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Strong's #1049: gazophulakion (pronounced gad-zof-oo-lak'-ee-on)

from 1047 and 5438; a treasure-house, i.e. a court in the temple for the collection-boxes:--treasury.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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gazophulakion

1) a repository of treasure, especially of public treasure, a treasury. It is used to describe the apartments constructed in the courts of the temple, in which the not only the sacred offerings and things needful for the service were kept, but in which the priests, etc, dwelt: Nehemiah 13:7; of the sacred treasury in which not only treasure but also public records were stored, and the property of widows and orphans was deposited.

Part of Speech: noun neuter

Relation: from G1047 and G5438




Usage:

This word is used 5 times:

Mark 12:41: "sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people"
Mark 12:41: "money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in"
Mark 12:43: "than all they which have cast into the treasury:"
Luke 21:1: "gifts into the treasury."
John 8:20: "Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple:"









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