ὀψώνιον
opsōnion · wages
Greek word · Strong’s number G3800 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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opsōnion (ὀψώνιον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “wages”.
Pay, a soldier's pay.
How to say it
op·sō·ni·on
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- What is paid for work; the costs.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- wages ×2
- expense ×1
- pay ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 3:14
And soldiers also were asking him, saying, “And we, what should we do?” And he said to them, “Extort money from no one and do not accuse anyone falsely, and be content with your wages.”
- Romans 6:23
For the pay of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in the Messiah Jesus our Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 9:7
Who ever serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not eat from the milk of the flock?
- 2 Corinthians 11:8
I robbed other assemblies by taking wages from them for serving you.