θησαυρόςthēsaurós
a deposit, i.e. wealth (literally or figuratively)
Greek (New Testament) · G2344
Meanings
1. a place of safe keeping
(a) a casket: Matthew 2:11
(b) a treasury (1 Maccabees 3:29 and frequently in classical Greek)
(c) a storehouse (Nehemiah 13:12, Deuteronomy 28:12, and elsewhere): Matthew 13:52; metaphorically, of the soul, Matthew 12:35; τ. καρδίας, Luke 6:45.
2. a treasure: Matthew 6:19-21, Matthew 13:44, Luke 12:33, Luke 12:34, Hebrews 11:26; θ. ἐν οὐρανῷ, Matthew 19:21, Mark 10:21, Luke 18:22; of the knowledge of God through Christ, 2 Corinthians 4:7; τ. σοφίας κ. γνώσεως, Colossians 2:3.
Same root
- τίθημιtíthēmi · G5087to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from G2476 (ἵστημι), which properly denotes an upright and active position, while G2749 (κεῖμαι) is properly reflexive and utterly prostrate)
- θησαυρίζωthēsaurízō · G2343to amass or reserve (literally or figuratively)
Where it appears
Appears 17 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 2:11 They entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
- Matthew 6:19 “Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal.
- Matthew 6:20 Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.
- Matthew 6:21 Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.
- Matthew 12:35 A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart.
- Matthew 13:44 “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that a man discovered hidden in a field. In his excitement, he hid it again and sold everything he owned to get enough money to buy the field.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.