STRONGS G1017:
βραβεῖον,
-ου,
τό, (
βραβεύς the arbiter and director of a contest, who awards the prize; called also
βραβευτής, Latin
designator),
the award to the victor in the games, a prize, (in ecclesiastical Latin
brabeum,
brabium), (
Vulg. bravium):
1 Corinthians 9:24; metaphorically, of the heavenly reward for Christian character,
Philippians 3:14. (Oppian, cyn. 4, 197; Locophron, 1154;
ὑπομονῆς βρ. Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 5, 5 [where see Lightfoot, Gebh. and Harn.];
ἀφθαρσίας, Martyr. Polycarp, 17.)
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