G1049: γαζοφυλάκιον (gazophylákion)

G1049 γαζοφυλάκιον (gazophylákion)

Greek

Quick Definition

γαζοφυλάκιον, ου, τό n.n. a treasury

Strong's Definition

from 1047 and 5438; a treasure-house, i.e. a court in the temple for the collection-boxes

KJV Usage: treasury

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

γαζοφυλάκιον (G1049)

noun, n. | -ου | γάζα + φυλάσσω

7.33 · Constructions · Parts and Areas of Buildings

treasury, Temple treasury a room in the Temple used as a treasury It is possible that in JHN 8:20 γαζοφυλάκιον designates the offering boxes rather than the treasury itself (see γαζοφυλάκιον[b], 6.141). If one interprets γαζοφυλάκιον in JHN 8:20 as the offering boxes, then one may translate ‘he spoke these words near where the offering boxes were.’

JHN 8:20

6.141 · Artifacts · Containers

offering box a large box in which offerings were placed The offering box in the Temple was also referred to as δῶρον[b] (6.142).

MRK 12:41 · MRK 12:41 · MRK 12:43 · LUK 21:1 · JHN 8:20

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

γαζο-φυλάκιον, -ου, τό, (fr. γάζα. q. ν.. and φυλακή ; hence i. 4: θησαυροφυλάκιον, Hesych.), a repository of treasure, esp. of public treasure, a treasury: Esth. iii. 9; 1 Esdr. viii. 18, 44; 1 Mace. iii. 28. In Sept. used for naw and ΓΞ) of apartments constructed in the courts of the temple, in which not only the sacred offerings and things needful for the temple service were kept, but in which also the priests, etc., dwelt: Neh. xiii. 7; x. 37 sqq.; of the sacred treasury, in which not only treasure but also the public records (i Mace. xiv. 49; ef. Grimm ad loc.) were stored, and the property of widows and orphans was deposited (2 Mace. iii. 10; cf. Grimm ad loc.) : 1 Mace. xiv. 49; 2 Mace. iii. 6, 28, 40; iv. 42; v.18. Josephus speaks of both γαζοφυλάκεα (plur.) in the women’s court of Herod’s temple, Ὁ. 1. 5, 5, 2; 6, 5, 2; and τὸ ya¢op., antt. 19, 6,1. Inthe N. T.,in Mk. xii. 41,43; Lk. xxi. 1; Jn. viii. 20 (ἐν τῷ yao. al, near, the treasury [yet ef. W. § 48, a. 1 ¢.]), τὸ γαζ. seems to be used of that receptacle mentioned by the Rabbins to which were fitted thirteen chests or boxes, NDiW i. e. (rumpets, so called from their shape, and into which were put the contributions made voluntarily or paid yearly by the Jews for the service of the temple and the support of the poor; ef. Lightfoot, Morae Hebr. et Talm. p. 536 sq.; Liicke [Tholuck, or Godet] on Jn. viii. 20; [B.D. Am. ed.s. v. Treasury]. (Strabo 2 p. 319 [i. 6. 7, 6, 1]-)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

γαζοφυλάκιον gazophylakion 5x

also spelled γαζοφυλακεῖον, a treasury; the sacred treasure, Mk. 12:41, 43; Lk. 21:1; Jn. 8:20*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

† γαζο-φυλάκιον, -ου, τό

(< γάζα, φυλακή), [in LXX chiefly for לִשְׁכָּה, נִשְׁכָּה ( IV Ki 23:11, al.), once for גְּנָזִים (Es 3:9); τὸ γ., τὰ γ., of a temple treasury, Ne 10:37, II Mac 3:6, al. ;]

treasury: also, apparently, the trumpet-shaped chests into which the peoples' temple-offerings were thrown (DB, iv, 96; DCG, ii, 748): Mk 12:41, 43, Lk 21:1, Jo 8:20.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

γαζοφυλάκιον (gazophulakion) — treasury. γᾱζο-φῠλάκιον [λᾰ], τό, treasury, [NT+3rd c.BC+]