Treasury

(Mark 12:41; Luke 21:1) a name given by the rabbins to thirteen chests in the temple, called trumpets from their shape. They stood in the court of the women. It would seem probable that this court was sometimes itself called "the treasury" because it contained these repositories.

(Matthew 27:6; Mark 12:41; John 8:20). It does not appear that there was a separate building so called. The name was given to the thirteen brazen chests, called "trumpets," from the form of the opening into which the offerings of the temple worshippers were put. These stood in the outer "court of the women." "Nine chests were for the appointed money-tribute and for the sacrifice-tribute, i.e., money-gifts instead of the sacrifices; four chests for freewill-offerings for wood, incense, temple decoration, and burnt-offerings" (Lightfoot's Hor. Hebrews). 1. (n.) A place or building in which stores of wealth are deposited; especially, a place where public revenues are deposited and kept, and where money is disbursed to defray the expenses of government; hence, also, the place of deposit and disbursement of any collected funds.

2. (n.) That department of a government which has charge of the finances.

3. (n.) A repository of abundance; a storehouse.

4. (n.) Hence, a book or work containing much valuable knowledge, wisdom, wit, or the like; a thesaurus; as, Maunder's Treasury of Botany.

5. (n.) A treasure.

TREASURE; TREASURER; TREASURY

trezh'-ur, trezh'-ur-er, trezh'-ur-i (otsar, genaz, genez, ganzakh, chocen matmon, mickenah, mikhman, `athudh, saphan; gaza, thesauros):

I. In the Old Testament.

1. Treasure

The English word "treasure" has in the Old Testament at least five somewhat distinct meanings as expressed in the words: "treasure," genaz (Aramaic) or genez (Hebrew), usually meaning "the thing stored"; translated "treasures" in Ezra 6:1, but in 5:17 and 7:20 translated "treasure-house": "search made in the king's treasure-house." In Esther 3:9; Esther 4:7 the Hebrew form is translated "treasury," as is ganzakh in 1 Chronicles 28:11.

2. Storehouse:

"Storehouse," not the thing stored but the place of storage; 'otsar means depository, cellar, garner, armory, store or treasure-house. In several places it ought to be translated by some of these words. It is the most frequent word for treasure. the English Revised Version and the American Standard Revised Version both translate in some instances by other words, e.g. 1 Kings 7:51, "treasuries of the house of Yahweh," so also 2 Chronicles 5:1; "treasury" in Nehemiah 7:70, 71, "gave to the treasury a thousand darics of gold"; in Job 38:22, "treasuries of the snow" (compare Proverbs 8:21 Jeremiah 10:13; Jeremiah 51:16 Ezra 2:69).

3. Hidden Riches:

"Treasure" or something concealed. There are 3 Hebrew words with this meaning and all in the King James Version translated "treasure." (1) Matmon, which literally means "a secret storehouse" and so a secreted valuable, usually money buried, and so hidden riches of any kind, hid treasures: "treasure in your sacks" (Genesis 43:23); "dig for it more than for hid treasures" (Job 3:21); "search for her as for hid treasures" (Proverbs 2:4); "We have stores hidden in the field, of wheat," etc. (Jeremiah 41:8). (2) Mikhman, treasure as hidden, used only in Daniel 11:43: "have power over the treasures of gold and silver." (3) Saphan, meaning hidden treasure or valuables concealed: "hidden treasures of the sand" (Deuteronomy 33:19).

4. Strength:

Perhaps the strength of riches and so treasure, the Hebrew word being chocen, from a root meaning to hoard or lay up: "In the house of the righteous is much treasure" (Proverbs 15:6); "They take treasure and precious things" (Ezekiel 22:25).

5. Something Prepared:

"Something prepared," made ready, the Hebrew word being `athudh, meaning "prepared," "ready," therefore something of value and so treasure: "have robbed their treasures," fortifications or other things "made ready" (Isaiah 10:13).

In the Old Testament the Hebrew word most often translated "treasure" is 'otsar. It occurs in the sing. as follows: Deuteronomy 28:12 1 Chronicles 29:8; Nehemiah 10:38 Psalm 17:14; Psalm 135:4 Proverbs 15:16; Proverbs 21:20 Ecclesiastes 2:8 Isaiah 33:6; Daniel 1:2 Hosea 13:15; in the pl.: Deuteronomy 32:34 1 Kings 14:26; 1 Kings 15:18; 2 Kings 12:18; 2 Kings 14:14; 2 Kings 16:8; 2 Kings 18:15; 2 Kings 20:13, 15; 24:13, etc.

The same word is in the King James Version translated "treasuries" in 1 Chronicles 9:26; 1 Chronicles 28:12 2 Chronicles 32:27; Nehemiah 13:12, 13 Psalm 135:7; and "treasury" in Joshua 6:19, 24 Jeremiah 38:11.

II. In the New Testament.

1. Gaza:

There are two words translated "treasure": Gaza is of Persian origin, meaning "treasure." Found only once in Acts 8:27 concerning the Ethiopian "who was over all her (Queen Candace's) treasure." In the compound gazophulakion, "guarding of gaza," the same word appears and the compound is translated "treasury" in Mark 12:41, 43 parallel Luke 21:1 John 8:20.

See TEMPLE; TREASURY (OF TEMPLE).

2. Thesauros:

The word thesauros means literally, a "deposit," so wealth and treasure. Evidently throughout the New Testament it has a twofold usage as describing

(1) material treasure, either money or other valuable material possession, and

(2) spiritual treasure, e.g. "like unto treasure hid in a field" (Matthew 13:44); "good treasure of the heart" (Matthew 12:35).

Other references to material treasure are Matthew 6:21; Matthew 13:52 Luke 12:21, 34, etc. References to spiritual treasure are Matthew 19:21 Mark 10:21 Luke 6:45; Luke 12:33; Luke 18:22; plural Matthew 6:20 Colossians 2:3.

In Matthew 27:6 the word for "treasury" is korbanas; compare the Revised Version margin.

See CORBAN.

TREASURY, (OF TEMPLE)

trezh'-ur-i ('otsar, usually; ganzakh, 1 Chronicles 28:11; gazophulakion, korbanas):

1. Origin of the Treasury:

The need of a "treasury" in connection with the house of Yahweh would early be felt for the reception of the offerings of the people, of tithes, and of the spoils of war dedicated to Yahweh. Already in Joshua 6:19, 24, therefore, we read of a "treasury of the house of Yahweh," into which "the silver and gold, and vessels of brass and iron," taken at Jericho, were brought. In the reign of David, and in his plans for the future temple, great prominence is given to the "treasuries." In 1 Chronicles 26:20; are given the names of those who were over "the treasures of the house of God," and over "the treasures of the dedicated things" ("the spoil won in battles," 26:27), the latter being applied "to repair the house of Yahweh."

2. The Solomonic Temple:

In David's plans for Solomon the "treasuries" (ganzakkim) are mentioned with the "porch," "the houses," the "upper rooms," the "inner chambers" of the Temple (1 Chronicles 28:11); and the same distinction is made of "the treasuries ('otsroth) of the house of God," and "the treasuries of the dedicated things" (1 Chronicles 28:12). In the accounts of the actual building of the Temple, "treasuries" are not mentioned, but subsequent notices give ample evidence of their existence. In the narratives of the repeated plunderings of the Temple (see TEMPLE), constant allusion is made to the carrying away of "the treasures of the house of Yahweh" and "the treasures of the king's house" or palace (1 Kings 14:26; 1 Kings 15:15, 18 2 Kings 12:18; 2 Kings 14:14; 2 Kings 16:8; 2 Kings 18:15; 2 Kings 24:13). In the episode of Jehoash's repair of the Temple (2 Kings 12 2 Chronicles 24), we have a refreshing glimpse of the presence and uses of the treasury; but this brighter gleam is soon swallowed up again in darkness. Of the larger store-chambers we get a glance in Jeremiah, where we are told that "the house of the king" was "under the treasury" (38:11), i.e. on a lower level under the south wall.

3. The Second Temple:

The Book of Ne introduces us to treasury-chambers in the second temple-now used for the voluntary offerings (tithes) of the people-grain, and wine, and oil (Nehemiah 13:4;; compare Malachi 3:10). A certain Meshullam had repaired the city wall "over against his chamber" (Nehemiah 3:30), and he, with other Levites, kept "the watch at the storehouses of the gates" (Nehemiah 12:25). These gates were probably gates of exit on the southern side, as in the Herodian temple.

4. Herod's Temple in the New Testament:

In Herod's temple the name "treasury" was specially given to the "court of the women" (see TEMPLE, HEROD'S), where were 13 trumpet-shaped boxes for the reception of the offerings of the worshippers. It was here that Jesus saw the poor widow cast in her two mites (Mark 12:41 Luke 21:1-4), and the court is expressly named the "treasury" in John 8:20: "These words spake he in the treasury, as he taught in the temple." It is a legitimate deduction that this court was the ordinary scene of the Lord's ministry when teaching in the temple.

See also TREASURE, TREASURER, TREASURY.

W. Shaw Caldecott

1049. gazophulakion -- treasury
... treasury. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: gazophulakion Phonetic Spelling:
(gad-zof-oo-lak'-ee-on) Short Definition: a treasury Definition: a ...
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2878b. korbanas -- treasury
... treasury. Transliteration: korbanas Short Definition: treasury. Word Origin of Hebrew
origin qorban Definition treasury NASB Word Usage temple treasury (1). ...
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2878. korban -- an offering
... duty to God to care for aged parents (etc.). gift to God, corban, treasury.
Korbanas (kor-ban-as') of Hebrew and Chaldee origin ...
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2855. kollubistes -- a moneychanger
... kol-loo-bis-tace') Short Definition: a money-changer Definition: a money-changer,
who changed heathen into Jewish money, for payment into the Temple treasury. ...
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1047. gaza -- treasure
... treasure. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: gaza Phonetic Spelling:
(gad'-zah) Short Definition: treasure Definition: treasure, treasury. ...
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5009. tameion -- an inner chamber
... Word Origin later form of tamieion (treasury) Definition an inner chamber NASB
Word Usage inner room (1), inner rooms (2), storeroom (1). ...
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1597. ganzak -- treasury
... 1596, 1597. ganzak. 1598 . treasury. Transliteration: ganzak Phonetic
Spelling: (ghin-zak') Short Definition: storehouses. ... treasury. ...
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214. otsar -- treasure, store, a treasury, storehouse
... 213, 214. otsar. 215 . treasure, store, a treasury, storehouse. Transliteration:
otsar Phonetic Spelling: (o-tsaw') Short Definition: treasures. ...
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1595. genez -- treasury, perhaps chests
... 1594, 1595. genez. 1596 . treasury, perhaps chests. Transliteration: genez
Phonetic Spelling: (gheh'-nez) Short Definition: treasuries. ... chest, treasury. ...
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674. appethom -- perhaps treasury
... 673, 674. appethom. 675 . perhaps treasury. Transliteration: appethom
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-pe-thome') Short Definition: revenue. ...
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1596. genaz -- a treasure
... Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding to genez Definition a treasure NASB Word
Usage treasure (1), treasures (1), treasury (1). treasure. ...
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1004. bayith -- a house
... places (1), prison* (15), residence (1), room (6), rooms (1), shrine* (1), temple
(36), temple to the house (1), temples (2), tomb (1), treasury* (1), turned ...
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1005. bayith -- a house
... Aramaic) corresponding to bayith Definition a house NASB Word Usage archives* (1),
hall (1), house (30), houses (2), residence (1), temple (7), treasury (1). ...
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5232. nekas -- riches, property
... goods. Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding to nekes Definition riches, property
NASB Word Usage goods (1), treasury (1). goods. (Aramaic ...
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The Treasury of Sacred Song
The Treasury of Sacred Song. <. The Treasury of Sacred Song Francis
Turner Palgrave. Table of Contents. Title Page. EXTREMUM ...
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The Householder and his Treasury.
... Book X. 15. The Householder and His Treasury. Now since "every scribe who
has been made a disciple to the kingdom of heaven is like ...
/.../origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/15 the householder and his.htm

The Treasury must Restore Lands, Gardens, and Houses to the ...
... Book II. Chapter XXXIX."The Treasury must restore Lands, Gardens, and Houses
to the Churches. "Nor shall the treasury itself, should ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xxxix the treasury must restore.htm

The Treasury of Sacred Song
The Treasury of Sacred Song. <. ... Title Page. THE TREASURY OF SACRED
SONG FT PALGRAVE. LONDON: HENRY FROWDE. OXFORD UNIVERSITY ...
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How Constantius his Father, Being Reproached with Poverty by ...
... Book I. Chapter XIV."How Constantius his Father, being reproached with Poverty by
Diocletian, filled his Treasury, and afterwards restored the Money to those ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xiv how constantius his father.htm

Death was Weeping for Her, Even for Sheol, when He Saw Her ...
... Hymn XXXVII. Death was weeping for her, even for Sheol, when he saw her
treasury that it was emptied. 1. Death was weeping for her ...
/.../hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn xxxvii death was weeping.htm

To the Right Hon. Henry Pelham, First Lord Commissioner of the ...
... TO THE RIGHT HON. HENRY PELHAM, FIRST LORD COMMISSIONER OF THE TREASURY,
AND CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. PREFACE. Few ages have ...
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Observing the Offerings and Widow's Mites.
... b 41 And he sat down over against the treasury [It is said that ... c 1 And he looked
up, and saw the rich men that were casting their gifts into the treasury. ...
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How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds
The Treasury of Sacred Song. <. ... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First
CCXXVI How sweet the Name of JESUS sounds. In a believer's ear! ...
/.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/ccxxvi how sweet the name.htm

Christ's Nativity
The Treasury of Sacred Song. <. ... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First I CHRIST'S
NATIVITY. W. Dunbar. Now gladdeth every living cre?�ture,. ...
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Treasury (25 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) Hence, a book or work containing much valuable knowledge, wisdom, wit, or
the like; a thesaurus; as, Maunder's Treasury of Botany. 5. (n.) A treasure. ...
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Treasurer (6 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) One who has the care of a treasure or treasure or
treasury; an officer ... Standard Bible Encyclopedia. TREASURE; TREASURER; TREASURY. ...
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Treasure (66 Occurrences)
... with up; as, to treasure up gold. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. TREASURE;
TREASURER; TREASURY. trezh'-ur, trezh'-ur-er, trezh'-ur ...
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Casting (54 Occurrences)
... Mark 12:41 And Jesus, having sat down opposite the treasury, saw how the crowd was
casting money into the treasury; and many rich cast in much. (DBY). ...
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Rich (140 Occurrences)
... 2. (superl.) Hence, in general, well supplied; abounding; abundant; copious; bountiful;
as, a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop. ...
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Darics (5 Occurrences)
... Ezra 2:69 they gave after their ability into the treasury of the work sixty-one
thousand darics of gold, and five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred ...
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Putting (278 Occurrences)
... Mark 12:41 And Jesus having sat down over-against the treasury, was beholding how
the multitude do put brass into the treasury, and many rich were putting in ...
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Taxing (3 Occurrences)
... Josephus speaks of the large amounts accruing to the temple-treasury from this source
(Ant., XIV, vii, 2). It was still collected as the distinctive temple-tax ...
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Tax (43 Occurrences)
... Josephus speaks of the large amounts accruing to the temple-treasury from this source
(Ant., XIV, vii, 2). It was still collected as the distinctive temple-tax ...
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Opposite (137 Occurrences)
... (WEB BBE NAS RSV). Mark 12:41 Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how
the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much. ...
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