akrothinion: the top of a heap, i.e. the best of the spoils Original Word: ἀκροθίνιον, ίου, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: akrothinion
Phonetic Spelling: (ak-roth-in'-ee-on)
Short Definition: spoil, treasure
Definition: (lit: top of a heap), first-fruits, spoil, treasure (taken in war).
Word Origin
from the same as akron and this (a heap)
Definition
the top of a heap, i.e. the best of the spoils
NASB Word Usage
choicest spoils (1).
STRONGS NT 205: ἀκροθίνιονἀκροθίνιον, , τό (from ἄκρος extreme, and θίς, genitive θινός, a heap; extremity, topmost part of a heap), generally in plural τά 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.)
spoils. From akron and this (a heap); properly (in the plural) the top of the heap, i.e. (by implication) best of the booty -- spoils. see GREEK akron
ἀκρίδες — 2 Occ.
ἀκρίδων — 1 Occ.
ἀκροατήριον — 1 Occ.
ἀκροαταὶ — 2 Occ.
ἀκροατὴς — 2 Occ.
ἀκροβυστία — 15 Occ.
ἀκροβυστίαν — 3 Occ.
ἀκροβυστίας — 2 Occ.
ἀκρογωνιαῖον — 1 Occ.
ἀκρογωνιαίου — 1 Occ.
ἄκρων — 2 Occ.
ἄκρον — 2 Occ.
ἄκρου — 2 Occ.
Ἀκύλαν — 3 Occ.
Ἀκύλας — 3 Occ.
ἀκυροῖ — 1 Occ.
ἀκυροῦντες — 1 Occ.
ἠκυρώσατε — 1 Occ.
ἀκωλύτως — 1 Occ.
ἄκων — 1 Occ.
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