G205: ἀκροθίνιον
akrothínion · “fine spoils”
Definition
properly (in the plural) the top of the heap, i.e. (by implication) best of the booty
KJV translates it as: spoils
Word origin: from G206 (ἄκρον) and (a heap);
Extended definition
ἀκροθίνιον, -ου, τό
(ἄκρος, θίς, a heap),
prop., the top of a heap, hence, in pl.,
1. first-fruits (Xen.; MM, VGT, see word).
2. In war, the choicest spoils (cf. Hdt., viii, 121 f.): Heb.7:4.
† (AS)
(ἄκρος, θίς, a heap),
prop., the top of a heap, hence, in pl.,
1. first-fruits (Xen.; MM, VGT, see word).
2. In war, the choicest spoils (cf. Hdt., viii, 121 f.): Heb.7:4.
† (AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G205 is translated
- best spoils ×1
Bible verses with G205 (akrothínion)
Akrothínion appears in 1 verse.
- Hebrews 7:4
Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.