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Lexicon :: Strong's G2344 - thēsauros

Aa
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 18 times in 16 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:11 - And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:19 - “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:20 - “but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:21

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:35 - “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart[fn] brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:44 - “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:52

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:52 - Then He said to them, “Therefore every scribe instructed concerning[fn] the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:21 - Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:21 - Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:45 - “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart[fn] brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:33 - “Sell what you have and give alms; provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor moth destroys.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:34

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:22 - So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:7 - But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:3

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:26 - esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in[fn] Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
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