noun · neuter
opsōniem
Strong’sG3800
pay, wages
stem opsōni-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
**† ὄψώνιον, -ου, τό
(< ὄψον—v.s. ὀψάριον—and ὠνέομαι), [in LXX: I Es 4:56, I Mac 3:28 14:32*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3800 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidop-so'-nee-on
rations for a soldier, i.e. (by extension) his stipend or pay
Fromneuter of a presumed derivative of the same as G3795;
King Jameswages.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(ὄψον, ὠνέομαι) salary, reckoned in money, τό τε ὀ. καὶ σιτομετρίαν καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον Refs 3rd c.BC+; μετρήματα καὶ ὀ. corn- and money-payments, Refs 2nd c.BC+; φυλακιτῶν Refs 3rd c.BC+; of a bank clerk, Refs 3rd c.BC+; χωρὶς ὀψωνίων, of unsalaried services, Refs 1st c.BC+
2 a policeman's pay, Refs 3rd c.BC+; frequently a soldier's pay, Refs 3rd c.BC+: so in plural, pay of an army, LXX+4th c.BC+
3 allowance paid to a victorious athlete, Refs 2nd c.AD+; allowance or scholarship paid to a music-student, προδοῦναί μοι τὸ ὀ. καὶ τὸ κατὰ μῆνα ἀνάλωμα Refs 3rd c.BC+; allowance to a son or daughter, Refs 1st c.AD+; to a slave, distinguished from ἱματις μός, Refs 3rd c.BC+
4 wages of labour, τὰ σώματα ἐνοχλεῖ ἡμᾶς τὰ ὀ. ἀπαιτοῦντα Refs 3rd c.BC+; ἀρτάβην κριθῆς εἰς λόγον ὀψωνίων Refs 3rd c.AD+ the wages of sin, NT
5 a magician's fee, Refs
6 gratuity to tax-farmers, Refs
7 ={ὄψον} Refsobsonium), τῶν ἀνηλωμάτων πάντων σίτου καὶ ὀψωνίων Refs 2nd c.BC+—The word is rejected by Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | opsōniem | opsōnieim1×ὀψώνια |
| of, belonging to genitive | opsōnieu | opsōnieiu |
| to, for dative | opsōnie | opsōniei2×ὀψωνίοις |
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
opsōnie 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
opsōnieim“wages”subject or objectdirect plural1×
Romans 6:23teim gar opsōnieim tau hamartau thanatos, tem de charismem …For the wages of sin is death, but the …
opsōniei“wages”to, fordative plural2×
Luke 3:14… diaseiaveia mēde sukofantaveia, kai arkovōr tei opsōniei vu.… he said. “Be content with your wages.”
1 Corinthians 9:7tinos strateuotō idiei opsōniei pote? tinos futeuatō ampelōnon kai ton …… as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does …
opsōniem1×
2 Corinthians 11:8allosain ekklēsain sulama labarantos opsōniem pros tan vu diakonian,… robbed other churches by accepting their support in order to serve you.