Quick Definition
ἀποθήκη, ης, ἡ n.f. a repository, granary, barn, storehouse
Strong's Definition
from 659; a repository, i.e. granary
KJV Usage: barn, garner
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ης | τίθημι
7.25 · Constructions · Buildings
barn, storehouse small structure for storing agricultural produce; normally made of stone In a number of languages an important distinction is made between buildings used to store farm produce and those which may be warehouses for other types of material.
MAT 3:12 · MAT 6:26 · MAT 13:30 · LUK 3:17 · LUK 12:18 · LUK 12:24
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-θήκη, -ης, ἡ, (ἀποτίθημι), a place in which any thing is laid by or up; a storehouse, granary, [A. V. garner, barn]: Mt. iii. 12; vi. 26; xiii. 30; Lk. iii. 17; xii. 18, 24. (Jer. xxvii. (1.) 26; Thue. 6, 97.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀποθήκη apothēkē 6x
a place where anything is laid up for preservation, repository, granary, storehouse, barn, Mt. 3:12; 6:26; 13:30; Lk. 3:17; 12:18, 24
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-θήκη, -ης, ἡ
(< ἀποτίθημι), [in LXX for אוֹצָר, טֶנֶא, etc.;]
a storehouse, granary: Mt 3:12 6:26 13:30, Lk 3:17 12:18, 24.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀποθήκη. The word is by no means so common as might have been expected. In the Indexes to Oxyrhynchus Papyri 1.-X. it is only noted once, namely P Oxy I. 43 versoili 29 (a.p, 295). Seealso BGU I. 323, 2d. III. 8168 (iii/a.p.), and 2. 9315 (iii/iv A.D.) ἐμετρήθη ἀπὸ ἀποθήκης τῆς μέσης ἐλαίου μετρητὰς y—these are the only occurrences in BGU I.-IV. In P Tebt 11. 347 (a banking account, ii/A.D.) the word is repeatedly prefixed to different items, ‘‘ the sums so indicated being apparently ‘deposited’ (in a bank ?)” (Edd.). Add Syl 7345) (Cos) μηδ᾽ ἀποθήκηι χρᾶσθαι τ[ῆι αὐλ]ῆι τῆι ἐν τῶι ἱερῶι, and Chrest. II. 96! ὁ (after A.D. 350), where counsel pleads that the defendant should give up } of δωρεᾶς kal ἀποθήκης, ἢ τὴν ἀποκατάστασιν ἡμῖν ποιήσασθαι τούτων : Mitteis (p. 116) explains these as ‘‘ donatio propter nuptias ?” and ‘ein Geschaftsladen.” Prof. Thumb notes that the
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀποθήκη (apothēkē) — storehouse. ἀπο-θήκη, ἡ, any place wherein to lay up a thing, magazine, storehouse, [Refs 5th c.BC+]burial-place, [Refs]
2. refuge, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. anything laid by, store, ἀποθήκην ποιεῖσθαι ἐς τὸν Πέρσην lay up store of favour with him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]