Greek noun (neuter) · G5009
ταμεῖον
tameiontam-i'-on
a treasury (Thuc., al).; a store-chamber (Arist., Xen.; an inner chamber (Xen., Hell., v, 4, 5
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tameîon
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5009is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5009
a dispensary or magazine, i.e. a chamber on the ground-floor or interior of an Oriental house (generally used for storage or privacy, a spot for retirement)
The King James renders it: secret chamber, closet, storehouse.
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
tameion is rendered "a treasury (Thuc., al).; a store-chamber (Arist., Xen.; an inner chamber (Xen., Hell., v, 4, 5". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "a treasury (Thuc., al).".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 6:6But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Matthew 6:6ταμεῖόν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word three senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: a treasury (Thuc., al)., and a store-chamber (Arist., Xen., and an inner chamber (Xen., Hell., v, 4, 5.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a treasury (Thuc., al). | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereMatthew 6:6But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father… |
| a store-chamber (Arist., Xen.Deu.28:8): Luk.12:24. | Tagged as
| WhereDeuteronomy 28:8The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand… |
| an inner chamber (Xen., Hell., v, 4, 5Isa.26:20 | Tagged as
| WhereIsaiah 26:20Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you… |
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.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 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
- ταμείοις2
- ταμεῖον1
- ταμεῖόν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter plural2N-DPN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular1N-ASN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1N-NSN
Matthew
two uses
But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
- ταμεῖόνtameionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: room
So if they tell you, ‘There He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.
- ταμείοιςtameioisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluraltagged: inner rooms
Luke
two uses
What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
- ταμείοιςtameioisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluraltagged: inner rooms
Consider 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!
- ταμεῖονtameionnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: a storehouse
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.