Bible Lexicons
Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary
Strong's #2344 - θησαυρός
- Thayer
- Strong
- Mounce
- Book
- Word
- Parsing
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.
II
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 , -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.†
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
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.).
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
the Sixth Week after Easter