G3800
G3800 — ὀψώνιον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
opsonion (op-so'-nee-on) n.
1. rations for a soldier
2. (by extension) his stipend or pay
[neuter of a presumed derivative of the same as G3795]
KJV: wages
Root(s): G3795
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
wages
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὀψώνιον, ὀψωνιου, τό (from ὄψον — on which see ὀψάριον, at the beginning — and ὠνέομαι to buy), a later Greek word (cf. Sturz, De dial. Maced. et Alex., p. 187; Phryn. ed. Lob., p. 418), properly, whatever is bought to be eaten with bread, as fish, flesh, and the like (see ὀψάριον). And as grain, meat, fruits, salt, were given to soldiers instead of pay (Caesar b. g. 1, 23, 1; Polybius 1, 66f; 3, 13, 8), ὀψώνιον began to signify:
1. universally, a soldier’s pay, allowance (Polybius 6, 39, 12; Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 9, 36), more commonly in the plural (Winers Grammar, 176 (166); Buttmann, 24 (21)) ὀψώνια, properly, that part of a soldier’s support given in place of pay (i. e. rations) and the money in which he is paid (Polybius 1, 67, 1; 6, 39, 15; 1Ma 3:28 1Ma 14:32; 1Es 4:56; Josephus, Antiquities 12, 2, 3): Luk 3:14; 1Co 9:7 (cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 31, 7 d.).
2. metaphorically, wages: singular 2Co 11:8; τῆς ἁμαρτίας, the hire that sin pays, Rom 6:23.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ὀψώνιον (wages)
Luke 3:14
- KJV: And the soldiers likewise demanded of him saying And what shall we do And he said unto them Do violence to no man neither accuse falsely and be content with your wages
- GK: επηρώτων δε αυτόν και στρατευόμενοι λέγοντες και ημείς τι ποιήσομεν και είπε προς αυτούς μηδένα διασείσητε μηδέ συκοφαντήσητε και αρκείσθε τοις οψωνίοις υμών
Romans 6:23
- KJV: For the wages of sin death but the gift of God eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord
- GK: τα γαρ οψώνια της αμαρτίας θάνατος το δε χάρισμα του θεού ζωή αιώνιος εν χριστώ Ιησού τω κυρίω ημών
1 Corinthians 9:7
- KJV: Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof or who feedeth a flock and eateth not of the milk of the flock
- GK: τις στρατεύεται ιδίοις οψωνίοις ποτέ τις φυτεύει αμπελώνα και εκ του καρπού αυτού ουκ εσθίει η τις ποιμαίνει ποίμνην και εκ του γάλακτος της ποίμνης ουκ εσθίει
2 Corinthians 11:8
- KJV: I robbed other churches taking wages to do you service
- GK: άλλας εκκλησίας εσύλησα λαβών οψώνιον προς την υμών διακονίαν