θησαυρός G2344
Treasure, stored wealth; a storehouse or repository of valuable things, whether material or spiritual.
Thēsauros denotes both the treasure itself and the place where it is kept — a storehouse or treasury. Jesus uses it in the Sermon on the Mount to contrast earthly treasure, vulnerable to moth and rust, with imperishable treasure in heaven (Matt 6:19-21). He also speaks of the heart as a thēsauros from which good or evil flows (Matt 12:35; Luke 6:45). The Magi open their treasure chests before the infant Christ (Matt 2:11). Paul speaks of 'treasures of wisdom and knowledge' hidden in Christ (Col 2:3). Spanish 'tesoro,' French 'trésor,' and German 'Schatz' all preserve the dual sense of valuables and their container.
Senses
1. treasure, stored wealth — A treasure or storehouse of accumulated wealth, used both literally of material riches and figuratively of spiritual realities. The Magi open their thēsauroi at the nativity (Matt 2:11). Jesus contrasts treasure on earth with treasure in heaven (Matt 6:19-21) and describes the heart as a treasury of good or evil (Matt 12:35; Luke 6:45). Paul locates all treasures of wisdom in Christ (Col 2:3). The word covers both the valuable contents and the repository that holds them, as the parable of hidden treasure in a field shows (Matt 13:44). 17×
AR["الكَنزُ-هٰذا", "بِكَنزٍ", "كَنزٌ", "كَنزُكَ", "كَنزِ", "كَنزِهِ", "كَنْزًا", "كَنْزٌ", "كَنْزُكُمْ", "كُنوزًا", "كُنوزِ", "كُنُوز", "كُنُوزَهُمْ"]·ben["ধন", "ধন-ভান্ডারগুলি", "ধনভাণ্ডার", "ধনভাণ্ডারের-মতো", "ভাণ্ডার", "ভাণ্ডারসমূহ", "ভান্ডার"]·DE["Schatz"]·EN["a-treasure", "to-a-treasure", "treasure", "treasures"]·FR["trésor"]·heb["אוֹצְרוֹת", "אוֹצָר", "אוֹצָרוֹת", "לְאוֹצָר"]·HI["खजअन", "खज़अने", "खज़अने-के", "खज़ाना", "खज़ाने-से", "खज़ानों,", "खजाना", "खजानों-को", "धन", "भन्दअर-से"]·ID["dengan-harta", "harta", "harta,", "harta-harta", "itu", "perbendaharaan"]·IT["tesoro", "thēsauroi", "thēsaurōn"]·jav["bandha", "bandhanipun", "raja-brana", "rajabrana", "simpenan"]·KO["보물", "보물-을", "보물들-을", "보물들보다", "보물들이", "보물에", "보물에서", "보물을", "보물이"]·PT["a-um-tesouro", "tesouro", "tesouros"]·RU["сокровищ", "сокровища", "сокровище", "сокровищницы", "сокровищу"]·ES["a-tesoro", "tesoro", "tesoros", "un-tesoro"]·SW["hazina", "katika", "na-hazina"]·TR["hazine", "hazineler", "hazineleri", "hazinelerinden", "hazinelerini", "hazinen", "hazineniz", "hazinesinden", "hazineye", "o-"]·urd["-کے", "خزانوں-سے", "خزانہ", "خزانے", "خزانے-سے"]
Matt 2:11, Matt 6:19, Matt 6:20, Matt 6:21, Matt 12:35, Matt 12:35, Matt 13:44, Matt 13:52, Matt 19:21, Mark 10:21, Luke 6:45, Luke 12:33 (+5 more)
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
θησαυρός, ὁ, store, treasure, Refs 5th c.BC+; θ. χθονός, of the silvermines of Laureion, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἄνθρακες ὁ θ., proverbial, 'apples of Sodom', frequently in Refs 8th c.BC+; κόμας.., ἱκτήριον θ. Refs 5th c.BC+; Διὸς θ., of a tomb marking the fall of a thunderbolt, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἰωνοῖς γλυκὺν θ., of a dead body, Refs 5th c.BC+; of learning, θ., οὓς κατέλιπον ἐν βιβλίοις Refs 5th c.BC+;…