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G205

ἀκροθίνιον

akrothinion

Neuter noun · From ἄκρον (G206) and this (a heap)

From G206 and θίς thís (a heap); properly (in the plural) the top of the heap, i.e. (by implication) best of the booty:—spoils.

Outline

  1. top of the heap, the first fruits
    1. best of the spoils or crops
  2. the Greeks customarily selected from the topmost part of the heaps and offered this to the gods

Usages

Hebrews 7:4

Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

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