Strong's #5009: tameion (pronounced tam-i'-on)
neuter contraction of a presumed derivative of tamias (a dispenser or distributor; akin to temno, to cut); 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):--secret chamber, closet, storehouse.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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tameion
1) a storage chamber, storeroom
2) a chamber especially an inner chamber
3) a secret room
Part of Speech: noun neuter
Relation: contraction of a presumed derivative of tamias (a dispenser or distributor
Usage:
This word is used 4 times:
Matthew 6:6: "enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door,"
Matthew 24:26: "go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not."
Luke 12:3: "in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the"
Luke 12:24: "which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God"