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Lexicon :: Strong's G2344 - thēsauros

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θησαυρός
Transliteration
thēsauros (Key)
Pronunciation
thay-sow-ros'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:136,333

Strong’s Definitions

θησαυρός thēsaurós, thay-sow-ros'; from G5087; a deposit, i.e. wealth (literally or figuratively):—treasure.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's G2344 in the following manner: treasure (18x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's G2344 in the following manner: treasure (18x).

  1. the place in which good and precious things are collected and laid up

    1. a casket, coffer, or other receptacle, in which valuables are kept

    2. a treasury

    3. storehouse, repository, magazine

  2. the things laid up in a treasury, collected treasures

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θησαυρός thēsaurós, thay-sow-ros'; from G5087; a deposit, i.e. wealth (literally or figuratively):—treasure.
STRONGS G2344:
θησαυρός, -οῦ, ὁ, (from ΘΕΩ [τίθημι] with the paragog. term. -αυρος); Sept. often for אוצָר; Latin thesaurus; 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. θησαυρὸν 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.) κ. γνώσεως, equivalent to πᾶσα ἡ σοφία κ. γνῶσις ὡς θησαυροί, Colossians 2:3.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
28:12
Nehemiah
13:12
Matthew
2:11; 6:19; 6:20; 6:21; 12:35; 12:35; 13:44; 13:52; 19:21
Mark
10:21
Luke
6:45; 12:33; 18:22
2 Corinthians
4:7
Colossians
2:3
Hebrews
11:26

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2344 matches the Greek θησαυρός (thēsauros),
which occurs 17 times in 16 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:11 - On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:19 - “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:20 - But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:21 - For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:35 - A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:44 - “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:52

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:52 - He said to them, “Therefore every teacher of the law who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:21 - Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:21 - Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:45 - A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:33 - Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:34 - For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:22 - When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:7 - But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:3 - in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:26 - He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.
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