Quick Definition
ἀκροθίνιον, ίου, τό n.n. spoil, treasure
Strong's Definition
from 206 and this (a heap); properly (in the plural) the top of the heap, i.e. (by implication) best of the booty
KJV Usage: spoils
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου | ἄκρον + θίς
57.244 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Steal, Rob
the best of the booty, the finest spoils, the most valuable plunder the best part of the booty, particularly that which is offered to deity
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀκροθίνιον, -ου, τό, (fr. ἄκρος extreme, and θίς, gen. θινός, a heap; extremity, topmost part of a heap), generally in plur. τὰ ἀκροθίνια the first-fruits, whether of crops or of spoils (among the Greeks customarily selected from the topmost part of the heaps and offered to the gods, Xen. Cyr. 7, 5, 35); in the Bible only once: Heb. vii. 4, of booty. (Pind., Aeschyl., Hdt., Thue., Plut., al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀκροθίνιον akrothinion 1x
the first-fruits of the produce of the ground, which were taken from the top of the heap and offered to the gods; the best and choicest of the spoils of war, usually collected in a heap, Heb. 7:4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἀκροθίνιον, -ου, τό
(< ἄκρος, θίς, a heap),
prop., the top of a heap, hence, in pl., first-fruits (Xen.; MM, VGT, s.v.).
In war, the choicest spoils (cf. Hdt., viii, 121 f.): He 7:4.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀκροθίνιον. The word is doubtfully restored in Sy// 633 (ii/aA-D.) where it is prescribed that the worshippers shall bring | among other offerings κολλύβων χοίνικες δύο καὶ akpo[θίνιον 3]. Cf. GD/ 25614 4? (Delphi, c. B.c. 395) τὠπόλλωνι τὰ ἀκρόθινα (pointed out by Prof. Thumb). wv aKpos
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀκροθίνιον (akrothinion) — fine spoils. ἀκρο-θίνιον [θῑ], τό, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; mostly plural ἀκρο-θίνια or ἀκρό-θῑνα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: singularἄκρο-θις, ἡ, accusative -θινα[Refs 4th c.BC+]: (ἄκρος, θίς):—topmost or best part of heap; hence, firstfruits of the field, booty, etc., offered to the gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀκρόθινα πολέμου, in [Refs 5th c.BC+], of the Olympic games, as founded from spoils taken in war, compare [Refs].—Properly neuter adjective, [Refs 4th c.BC+] offerings of firstfruits. Post-[Refs 8th c.BC+]