ἀπο-θήκη G0596
A storehouse or barn for storing harvested grain; used figuratively of God's eschatological gathering or provision.
In the ancient Mediterranean world, the apotheke was the essential destination of every harvest -- the barn or granary where grain was safely stored. Jesus draws on this familiar image in strikingly different ways: to reassure anxious disciples that God feeds the birds without any barns at all (Matt 6:26; Luke 12:24), to picture the final separation of wheat and chaff (Matt 3:12; Luke 3:17), and to dramatize the folly of the rich man who builds bigger barns while ignoring his soul (Luke 12:18). The word thus bridges the everyday agricultural world and the theology of divine provision and judgment.
Senses
1. storehouse, barn, granary — A structure for storing harvested grain or agricultural produce -- a barn, granary, or storehouse. Cross-lingual glosses confirm the agricultural specificity: Spanish 'granero' (grain-store), French 'grange' (barn), English 'barn/barns.' In every NT occurrence the image serves a theological point: God's care surpassing barns (Matt 6:26), eschatological gathering of wheat into the storehouse (Matt 3:12; Matt 13:30), or the rich fool's misplaced trust in storage (Luke 12:18). 6×
AR["الْمَخْزَنِ", "مَخازِنَ", "مَخزَنِي", "مَخَازِنِي", "مَخْزَنِهِ", "مُسْتَوْدَعٌ"]·ben["গোলায়", "গোলায়-", "ভাণ্ডারে;", "শস্যাগার"]·DE["ἀποθήκας", "ἀποθήκας--", "ἀποθήκη", "ἀποθήκην"]·EN["a-barn", "barn", "barns", "storehouse"]·FR["grange"]·heb["אֲסָם", "אֲסָמִים", "אָסָם", "הָאֲסָמִים", "מַחְסָן"]·HI["कोथअर-मेइन", "खत्तियानों-को", "खत्ती", "खत्ते-में", "खत्तों-में", "भण्डार"]·ID["itu", "lumbung", "lumbung;"]·IT["granaio"]·jav["lumbung", "lumbungipun;"]·KO["곳간에", "창고", "창고--", "창고-에", "창고가", "창고를"]·PT["celeiro", "celeiros"]·RU["житницу", "житницы"]·ES["granero", "graneros"]·SW["ghala"]·TR["ambar", "ambara", "ambarlara", "ambarlarımı", "ambarıma"]·urd["گودام", "گودام-میں", "گوداموں"]
Related Senses
H1129 1. Qal: build, construct (316×)H2691a 1. court, courtyard, enclosure (142×)G4864 1. synagogue, place of Jewish assembly (56×)G5438 1. prison, place of confinement (41×)H4013 1. fortress, stronghold (37×)H0875 1. well, cistern (dug water source) (35×)H0352b 1. pillar or jamb of gateway (32×)H2474 1. window, opening in wall (32×)H1406 1. roof / rooftop (31×)H4609b 1. steps, stairs, stairway (31×)H1129 2. Nifal: be built, be established (30×)H0361 1. portico, porch (architectural structure) (27×)H1129 3. Qal participle: builder (27×)H1219 1. fortified, inaccessible (25×)H4581 1. fortress, stronghold (25×)H3805 1. capital of a pillar (24×)H4350 1. stand, base, pedestal (24×)H0759 1. palace, royal residence (21×)H4692 1. siege, besiegement (20×)G3618 1. build or construct physically (19×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀπο-θήκη, ἡ, any place wherein to lay up a thing, magazine, storehouse, Refs 5th c.BC+burial-place, Refs __2 refuge, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II anything laid by, store, ἀποθήκην ποιεῖσθαι ἐς τὸν Πέρσην lay up store of favour with him, Refs 5th c.BC+