To store
אָצַרStrong’s H0686atsar (a-tsar)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Atsar is the Hebrew word usually translated “have stored up”, “appointed as treasurers” and “it will be stored up”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.”
Meaning
- To store up, save, lay up(Qal) to store up, make treasurer · (Niphal) treasured
How it's translated
- they have stored up 1
- and i appointed as treasurers 1
- it will be stored up 1
- they stored up 1
- those store up 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 2
- 2 Kings 1
- Nehemiah 1
- Amos 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Nehemiah 13:13And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.
- Isaiah 23:18And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
- Isaiah 39:6Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
- Amos 3:10For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
Hebrew dictionary
אָצַר atsar · to store
1) to store up, save, lay up 1a) (Qal) to store up, make treasurer 1b) (Niphal) treasured
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “store” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
STORE, noun
- A large number; as a store of years.
- A large quantity; great plenty; abundance; as a store of wheat or provisions.
- A stock provided; a large quantity for supply; ample abundance.
- Quantity accumulated; fund; abundance; as stores of knowledge.
All definitions and other forms of “store”
- A storehouse; a magazine; a warehouse.
- In the United States, shops for the sale of goods of any kind, by wholesale or retail, are often called stores.
STORE, adjective
Hoarded; laid up; as store treasure. [Not in use.]
STORE, verb transitive
- To furnish; to supply; to replenish.
- To stock against a future time; as a garrison well stored with provisions.
- To reposit in a store or warehouse for preservation; to warehouse; as, to store goods.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.