Strong G661ἀποτίνω
to repay
- Transliteration
- apotinō
- Pronunciation
- ap-ot-ee'-no
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀπο-τίνω (or -τίω)
[in LXX chiefly for שׂוּם pi.;]
to pay off, repay: Phm 19 (MM, see word).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for שׂוּם pi.;]
to pay off, repay: Phm 19 (MM, see word).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G661 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- repay1
First verses
- Philemon 1:19I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀποτίνω,
[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus ἀπυτείω “IG” 5(2).6.43 (Tegea, 4th c.BC),)]future -τείσω: aorist -έτεισ; Thess. 3rd.pers.singular aorist imperative ἀππεισάτον[Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. work]9(2).1229 (2nd c.BC))]:— repay, τιμὴν δ᾽ Ἀργείοις ἀποτινέμεν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.286; εὐεργεσίας ἀποτίνειν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.235.)]
2 pay for a thing, πρὶν.. μνηστῆρας ὑπερβασίην σίην ἀποτεῖσαι [Refs ([prev. work] 13.193)]; Πατρόκλοιο δ᾽ ἕλωρα.. ἀποτείσῃ may atone for making a prey of Patroclus, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.93)]; σύν τε μεγάλῳ ἀπέτεισαν made atonement with a great price,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 4.161; ἀ. αἷμα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1338 (Lyric poetry); πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1352.)]
3 more frequently, pay in full, τίσιν οὐκ ἀποτείσει Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.56, compare 3.109; ζημίην [prev. author] 2.65; ἀργύριον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1255; ἐγγύας 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.12, compare 5.63; χρήματα 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.29; ἀξίαν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 30.1)]; ἀπότεισον pay the wager! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1059)]; in Law παθεῖν ἢ ἀποτεῖσαι are opposed to denote personal or pecuniary penalties, e.g. Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.47, compare [prev. work]25; τί ἄξιός εἰμι παθεῖν ἢ ἀ.; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 36b, compare “Plt.” 299a, “Lg.” 843b, +others)]
4 with accusative person, ἀλάστωρ.. τόνδ᾽ ἀπέτεισεν made him the price, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1503 (Lyric poetry).)]
5 τὸ πεπρωμένον ἀ. pay the debt of fate, i.e. die, [Refs (epigram Gr. 509 (Thess.).)]
II middle, ἀποτίνομαι, poetry ἀποτίνῠμαι (frequently written -τίννυμαι) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.398, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 247 (assuming variant), 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 362, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.65:)]future -τείσομαι:—to get paid one, exact or require a penalty from, πόλεων δ᾽ ἀπετίνυτο ποινήν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.398, etc.: with double _accusative_, ἀποτείσασθαι δίκην ἐχθρούς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 852; δέκα τάλαντ᾽ ἀ. 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 317 (uncertain), etc.)]
II.2 with accusative person, ἀποτείσασθαί τινα avenge oneself on another, punish him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.24, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.4.35, etc.)]
II.3 with accusative of things, take vengeance for a thing, punish it, εἴ κέ ποτέ σφι βίας ἀποτείσεται[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.216, compare 16.255; τὰ παράνομα.. θεὸς ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 684: with _genitive_ _of things_, ἀ. τῶν.. ἱρῶν κατακαυθέντων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.101, see above 1.2)]: absolutely, take vengeance, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus [same place], 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 4.16. [ἀποτίνω] has ῑ by position before νϝ in _Epic dialect_, ῐ in _Attic dialect_ For ἀποτίνυμαι, which has ῑ by nature, ἀποτείνυμαι should perhaps be read in early texts; compare {ἀποτίνυμι}])]
[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus ἀπυτείω “IG” 5(2).6.43 (Tegea, 4th c.BC),)]future -τείσω: aorist -έτεισ; Thess. 3rd.pers.singular aorist imperative ἀππεισάτον[Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. work]9(2).1229 (2nd c.BC))]:— repay, τιμὴν δ᾽ Ἀργείοις ἀποτινέμεν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.286; εὐεργεσίας ἀποτίνειν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.235.)]
2 pay for a thing, πρὶν.. μνηστῆρας ὑπερβασίην σίην ἀποτεῖσαι [Refs ([prev. work] 13.193)]; Πατρόκλοιο δ᾽ ἕλωρα.. ἀποτείσῃ may atone for making a prey of Patroclus, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.93)]; σύν τε μεγάλῳ ἀπέτεισαν made atonement with a great price,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 4.161; ἀ. αἷμα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1338 (Lyric poetry); πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1352.)]
3 more frequently, pay in full, τίσιν οὐκ ἀποτείσει Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.56, compare 3.109; ζημίην [prev. author] 2.65; ἀργύριον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1255; ἐγγύας 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.12, compare 5.63; χρήματα 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.29; ἀξίαν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 30.1)]; ἀπότεισον pay the wager! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1059)]; in Law παθεῖν ἢ ἀποτεῖσαι are opposed to denote personal or pecuniary penalties, e.g. Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.47, compare [prev. work]25; τί ἄξιός εἰμι παθεῖν ἢ ἀ.; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 36b, compare “Plt.” 299a, “Lg.” 843b, +others)]
4 with accusative person, ἀλάστωρ.. τόνδ᾽ ἀπέτεισεν made him the price, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1503 (Lyric poetry).)]
5 τὸ πεπρωμένον ἀ. pay the debt of fate, i.e. die, [Refs (epigram Gr. 509 (Thess.).)]
II middle, ἀποτίνομαι, poetry ἀποτίνῠμαι (frequently written -τίννυμαι) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.398, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 247 (assuming variant), 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 362, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.65:)]future -τείσομαι:—to get paid one, exact or require a penalty from, πόλεων δ᾽ ἀπετίνυτο ποινήν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.398, etc.: with double _accusative_, ἀποτείσασθαι δίκην ἐχθρούς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 852; δέκα τάλαντ᾽ ἀ. 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 317 (uncertain), etc.)]
II.2 with accusative person, ἀποτείσασθαί τινα avenge oneself on another, punish him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.24, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.4.35, etc.)]
II.3 with accusative of things, take vengeance for a thing, punish it, εἴ κέ ποτέ σφι βίας ἀποτείσεται[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.216, compare 16.255; τὰ παράνομα.. θεὸς ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 684: with _genitive_ _of things_, ἀ. τῶν.. ἱρῶν κατακαυθέντων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.101, see above 1.2)]: absolutely, take vengeance, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus [same place], 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 4.16. [ἀποτίνω] has ῑ by position before νϝ in _Epic dialect_, ῐ in _Attic dialect_ For ἀποτίνυμαι, which has ῑ by nature, ἀποτείνυμαι should perhaps be read in early texts; compare {ἀποτίνυμι}])]