גֶּנֶזgenez
גְּנָזִים: 1.
Pronunciation: gheh'-nez · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1595
Meanings
chests (?)
2. treasury
1. perhaps chests of variegated cloth (Ezekiel 27:24)
2. treasury (Esther 3:9; Esther 4:7)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Esther 3:9 If it please the king, issue a decree that they be destroyed, and I will give 10,000 large sacks of silver to the government administrators to be deposited in the royal treasury.”
- Esther 4:7 Mordecai told him the whole story, including the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury for the destruction of the Jews.
- Ezekiel 27:24 They brought choice fabrics to trade—blue cloth, embroidery, and multicolored carpets rolled up and bound with cords.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).