θησαυρός: Difference between revisions

|txtha=θησαυροῦ, ὁ (from ΘΑΩ ([[τίθημι]]) [[with]] the paragog. [[term]]. [[θησαυρός]]); the Sept. [[often]] for אוצָר; Latin thesaurus; i. e.<br /><b class="num">1.</b> the [[place]] in [[which]] [[goods]] and [[precious]] things are [[collected]] and laid up;<br /><b class="num">a.</b> a [[casket]], [[coffer]], or [[other]] [[receptacle]], in [[which]] valuables are kept: a [[treasury]] ([[Herodotus]], [[Euripides]], [[Plato]], [[Aristotle]], Diodorus, [[Plutarch]], Herodian; storehouse, [[repository]], [[magazine]] ([[παλαιός]], 1); [[metaphorically]], of the [[soul]], as the [[repository]] of thoughts, feelings, purposes, etc.: (G L T Tr WH, 35b); [[with]] epexegetical genitive τῆς καρδίας, ibid. 12:35a the things laid up in a [[treasury]]; [[collected]] treasures: θησαυρόν ἔχειν ἐν οὐρανῷ, to [[have]] [[treasure]] laid up for [[themselves]] in [[heaven]], is used of those to whom God has appointed [[eternal]] [[salvation]]: [[something]] [[precious]], τῆς σοφίας ([[Xenophon]], mem. 4,2, 9; [[Plato]], Philippians , p. 15e.) καί γνώσεως, equivalent to [[πᾶσα]] ἡ [[σοφία]] καί [[γνῶσις]] ὡς θησαυροί, Colossians 2:3.