Opsonion means “wages” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3800 — kethem in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3800 ὀψώνιον (opsonion) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. opsonion (op-so'-nee-on) n. 1. rations for a soldier 2. (by extension) his stipend or pay It has 7 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include wages and soldiers. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
opsonion (op-so'-nee-on) n. 1. rations for a soldier 2. (by extension) his stipend or pay [neuter of a presumed derivative of the same as G3795] KJV: wages Root(s): G3795
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3800. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
compensation
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render opsonion, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G3800 (ὀψώνιον) appears 3 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
4 indexed usages in New Testament.
And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And he commanded to give to all that kept the city pensions and wages.
He opened also his treasure, and gave his soldiers pay for a year, commanding them to be ready whensoever he should need them.
at which time Simon rose up, and fought for his nation, and spent much of his own substance, and armed the valiant men of his nation, and gave them wages,
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3800.
And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.
And he commanded to give to all that kept the city pensions and wages.
He opened also his treasure, and gave his soldiers pay for a year, commanding them to be ready whensoever he should need them.
at which time Simon rose up, and fought for his nation, and spent much of his own substance, and armed the valiant men of his nation, and gave them wages,
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3800, grouped by book.
Opsonion (Strong's G3800) is a Greek word most simply glossed "wages". opsonion (op-so'-nee-on) n. 1. rations for a soldier 2. (by extension) his stipend or pay
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's G3800 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3800 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as wages and soldiers. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3800, with linked reader references where each row is available.