Treasurer
גְּדָֽבְרַיָּאStrong’s H1411gedavar (ge-da-var)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gedavar is the Aramaic word usually translated “ministers the”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.”
Meaning
- Treasurer
How it's translated
- ministers the 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 2
1 book in all.
Aramaic dictionary
גְּדָֽבְרַיָּא gedavar · treasurer
treasurer Aramaic of giz.bar (גִּזְבָּר "treasurer" H1489)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “treasurer” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TREASURER, noun
trezh'urer. One who has the care of a treasure or treasury; an officer who receives the public money arising from taxes and duties or other sources of revenue, takes charge of the same, and disburses it upon orders drawn by the proper authority. Incorporated companies and private societies have also their treasurers.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.