G2343: θησαυρίζω (thēsaurízō)

G2343 θησαυρίζω (thēsaurízō)

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Quick Definition

θησαυρίζω v. I store up, treasure up, save

Strong's Definition

from 2344; to amass or reserve (literally or figuratively)

KJV Usage: lay up (treasure), (keep) in store, (heap) treasure (together, up)

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

θησαυρίζω (G2343)

verb | θήσω [τίθημι] · ἀποθησαυρίζω · θησαυρίζω · θησαυρός

65.11 · Value · Valuable, Lacking in Value

to treasure up, to keep safe (derivative of θησαυρός[c] ‘treasure,’ 65.10) to keep safe that which is of great value

MAT 6:19 · MAT 6:20 · LUK 12:21 · 1CO 16:2 · 2CO 12:14 · 2PE 3:7

13.135 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Happen

to make even greater, to cause to happen more intensely or more extensively (a figurative extension of meaning of θησαυρίζω[a] ‘to treasure up,’ 65.11) to cause something of a more extensive nature to happen in the future

ROM 2:5 · JAS 5:3

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

θησαυρίζω ; 1 aor. ἐθησαύρισα ; pf. pass. ptep. τεθησαυρισμένος ; (θησαυρός); fr. Hdt. down; to gather and lay up, to heap up, store up: to accumulate riches, Jas. v. 3; τινί, Lk. xii. 21; 2 Co. xii. 14; ri, 1 Co. xvi. 2; θησαυροὺς ἑαυτῷ, Mt. vi. 19 sq. ; i.q. to keep in store, store up, reserve: pass. 2 Pet. iii. 7; metaph. so to live from day to day as to increase either the bitterness or the happiness of one’s consequent lot: ὀργὴν ἑαυτῷ, Ro. ii. 5; κακά, Prov. i. 18; ζωήν, Pss. of Sol. 9, 9, (εὐτυχίαν, App. Samn. 4, 3 [i.e. vol. i. p. 23, 31 ed. Bekk.]; τεθησαυρισμένος κατά twos φθόνος, Diod. 20, 36). [Comp.: ἀπο- θησαυρίζω.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

θησαυρίζω thēsaurizō 8x

to collect and lay up stores or wealth, treasure, Mt. 6:19, 20; Lk. 12:21; 2 Cor. 12:14; Jas. 5:3; to heap up, accumulate, Rom. 2:5; 1 Cor. 16:2; to reserve, keep in store, 2 Pet. 3:7

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

θησαυρίζω,

[in LXX for צפן, etc.;]

to lay up, store up: of riches, Ja 5:3; id. c. dat. pers., Lk 12:21, II Co 12:14; c. acc. rei, I Co 16:2; θησαυροὺς ἑαυτῷ, Mt 6:19, 20; pass., II Pe 3:7; metaph., ὀργὴν ἑαντῷ, Ro 2:5 (cf. Pr 1:18, Pss. Sol 9:9).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

θησαυρίζω. Syll 5158 (i/B.c.) σιτωνίωι Φρύνιος ἔσοδος χίλια τάλαντα τὸ θησαυρισθέν.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

θησαυρίζω (thēsaurizō) — to store up. θησαυρ-ίζω, store, treasure up, ἐν ἀσφαλείῃ τὰ χρήματα θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+].; θ. τὸν νεκρὸν ἐν οἰκήματι to lay it by, [Refs]; φάρμακα, σῖτα θ. παρ᾽ αὑτῷ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of fruits, lay up in store, preserve, pickle, [καυλοὺς] ἐν ἅλμῃ [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ ἔλαιον θ. [τὰς ὀσμάς] preserves its smell, [Refs]:—passive, ῥὰξ εὖ τεθησαυρισμένη [Refs 5th c.BC+] __b absolutely, hoard, lay up treasure, [NT+1st c.BC+]

2. metaphorically, θ. σεαυτῷ ὀργήν [NT]; θ. εὐτυχίαν lay up a store of.. , [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—middle, store up for oneself, ἑαυτῷ ὑπομνήματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τεθησαυρισμένος κατά τινος φθόνος [Refs 1st c.BC+]; to be reserved, πυρί [NT]