- Original: ὀψώνιον - Transliteration: Opsonion - Phonetic: op-so'-nee-on - Definition: 1. a soldier's pay, allowance a. that part of the soldier's support given in place of pay [i.e. rations] and the money in which he is paid 2. metaph. wages: hire or pay of sin - Origin: from a presumed derivative of the same as G3795 - TDNT entry: 14:51,8 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter - Strong's: Neuter of a presumed derivative of the same as G3795 ; rations for a soldier that is (by extension) his stipend or pay: - wages. Total KJV Occurrences: 4 • charges, 1 1 Corinthians 9:7 • wages, 3 Luke 3:14; Romans 6:23; 2 Corinthians 11:8