Inner room
ταμεῖονStrong’s G5009tameion
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Tameion is the Greek word usually translated “inner rooms”, “room” and “storehouse”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.”
Meaning
Usually translated “inner rooms”, “room” and “storehouse”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- inner rooms 2
- room 1
- a storehouse 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 2
- Luke 2
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 24:26Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
- Luke 12:3Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
- 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
ταμεῖον tameion · inner room
ταμεῖον (late syncopated form of cl. ταμιεῖον; see M, Pr., 44 f.; Bl., § 6, 5; Thackeray, Gr., 63 ff.; Deiss., BS, 182 f.), -ον, τό, [in LXX chiefly for חֶדֶר ;] 1. a treasury (Thuc., al). 2. a store-chamber (Arist., Xen.; Deu.28:8): Luk.12:24. 3. an inner chamber (Xen., Hell., v, 4, 5 Isa.26:20, al.): Mat.6:6 24:26, Luk.12:3.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “room” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ROOM, noun
- Space; compass; extent of place, great or small.
- Space or place unoccupied.“Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room” Luke 14:22
- Place for reception or admission of any thing.
- Place of another; stead; as in succession or substitution. 1 Kings 20:24
All definitions and other forms of “room”
- Unoccupied opportunity.
- An apartment in a house; any division separated from the rest by a partition; as a parlor, drawing room or bed-room; also an apartment in a ship, as the cook-room, bread-room, gun-room, etc.
- A seat. Luke 14:8
ROOM, verb intransitive
To occupy an apartment; to lodge; an academic use of the word. A B rooms at No. 7.
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.