Dictionary entry

ἀνταποδίδωμι

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀντ-απο-δίδωμι

(ἀντί, ἀποδίδωμι), [in LXX for שׁלם pi., גּמל, שׁוּב hi., etc.;]

to give back as an equivalent, recompense, requital (the ἀντί expressing the idea of full, complete return; v. Lft., Notes, 46);

(a) in favourable sense: Lk 14:14, Ro 11:35, I Th 3:9;

(b) in unfavourable sense: Ro 12:19, II Th 1:6, He 10:30.†