The Greek noun antapodoma (ἀνταπόδομα) means recompense, repayment, or what is paid back in return — a requital for either good or evil. It appears twice in the New Testament (Luke 14:12; Romans 11:9), and the verb antapodidomi appears more widely.
The two New Testament uses of antapodoma illuminate the paradox of kingdom generosity. In Luke 14:12–14, Jesus instructs: invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind to your banquet — those who cannot repay you (antapodounai). Why? Because God will repay (antapodothesetai) at the resurrection. The principle subverts all social reciprocity: the kingdom reward comes not from human networks but from divine antapodoma. In Romans 11:9, Paul quotes Psalm 69:22 about God's judgment — their table becoming a trap. Both uses show that divine recompense operates on a timeline and scale beyond human calculation. Give where no human return is possible; trust God's perfect accounting.