Original: ὀψώνιον

Transliteration: opsṓnion

Phonetic: op-so'-nee-on

Short Definition: Wages

- Original: ὀψώνιον

- Transliteration: Opsonion

- Phonetic: op-so'-nee-on

- Definition:

1. a soldier's pay, allowance

a. that part of the soldier's support given in place of pay [i.e. rations] and the money in which he is paid

2. metaph. wages: hire or pay of sin

- Origin: from a presumed derivative of the same as G3795

- TDNT entry: 14:51,8

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter

- Strong's: Neuter of a presumed derivative of the same as G3795; rations for a soldier that is (by extension) his stipend or pay: - wages.