noun · neuter
akrothiniem
Greekἀκροθίνιον (akrothinion)
Strong’sG205
spoil, treasure
stem akrothini-once in the New Testament1 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* ἀκροθίνιον, -ου, τό
(< ἄκρος, θίς, a heap),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G205 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidak-roth-in'-ee-on
properly (in the plural) the top of the heap, i.e. (by implication) best of the booty
Fromfrom G206 and θίς (a heap);
King Jamesspoils.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | akrothiniem | akrothinieim |
| of, belonging to genitive | akrothinieu | akrothinieiu1×ἀκροθινίων |
| to, for dative | akrothinie | akrothiniei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
akrothinie is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
akrothinieiu“spoils”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Hebrews 7:4“spoils”Theōravōr de pēlikos houtos ho dekatan Abraam dōata ek teiu akrothinieiu tos patriarchos.Consider how great Melchizedek was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder.