Treasury
γάζαStrong’s G1047gaza
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Gaza is the Greek word usually translated “treasure”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,”
Meaning
Usually translated “treasure”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- treasure 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
γάζα gaza · treasury
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “treasury” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TREASURY, noun
trezh'ury. A place or building in which stores of wealth are reposited; particularly, a place where the public revenues are deposited and kept, and where money is disbursed to defray the expenses of government.
- A building appropriated for keeping public money. John 8:20
- The officer or officers of the treasury department.
- A repository of abundance.
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.