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Strong's #2344 - θησαυρός
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- the place in which good and precious things are collected and laid up
- a casket, coffer, or other receptacle, in which valuables are kept
- a treasury
- storehouse, repository, magazine
- the things laid up in a treasury, collected treasures
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θησαυρός, ὁ,
I store, treasure, Ar. Av. 599, etc.; θ. χθονός, of the silvermines of Laureion, A. Pers. 238 (troch.); θ. εὑρεῖν Arist. Pol. 1303b35; ἄνθρακες ὁ θ., prov., 'apples of Sodom', freq. in Luc. Zeux. 2, al.; σποδὸς οἱ θ. γενήσονται Alciphr. 2.3.13: metaph., θ. γλώσσης φειδωλῆς Hes. Op. 719; θ. ὕμνων Pi. P. 6.8; κακῶν E. Ion 923, cf. Hp. Lex; κόμας.., ἱκτήριον θ. S. Aj. 1175; Διὸς θ., of a tomb marking the fall of a thunderbolt, E. Supp. 1010; οἰωνοῖς γλυκὺν θ., of a dead body, S. Ant. 30; of learning, θ., οὓς κατέλιπον ἐν βιβλίοις X. Mem. 1.6.14; σοφίας θ. Pl. Phlb. 15e, Colossians 2:3; χρημάτων καὶ τιμῶν Pl. Mx. 247b; καλὸς θ. παρ' ἀνδρὶ σπουδαίῳ χάρις Isoc. 1.29; ἐκ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ θ. τῆς καρδίας Luke 6:45.
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1. strong-room, magazine, Hdt. 2.150, SIG 419.17 (Delph., iii B.C.), LXX De. 32.34, etc.; esp. of the treasuries built at Delphi by Greek cities, SIG 8 (vi B.C.), Hdt. 1.14, al., X. An. 5.3.5, Str. 4.1.13, etc.; vaults of a bank, PLips. 62ii 14 (iv A.D.).
2. granary, PCair.Zen. 232.4 (iii B.C.), Wilcken Chr. 385.27 (iii B.C.), 192 (i A.D.), etc.; οἱ δημόσιοι θ. PRyl. 90.9 (iii A.D.), cf. POxy. 2119.3 (iii A.D.).
3. receptacle for valuables, safe, casket, Hdt. 7.190, 9.106, Matthew 2:11; θ. βελέεσσιν, of a quiver, A. Pers. 1022 (lyr.).
4. offertory-box (for its form, v. IG 9(2).590), IG 7.235.23 (Oropus, iv B.C.), 12(3).443 (Thera, iii B.C.), Jahrb. 16.162 note 13 (Rhodes, iii B.C.), Schwyzer 89 (Argos, iii B.C.), SIG 1015.30 (Halic.), PTeb. 6.27 (ii B.C.), IG 5(1).1390.89 (Andania, i B.C.); σπονδεῖον ἢ θ. coin-in-the-slot machine which sold holy water, Hero Spir. 1.21.
5. cavern, S. Ichn. 276; subterranean dungeon, Plu. Phil. 19.
θησαυρός, θησαυροῦ, ὁ (from ΘΑΩ (τίθημι) with the paragog. term. θησαυρός); the Sept. often for אוצָר; Latinthesaurus; i. e.
1. the place in which goods and precious things are collected and laid up;
a. a casket, coffer, or other receptacle, in which valuables are kept: Matthew 2:11.
b. a treasury (Herodotus, Euripides, Plato, Aristotle, Diodorus, Plutarch, Herodian; 1 Macc. 3:29).
c. storehouse, repository, magazine (Nehemiah 13:12; Deuteronomy 28:12, etc.; Appendix, Pun. 88, 95): Matthew 13:52 (cf. παλαιός, 1); metaphorically, of the soul, as the repository of thoughts, feelings, purposes, etc.: (Matthew 12:35a G L T Tr WH, 35b); with epexegetical genitive τῆς καρδίας, ibid. 12:35a Rec.; Luke 6:45.
2. the things laid up in a treasury; collected treasures: Matthew 6:19-21; Luke 12:33; Hebrews 11:26. θησαυρόν ἔχειν ἐν οὐρανῷ, to have treasure laid up for themselves in heaven, is used of those to whom God has appointed eternal salvation: Matthew 19:21; Mark 10:21; Luke 18:22; something precious, Matthew 13:44; used thus of the light of the gospel, 2 Corinthians 4:7; with an epexegetical genitive τῆς σοφίας (Xenophon, mem. 4, 2, 9; Plato, Phil., p. 15 e.) καί γνώσεως, equivalent to πᾶσα ἡ σοφία καί γνῶσις ὡς θησαυροί, Colossians 2:3.
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θησαυρός , -οῦ , ὁ
(<τίθημι ),
[in LXX chiefly for H214;]
1. a place of safe keeping;
(a) a casket: Matthew 2:11;
(b) a treasury (1 Maccabees 3:29 and freq. in cl.);
(c) a storehouse (Nehemiah 13:12, Deuteronomy 28:12, al.): Matthew 13:52; metaph., of the soul, Matthew 12:35; τ . καρδίας , Luke 6:45.
2. a treasure: Matthew 6:18-21; Matthew 13:44, Luke 12:33-34, Hebrews 11:26; θ . ἐν οὐρανῷ (v. Dalman, Words, 206 ff.), Matthew 19:21, Mark 10:21, Luke 18:22; of the knowledge of God through Christ, 2 Corinthians 4:7; τ . σοφίας κ . γνώσεως , Colossians 2:3.†
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θησαυρός, which survives in MGr, is very common = ";granary"; or ";storehouse"; for all kinds of agricultural produce, e.g. corn (P Ryl II. 231.8—A.D. 40) and wine (P Flor II. 194.6—A.D. 259) : cf. P Oxy I. 101.29 (A.D. 142) εἰς δημόσιον θησαυρόν, and Ostr 503 (A.D. 109–110) a receipt for a payment ὑπ (ὲρ) θησ (αυροῦ) ἱερῶ (ν). In P Tebt I. 6.27 (B.C. 140–39) in connexion with an Egyptian temple sums are collected—εἰς θησαυροὺς καὶ φιάλας καὶ ποτήρια : the meaning of θησαυρούς has caused the editors difficulty, but Otto (Priester i. P. 396) thinks that the ";collection-box"; is meant. A θησαυροφύλαξ is mentioned in P Fay 225 (ii/iii A.D.).
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