Quick Definition
ἀποτίνω v. I repay, pay what is due
Strong's Definition
from 575 and 5099; to pay in full
KJV Usage: repay
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀποτίνω apotinō 1x
to pay off what is claimed or due; to repay, refund, make good, Phlm. 19*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-τίνω (or -τίω),
[in LXX chiefly for שׂלם pi.;]
to pay off, repay: Phm 19 (MM, s.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀποτίνω. The verb is very common—P Petr I. τό (2.13 (iii/B.c.) ἐὰν δὲ μὴ διαγράψω [kal] μὴ παράσχωμαι Td λοιπὸν ἐμφανὲς ἀποτείσω ἡμιόλιον, P Par 131} (B.c. 157) ἀποτίνειν αὐτὸν τὴν φερνὴν παραχρῆμα σὺν τῇ ἡμιολίᾳ, P Oxy I. 101% (lease of land, a.p. 142) ὃ δ᾽ ἂν προσοφειλέσῃ ὁ μεμισθωμένος ἀποτεισάτω μεθ᾽ ἡμιολίας, 26. 1V. 730° (A.D. 130) al. Inan interesting contract of apprenticeship, P Oxy II. 27527 (A.D. 66) (= Selections, p. 57) the father comes under a ‘* forfeit” for each day of his son’s absence from work— ἀϊπο]τεισάτω ἑκάσίτ]ης ἡμέρας ἀργυρίου [δρ]αχμὴν μίαν. The verb is thus stronger than ἀποδίδωμι, and carries with it the idea of repayment by way of punishment or fine (cf. Gradenwitz Zzm/f. i. p. 85 n‘4), a fact which lends emphasis to its use in Philem?% For the contrast between the two verbs, see P Gen I. 2174 (ii/B.c.), as restored by Wilcken Archiv iii. p. 388, ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀποδῶι καθὰ γέγραπται, ἀποτε[ι]σάτω [παραχ]ρῆμα ἡμι[όλιον, cf. BGU I. 190%, 2nd fragment (Domitian), ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἰσαποδῶι, ἀποτισάτωι παραχρῆμα μεθ᾽ ἡμιολίας], and a similar use of προσαποτίσω in P Leid C1}. From the inscriptions cf. A@zbe/ 5092 where a certain physician of Nicaea records—7roA|A]iv θάλασσαν] καὶ γαῖαν [π]Ἰερι[νο]στήσας τὸ πίεπρωμένον ὧδ᾽ [amé}rewa, 7. ε. “1 died here,” Sy/Z 737°? (ii/A.D.) of an ἰόβακχος “ fined,” etc. The word occurs in P Said Khan 14-28 (B.c. 88) ἐὰν [δὲ κ]αὶ 6 Τ᾽ αθάκης ὀλιγωρήσῃ τὴν [ἄμπεϊλον Kal μὴ ποιήσῃ αὐτὴ[ν] ἔπαφον(9), ἀποτειννυέτω τὸ αὐτὸ ἐπί]τειμον : Radermacher Gr. p. 81 πῇ mentions ἵέννυμι for ζέω, and ἀποτίνυμι in Passio Scillitanorum 6.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀποτίνω (apotinō) — to repay. ἀποτίνω, [Refs 4th c.BC+]future -τείσω: aorist -έτεισ; Thess. 3rd.pers.singular aorist imperative ἀππεισάτον[Refs 2nd c.BC+]:— repay, τιμὴν δ᾽ Ἀργείοις ἀποτινέμεν[Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. pay for a thing, πρὶν.. μνηστῆρας ὑπερβασίην σίην ἀποτεῖσαι [Refs]; Πατρόκλοιο δ᾽ ἕλωρα.. ἀποτείσῃ may atone for making a prey of Patroclus, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σύν τε μεγάλῳ ἀπέτεισαν made atonement with a great price,[Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. more frequently, pay in full, τίσιν οὐκ ἀποτείσει Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπότεισον pay the wager! [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Law παθεῖν ἢ ἀποτεῖσαι are opposed to denote personal or pecuniary penalties, e.g. Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. with accusative person, ἀλάστωρ.. τόνδ᾽ ἀπέτεισεν made him the price, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
5. τὸ πεπρωμένον ἀ. pay the debt of fate, i.e. die, [Refs]
II. middle, ἀποτίνομαι, poetry ἀποτίνῠμαι (frequently written -τίννυμαι) [Refs 8th c.BC+]future -τείσομαι:—to get paid one, exact or require a penalty from, πόλεων δ᾽ ἀπετίνυτο ποινήν[Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2. with accusative person, ἀποτείσασθαί τινα avenge oneself on another, punish him, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.3. with accusative of things, take vengeance for a thing, punish it, εἴ κέ ποτέ σφι βίας ἀποτείσεται[Refs 8th c.BC+]: absolutely, take vengeance, [Refs 6th c.BC+]
