Storehouse
ἀποθήκηStrong’s G0596apothēkē
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Apothēkē is the Greek word usually translated “barn” and “barns”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
Meaning
Usually translated “barn” and “barns”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- barn 4
- barns 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 3
- Luke 3
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 6:26Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
- Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
- Luke 3:17Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
- Luke 12:18And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
- Luke 12:24Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
Greek dictionary
ἀποθήκη apothēkē · storehouse
ἀπο-θήκη, -ης, ἡ (ἀποτίθημι), [in LXX for אוֹצָר, טֶנֶא, etc. ;] a storehouse, granary: Mat.3:12 6:26 13:30, Luk.3:17 12:18, 24.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “storehouse” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
STORE-HOUSE, noun
[store and house.]
- A building for keeping grain or goods of any kind; a magazine; a repository; a warehouse.“Joseph opened all the store-houses and sold to the Egyptians” Genesis 41:56
- A repository.
- A great mass reposited. [Not in use.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.