Greek noun (masculine) · G2344
θησαυρός
thesaurosthay-sow-ros'
a place of safe keeping; a treasure
17 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: thēsaurós
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2344is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 8spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2344
a deposit, i.e. wealth (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: treasure.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
thesauros is rendered "a place of safe keeping; a treasure". It stands 17 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Nine of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a place of safe keeping".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 2:11On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.
Matthew 2:11θησαυροὺς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Nine of the word's seventeen uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: a place of safe keeping, and a treasure.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a place of safe keeping__(a) a casket | Tagged as
| WhereDeuteronomy 28:12The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse… |
| a treasureMat.6:18-21 13:44 | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 6:18so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| θησαυρίζω | thesaurizo | to store up | Uses8 |
All 17, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- θησαυρὸν5
- θησαυροῦ4
- θησαυροὺς3
- θησαυροὶ1
- θησαυρός1
- θησαυρὸς1
- θησαυρῷ1
- θησαυρῶν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular5N-ASM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular4N-GSM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural3N-APM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2N-NSM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1N-DSM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1N-GPM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1N-NPM
Matthew
nine uses
On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.
- θησαυροὺςthesaurousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: treasures
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
- θησαυροὺςthesaurousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: treasures
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
- θησαυροὺςthesaurousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: treasures
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
- θησαυρόςthesaurosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: treasure
The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.
- θησαυροῦthesaurounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: treasure
- θησαυροῦthesaurounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: treasure
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
- θησαυρῷthesauronoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: to treasure
Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”
- θησαυροῦthesaurounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: treasure
Jesus told him, “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.”
- θησαυρὸνthesauronnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: treasure
Mark
one use
Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
- θησαυρὸνthesauronnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: treasure
Luke
four uses
The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
- θησαυροῦthesaurounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: treasure
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
- θησαυρὸνthesauronnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a treasure
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
- θησαυρὸςthesaurosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: treasure
On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
- θησαυρὸνthesauronnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: treasure
2 Corinthians
one use
Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
- θησαυρὸνthesauronnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: treasure
Colossians
one use
in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
- θησαυροὶthesauroinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: treasures
Hebrews
one use
He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.
- θησαυρῶνthesauronnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: treasures
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.