compensation

Greek Noun Neuter

ὄψώνιον, -ου, τό (ὀψον- see: ὀψάριον— and ὠνέομαι), [in LXX: I Est.4:56, 1Ma.3:28 1Mac 14:32 *;] 1) provisions, provision-money, soldiers' pay: Luk.3:14, 1Co.9:7. 2) Generally, wages, hire: 2Co.11:8; ὄ. τῆς ἁμαρτίας, Rom.6:23 (see Deiss, BS, 148, 266). (AS)

compensation

Greek Noun Neuter

ὀψώνιον, τό, (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} [Refs]obsonium), τῶν ἀνηλωμάτων πάντων σίτου καὶ ὀψωνίων [Refs 2nd c.BC+]—The word is rejected by [Refs 4th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Neuter

rations for a soldier, i.e. (by extension) his stipend or pay; wages; neuter of a presumed derivative of the same as g3795 (ὀψάριον)