גְּנַזgᵉnaz

treasure (Ezra 6:1; Ezra 5:17; Ezra 7:20)

Pronunciation: ghen-az' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1596

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Ezra 5:17 “Therefore, if it pleases the king, we request that a search be made in the royal archives of Babylon to discover whether King Cyrus ever issued a decree to rebuild God’s Temple in Jerusalem. And then let the king send us his decision in this matter.”
  • Ezra 6:1 So King Darius issued orders that a search be made in the Babylonian archives, which were stored in the treasury.
  • Ezra 7:20 If you need anything else for your God’s Temple or for any similar needs, you may take it from the royal treasury.

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).