Antimisthia denotes a recompense or return, whether sought in response to affection or received as a fitting penalty.

The attested use denotes a recompense or corresponding return: 2 Corinthians 6:13 uses it in an appeal for a responsive return, while Romans 1:27 places it in the receiving of a penalty fitting the error described.

1. A corresponding return or recompense · dominant

   Both occurrences use the accusative singular feminine form in contexts of a return corresponding to what precedes. In 2 Corinthians 6:13 the APB renders the appeal as "I speak the same recompense as to children: widen your hearts also," while in Romans 1:27 it renders the outcome as receiving "the penalty that was fitting for their error."

   2 Corinthians 6:13Romans 1:27

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with "recompense" in 2 Corinthians 6:13 and with a fitting "penalty" in Romans 1:27. These renderings show the clauses' differing contexts rather than establishing separate lexical meanings.