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- "treasure," genaz (Aramaic) or genez (Hebrew), usually meaning "the thing stored"; translated "treasures" in Ezra 6:1, but in 5:17 and 7:20 translated "treasure-house": "search made in the king's treasure-house."
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Who or what do I treasure most? Kingdom of God (termed as laying up treasure in heaven) which God rewards – in contrast to excessive, selfish spending here on earth (Mt 6:19-21, 19:21; Mk 10:21; 1 Tim 6:17-19).
TREASURE, noun trezh'ur. [Latin thesaurus.] 1. Wealth accumulated; particularly, a stock or store of money in reserve. Henry VII. was frugal and penurious, and collected a great treasure of gold and silver. 2. A great quantity of any thing collected for future use.
The English word "treasure" has in the Old Testament at least five somewhat distinct meanings as expressed in the words: "treasure," genaz (Aramaic) or genez (Hebrew), usually meaning "the thing stored"; translated "treasures" in Ezra 6:1, but in 5:17 and 7:20 translated "treasure-house": "search made in the king's treasure-house."
Because treasure signified a man’s highest desires and possessions which gave him food, power, and luxury, often the term “treasure” is used by the prophets, Jesus and the apostles to signify spiritual wealth and possessions, such as wisdom, love, heaven, and the Gospel (Prov 10:2; Isa 33:6; Mark 10:21).
The English word "treasure" has in the Old Testament at least five somewhat distinct meanings as expressed in the words: "treasure," genaz (Aramaic) or genez (Hebrew), usually meaning "the thing stored"; translated "treasures" in Ezr 6:1, but in 5:17 and 7:
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TREASURE. —The word ‘treasure’ upon the lips of a Hebrew signifies a store of anything that constitutes wealth—of corn and wine and oil, as well as of gold and silver and precious stones (Matthew 13:52). Hence spiritually the word suggests an apt figure of the true eternal riches.
