STRONGS G3800:
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; 1 Macc. 3:28 1 Macc. 14:32; 1 Esdr. 4:56;
Josephus, Antiquities 12, 2, 3):
Luke 3:14;
1 Corinthians 9:7 (cf.
Winer's Grammar, § 31, 7 d.).
2. metaphorically,
wages: singular
2 Corinthians 11:8;
τῆς ἁμαρτίας, the hire that sin pays,
Romans 6:23.
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