...
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Isles (32 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 59:18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his
adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the isles he will repay recompense. ...
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Fell (331 Occurrences)
... Matthew 18:26 The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, saying,'Lord,
have patience with me, and I will repay you all!' (WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV ...
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Bible Concordance

Repay (79 Occurrences)

Matthew 16:27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.
(See NAS RSV)

Matthew 18:25 But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
(See NAS NIV)

Matthew 18:26 The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, saying,'Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!'
(WEB NAS)

Matthew 18:29 "So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying,'Have patience with me, and I will repay you!'
(WEB NAS)

Matthew 18:34 His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him.
(See NAS)

Luke 7:42 When they couldn't pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?"
(See NAS)

Luke 10:35 On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him,'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Luke 14:14 and you will be blessed, because they don't have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous."
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 19:8 Zacchaeus however stood up, and addressing the Lord said, "Here and now, Master, I give half my property to the poor, and if I have unjustly exacted money from any man, I pledge myself to repay to him four times the amount."
(WEY)

Romans 12:17 Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Romans 12:19 Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."
(WEB KJV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Thessalonians 1:6 Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,
(WEB NAS RSV)

1 Timothy 5:4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
(WEB NIV)

2 Timothy 4:14 Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works,
(WEB YLT NAS NIV)

Philemon 1:19 I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self besides).
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Hebrews 10:30 For we know him who said, "Vengeance belongs to me," says the Lord, "I will repay." Again, "The Lord will judge his people."
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 2:23 I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
(See NIV)

Revelation 18:6 Return to her just as she returned, and repay her double as she did, and according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her double.
(WEB WEY RSV)

Revelation 22:12 "Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work.
(WEB RSV)

Genesis 31:39 the torn I have not brought in unto thee -- I, I repay it -- from my hand thou dost seek it; I have been deceived by day, and I have been deceived by night;
(YLT)

Exodus 21:34 the owner of the pit doth repay, money he doth give back to its owner, and the dead is his.
(YLT)

Exodus 22:1 When a man doth steal an ox or sheep, and hath slaughtered it or sold it, five of the herd he doth repay for the ox, and four of the flock for the sheep.
(YLT)

Exodus 22:3 if the sun hath risen upon him, blood 'is' for him, he doth certainly repay; if he have nothing, then he hath been sold for his theft;
(YLT)

Exodus 22:5 When a man depastureth a field or vineyard, and hath sent out his beast, and it hath pastured in the field of another, 'of' the best of his field, and the best of his vineyard, he doth repay.
(YLT)

Exodus 22:6 When fire goeth forth, and hath found thorns, and a stack, or the standing corn, or the field, hath been consumed, he who causeth the burning doth certainly repay.
(YLT)

Exodus 22:11 an oath of Jehovah is between them both, that he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour, and its owner hath accepted, and he doth not repay;
(YLT)

Exodus 22:12 but if it is certainly stolen from him, he doth repay to its owner;
(YLT)

Exodus 22:13 if it is certainly torn, he bringeth it in -- a witness; the torn thing he doth not repay.
(YLT)

Exodus 22:14 And when a man doth ask 'anything' from his neighbour, and it hath been hurt or hath died -- its owner not being with it -- he doth certainly repay;
(YLT)

Exodus 22:15 if its owner 'is' with it, he doth not repay, -- if it 'is' a hired thing, it hath come for its hire.
(YLT)

Leviticus 25:28 But if he isn't able to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the Year of Jubilee: and in the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his property.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 26:34 Then shall the land enjoy its sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye are in your enemies land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy its sabbaths.
(See JPS)

Deuteronomy 7:10 and repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him who hates him, he will repay him to his face.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 32:6 Do you thus requite Yahweh, foolish people and unwise? Isn't he your father who has bought you? He has made you, and established you.
(See NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 32:35 Mine 'are' vengeance and recompense, At the due time -- doth their foot slide; For near is a day of their calamity, And haste do things prepared for them.
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 32:41 If I have sharpened the brightness of My sword, And My hand doth lay hold on judgment, I turn back vengeance to Mine adversaries, And to those hating Me -- I repay!
(YLT NAS NIV)

Ruth 2:12 May Yahweh repay your work, and a full reward be given you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge."
(WEB NIV)

1 Samuel 24:19 and that a man doth find his enemy, and hath sent him away in a good manner; and Jehovah doth repay thee good for that which thou didst to me this day.
(YLT)

1 Samuel 26:23 Yahweh will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; because Yahweh delivered you into my hand today, and I wouldn't put forth my hand against Yahweh's anointed.
(See NAS)

2 Samuel 3:39 I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me. May Yahweh reward the evildoer according to his wickedness."
(See NAS NIV)

2 Samuel 12:6 and the ewe-lamb he doth repay fourfold, because that he hath done this thing, and because that he had no pity.'
(YLT)

2 Samuel 16:12 It may be that Yahweh will look on the wrong done to me, and that Yahweh will repay me good for the cursing of me today."
(WEB RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 19:36 Your servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward?
(WEB)

1 Kings 2:44 The king said moreover to Shimei, "You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father. Therefore Yahweh shall return your wickedness on your own head.
(See NIV)

2 Kings 4:7 And she cometh and declareth to the man of God, and he saith, 'Go, sell the oil, and repay thy loan; and thou 'and' thy sons do live of the rest.'
(YLT)

2 Kings 9:26 'Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons,' says Yahweh;'and I will repay you in this plot of ground,' says Yahweh. Now therefore take and cast him onto the plot of ground, according to the word of Yahweh."
(WEB NAS)

Job 21:19 You say,'God lays up his iniquity for his children.' Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.
(See NAS NIV)

Job 21:31 Who shall declare his way to his face? Who shall repay him what he has done?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)

Job 41:11 Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 28:4 Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.
(See NAS NIV)

Psalms 35:12 They reward me evil for good, To the bereaving of my soul.
(See JPS NAS NIV)

Psalms 37:21 The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.
(Root in YLT NIV)

Psalms 38:20 They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.
(See JPS NAS NIV)

Psalms 41:10 But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Psalms 54:5 He will repay the evil to my enemies. Destroy them in your truth.
(WEB)

Psalms 56:12 On me, O God, 'are' Thy vows, I repay thank-offerings to Thee.
(YLT)

Psalms 103:10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities.
(See NIV)

Psalms 116:12 What shall I render unto Jehovah For all his benefits toward me?
(See JPS NIV)

Proverbs 6:31 And being found he repayeth sevenfold, All the substance of his house he giveth.
(Root in YLT NAS)

Proverbs 19:17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.
(See JPS DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Proverbs 20:22 Do not say, I will give punishment for evil: go on waiting for the Lord, and he will be your saviour.
(See NAS RSV)

Proverbs 24:12 If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?
(See NIV)

Isaiah 59:18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 65:6 See, it is recorded before me, says the Lord: I will not keep back my hand, till I have sent punishment,
(See NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 16:18 First I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled my inheritance with their abominations.
(See NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 25:14 For many nations and great kings shall make bondservants of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 50:29 Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow; encamp against her all around; let none of it escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against Yahweh, against the Holy One of Israel.
(See NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 51:24 I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says Yahweh.
(See NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 51:56 For come in against it -- against Babylon -- hath a spoiler, And captured have been its mighty ones, Broken have been their bows, For the God of recompences -- Jehovah -- doth certainly repay.
(YLT NAS NIV)

Ezekiel 7:3 Now is the end on you, and I will send my anger on you, and will judge you according to your ways; and I will bring on you all your abominations.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 7:4 My eye shall not spare you, neither will I have pity; but I will bring your ways on you, and your abominations shall be in the midst of you: and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 7:8 Now will I shortly pour out my wrath on you, and accomplish my anger against you, and will judge you according to your ways; and I will bring on you all your abominations.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 7:9 My eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will bring on you according to your ways; and your abominations shall be in the midst of you; and you shall know that I, Yahweh, do strike.
(See NAS NIV)

Daniel 11:18 And he turneth back his face to the isles, and hath captured many; and a prince hath caused his reproach of himself to cease; without his reproach he turneth 'it' back to him.
(See NAS)

Hosea 4:9 It will be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Hosea 12:2 Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Hosea 12:14 Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt.
(WEB NIV)

Joel 2:25 I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.
(See NIV)

Joel 3:4 "Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Will you repay me? And if you repay me, I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head.
(WEB NIV)

Subtopics

Reciprocity: General Scriptures Concerning

Repay

Related Terms

Repaying (5 Occurrences)

Requite (42 Occurrences)

Pay (212 Occurrences)

Recompense (79 Occurrences)

Vengeance (63 Occurrences)

Knees (47 Occurrences)

Islands (32 Occurrences)

Isles (32 Occurrences)