Lexicon :: Strong's G205 - akrothinion

ἀκροθίνιον
Transliteration
akrothinion (Key)
Pronunciation
ak-roth-in'-ee-on
Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄκρον (G206) and this (a heap)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἀκροθίνιον akrothínion, ak-roth-in'-ee-on; from G206 and θίς thís (a heap); properly (in the plural) the top of the heap, i.e. (by implication) best of the booty:—spoils.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G205 in the following manner: spoils (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G205 in the following manner: spoils (1x).

  1. top of the heap, the first fruits

    1. best of the spoils or crops

  2. the Greeks customarily selected from the topmost part of the heaps and offered this to the gods

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀκροθίνιον akrothínion, ak-roth-in'-ee-on; from G206 and θίς thís (a heap); properly (in the plural) the top of the heap, i.e. (by implication) best of the booty:—spoils.
STRONGS G205:
ἀκροθίνιον, -ου, τό, (from ἄκρος extreme, and θίς, genitive θινός, a heap; extremity, topmost part of a heap), generally in plural τὰ 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: Hebrews 7:4, of booty. (Pindar, Aeschylus, Herodotus, Thucydides, Plutarch, others.)
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Hebrews
7:4