Word Study · Strong's H1596 · Hebrew
גְּנַז
genaz
ghen-az'
Strong's 1890 spelling: gᵉnaz
“treasure”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
treasure
Rendered in the KJV as
treasure.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- גִּנְזֵ֥י1
- גִנְזַיָּ֛א1
- גִּנְזַיָּ֜א1
How it is rendered · 2
- treasures the2
- [the] treasures of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)2
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
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- ANcmpd/Ta · 2
- ANcmpc · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Ezra3 occurrences
- Ezra 5:17גִּנְזַיָּ֜אginzaiya'noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)Now, therefore, if it pleases the king, let a search be made of the royal archives in Babylon to see if King Cyrus did indeed issue a decree to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.here: treasures the
- Ezra 6:1גִנְזַיָּ֛אginzaiya'noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.here: treasures the
- Ezra 7:20גִּנְזֵ֥יginzeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)And if anything else is needed for the house of your God that you may have occasion to supply, you may pay for it from the royal treasury.here: [the] treasures of