Strong's Lexicon
G205
G205 — ἀκροθίνιον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G205 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀκροθίνιον |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G206 and this "a heap" |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | akrothinion |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ak-roth-in'-ee-on |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly, in the plural) the top of the heap 2. (by implication) best of the booty |
| KJV Renderings: | spoils |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀκροθίνιον, , τό (from ἄκρος extreme, and θίς, genitive θινός, a heap; extremity, topmost part of a heap), generally in plural τά ἀκροθίνια the first-fruits, whether of crops or of spoils (among the Greeks customarily selected from the topmost part of the heaps and offered to the gods, Xenophon, Cyril 7, 5, 35); in the Bible only once: Heb 7:4, of booty. (Pindar, Aeschylus, Herodotus, Thucydides, Plutarch, others.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀκροθίνιον (spoils)
Hebrews 7:4
- KJV: Now consider how great this man unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils
- GK: θεωρείτε δε πηλίκος ούτος ω και δεκάτην Αβραάμ έδωκεν εκ των ακροθινίων ο πατριάρχης