best of the booty

prop., , hence, in pl., the top of a heap (Xen.; MM, , s.v.). first-fruits VGT In war, (cf. Hdt., viii, 121 f.): .† the choicest spoils He 7:4

(lit: top of a heap), first-fruits, spoil, treasure (taken in war).

fine spoils

properly (in the plural) the top of the heap, i.e. (by implication) best of the booty

spoils

ἀκροθίνιον, -ου, τό (ἄκρος, θίς, a heap), prop., the top of a heap, hence, in pl., 1. first-fruits (Xen.; MM, VGT, see word). 2. In war, the choicest spoils (cf. Hdt., viii, 121 f.): Heb.7:4. † (AS)