Ὀψώνιον

allowance, provision-money, salary, wage

Translated by Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝22 Jul 2003Vetting: high6 revisions

13 words

In the Holy Scripture [this means] the livelihood that has been set apart.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὀψώνιον· παρὰ τῇ θείᾳ γραφῇ ἡ ἀφωρισμένη τροφή.

Betacode

*)oyw/nion: para\ th=| qei/a| grafh=| h( a)fwrisme/nh trofh/.

cf. Theodoret (PG 82, 441a) on 2 Corinthians 11:8 ('I took an opsonion and plundered other churches in order to serve you').
See also omicron 1092.

Revision history6 revisions · last 20 May 2016

20 May 2016coding — David Whitehead
4 Aug 2013Revised — David Whitehead
1 Dec 2005more keywords — David Whitehead
22 Jul 2003modified note — Catharine Roth
22 Jul 2003corrected my x-ref — David Whitehead
22 Jul 2003augmented headword; added notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
22 Jul 2003Translated — Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝