θησαυρός

θησαυρός, -οῦ, ὁ

(τίθημι), [in LXX chiefly for אוֹצָר ;]

1. a place of safe keeping;

(a) a casket: Matt 2,11

(b) a treasury (1Ma 3,29 and frequently in cl.);

(with) a storehouse (Neh 13,12, 5 Mos 28,12, al.): Matt 13,52; metaphorically, of the soul, Matt 12,35 τ. καρδίας, Luk 6,45

2. a treasure: Matt 6,18-21; 13,44, Luk 12,33-34, Hebr 11,26; θ. ἐν οὐρανῷ (see Dalman, Words, 206 ff.), Matt 19,21, Mark 10,21, Luk 18,22; of the knowledge of God through Christ, 2 Kor 4,7 τ. σοφίας κ. γνώσεως, Kol 2,3,†