Dictionaries :: Reward (Noun and Verb)

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Reward (Noun and Verb):

primarily "wages, hire," and then, generally, "reward,"

(a) received in this life, Mat 5:46; 6:2, 5, 16; Rom 4:4; 1Cr 9:17, 18; of evil "rewards," Act 1:18; see also HIRE;

(b) to be received hereafter, Mat 5:12; 10:41 (twice), 42; Mar 9:41; Luk 6:23, 35; 1Cr 3:8, 14; 2Jo 1:8; Rev 11:18; 22:12.
See WAGES.

Notes:

(1) In Luk 23:41, axios, "worthy, befitting," used in the plur., is rendered "the due reward," lit., "things worthy."

(2) For antapodosis, rendered "reward" in Col 3:24, AV, see RECOMPENSE.

(3) For katabrabeuo, "to rob of a reward," Col 2:18, see BEGUILE, Note and ROB.

Reward (Noun and Verb):

"to give back," is nowhere translated "to reward" in the RV; AV, Mat 6:4, 6, 18 (see RECOMPENSE, B. No. 2); Mat 16:27; 2Ti 4:14; Rev 18:6 (see RENDER).