G205
G205 — ἀκροθίνιον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
akrothinion (ak-roth-in'-ee-on) n.
1. (properly, in the plural) the top of the heap
2. (by implication) best of the booty
[from G206 and this "a heap"]
KJV: spoils
Root(s): G206
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
spoils
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