Strong's G1047: γάζα (gáza) Meaning

Quick Definition

γάζα, ης, ἡ n.f. treasure

Strong's Definition

a treasure

Derivation: of foreign origin;

KJV Usage: treasure

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

γάζα (G1047)

noun, f. | -ης

57.36 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Treasure

treasury a number of possessions and valuables constituting an important and official asset of a political entity

ACT 8:27

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

γάζα, -ns, ἡ, a Persian word, adopted by the Greeks and Latins (Cie. off. 2, 22), the royal treasury, treasure, riches, (Curt. 3, 13, 5 pecuniam regiam, quam gazam Persae vocant): Acts viii. 27. ([Theophr.], Polyb., Diod. 17, 35 and 64; Plut., al. Sept. 2 Esdr. ν. 17; vii. 20.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

γάζα gaza 1x

treasure, treasury, Acts 8:27*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

† γάζα, -ης, ἡ (a Persian word),

[in LXX for גִּנְזִין, II Es 5:17 6:1 7:20, 21, Es 4:7; גִּזְבָּר, II Es 7:21; Is 39:2 * ;]

treasure: Ac 8:27.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

γάζα [page 120] For this word we may cite the interesting inscription discovered at Adule on the African coast of the Red Sea, in which the conquests of Ptolemy III in the Eastern Provinces, including Babylon and Persia, are recounted OGIS 54 .22 (2nd half of iii/B.C.) καὶ ἀναζητήσας ὅσα ὑπὸ τῶν Περσῶν ἱερὰ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἐξήχθη καὶ ἀνακομίσας μετὰ τῆς ἄλλης γάζης τῆς ἀπὸ τῶν τόπων εἰς Αἴγυπτον δυνάμεις ἀπέστειλεν . See further Mahaffy The Empire of the Ptolemies , p. 199 f. The statement that the noun, borrowed in Greek in iv/B.C., was a Persian word for the King s treasury, depends on Curtius (see Grimm) : the Middle Persian ganj has the required meaning, and can be shown to descend from the same original, as Dr Louis H. Gray tells us. Ganj was the heavenly treasure-house where merits were stored against the Judgement : see Moulton Early Zoroastrianism , pp. 162, 382.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

γάζα (gaza) — treasury. γάζα [γᾱ], ἡ, treasure, [NT+4th c.BC+]; ἐκ τῆς βασιλικῆς γ. [Refs 1st c.BC+]

II. large sum of money, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

γάζα, -ης, ἡ (a Persian word), [in LXX for גִּנְזִין, II Est.5:17 6:1 7:20, 21, Est.4:7; גִּזְבָּר, II Est.7:21; Isa.39:2 * ;] treasure: Act.8:27.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

8:27

G1047 γάζα (gáza)