What does ὀψώνιον (opsṓnion) mean in the Bible?
ὀψώνιον (opsṓnion): Military pay or soldier's wages; metaphorically, the earned consequence or "wage" of sin.
Greek · G3800
ὀψώνιον
Compensation
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ὀψώνιον G3800
Pronunciation opsṓnion
What does ὀψώνιον (opsṓnion) mean in the Bible?
ὀψώνιον (opsṓnion): Military pay or soldier's wages; metaphorically, the earned consequence or "wage" of sin.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3800?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include wages (2), [their] support (1), expense (1).
Where does ὀψώνιον (opsṓnion) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 3:14. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1), 2 Corinthians (1), Luke (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It wages 2× Luke 3:14, Romans 6:23
[their] support 1× 2 Corinthians 11:8
expense 1× 1 Corinthians 9:7
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 3:14
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 4
Luke 1 Romans 1 1 Corinthians 1 2 Corinthians 1
Source forms
ὀψωνίοις 2x opsōniois Luke 3:14, 1 Corinthians 9:7
ὀψώνια 1x opsōnia Romans 6:23
ὀψώνιον 1x opsōnion 2 Corinthians 11:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Neuter Plural 2x Luke 3:14, 1 Corinthians 9:7
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x 2 Corinthians 11:8
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural 1x Romans 6:23
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Military pay or soldier's wages; metaphorically, the earned consequence or "wage" of sin.
Strong's G3800
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 3:14 Source Gloss
compensation
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 3:14 Noun Dative Plural Neuter
ὀψωνίοις oywnioiv
pay, wages
Read verse Romans 6:23 Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
ὀψώνια oywnia
pay, wages
Read verse 1 Corinthians 9:7 Noun Dative Plural Neuter
ὀψωνίοις oywnioiv
pay, wages
Read verse 2 Corinthians 11:8 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ὀψώνιον oywnion
pay, wages
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Rom 6:23 1×
Dative · Plural · Neuter Luke 3:14 · 1 Cor 9:7 2×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter 2 Cor 11:8 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
soldiers' pay or compensation for military service
compensation or payment for labor, work, or service rendered
financial support or compensation received from churches
consequence or penalty, metaphorically death as sin's earned compensation
Word Origins
ὀψώνιον is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain