to pay
apodidomi denotes discharging what is due, whether a debt, obligation, recompense, entrusted item, or account.
The verb most often concerns discharging an obligation or amount due, including debts, wages, taxes, and other owed payments. Its observed range also includes recompensing conduct, handing back or granting something, producing a result, and giving an account.
Senses in use
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Discharging what is owed · dominant
The verb marks payment or fulfillment of an obligation: in Matthew 18:28 the APB renders the demand, "Pay what you owe," while Matthew 20:8 concerns paying workers their wage. It also occurs for dues to authorities in Romans 13:7 and for repayment within a household in 1 Timothy 5:4.
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Requiting deeds, good or evil · common
In contexts of conduct and its outcome, the verb expresses a return corresponding to what was done. In Romans 2:6 the APB renders that each will be paid according to works; 2 Timothy 4:14 similarly concerns repayment according to deeds, while Romans 12:17 prohibits repaying evil for evil.
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Giving, returning, or producing · common
The verb can describe transferring something to another or bringing forth a result. In Luke 4:20 the APB renders the aorist participle as giving the scroll back to the attendant, and Luke 9:42 describes the child being returned to his father. In Hebrews 12:11, the present form occurs where discipline "yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness."
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Giving an account · occasional
In accountability clauses, the verb is used with the act of answering for one’s words, actions, or oversight. Matthew 12:36 says people will "give account" for every careless word, and Hebrews 13:17 describes leaders as those who will have to give an account.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB varies among "pay," "repay," "render," "give," "reward," "yield," and "give an account." Because its English is a whole-verse translation, these renderings reflect the clauses’ differing situations rather than fixed English equivalents.