Word Study · Strong's G596 · Greek
ἀποθήκη
apotheke
ap-oth-ay'-kay
Strong's 1890 spelling: apothḗkē
“a repository, i.e. granary”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a repository, i.e. granary
Rendered in the KJV as
barn, garner.
- 6occurrencesin the New Testament
- 2 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- ἀποθήκην3
- ἀποθήκας1
- ἀποθήκας,1
- ἀποθήκη,1
How it is rendered · 4
- barn3
- barn —1
- barns1
- barns —1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular3
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural2
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-ASF · 3
- N-APF · 2
- N-NSF · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Matthew carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew3 occurrences
- Matthew 3:12ἀποθήκηνapothēkēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularHis winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”here: barn
- Matthew 6:26ἀποθήκας,apothēkasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluralLook at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?here: barns —
- Matthew 13:30ἀποθήκηνapothēkēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularLet both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”here: barn
Luke3 occurrences
- Luke 3:17ἀποθήκηνapothēkēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularHis winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”here: barn
- Luke 12:18ἀποθήκαςapothēkasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluralThen he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.here: barns
- Luke 12:24ἀποθήκη,apothēkēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularConsider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!here: barn —