- ἀκροθίνιον
- the topmost part of a heap, the choice part, first-fruits
- ἀκροθίνιον
- spoil, treasure
- (lit: top of a heap), first-fruits, spoil, treasure (taken in war).
- ἀκροθίνιον
- fine spoils
- G:N-N
- 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)
1) top of the heap, the first fruits
1a) best of the spoils or crops
2) the Greeks customarily selected from the topmost part of the heaps and offered this to the gods
1a) best of the spoils or crops
2) the Greeks customarily selected from the topmost part of the heaps and offered this to the gods
ἀκροθίνιον
akrothinion
ak-roth-in'-ee-on
From G206 and θίς this (a heap); properly (in the plural) the top of the heap, that is, (by implication) best of the booty
KJV Usage: spoils.