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1. Treasure. 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."
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The name Ur occurs twice in the Bible: Most famously is Ur, the city in Babel from whence Abraham's family came (Genesis 11:31). Another Ur is the father of Eliphal , one of king David's mighty-men (1 Chronicles 11:35).
TREASURE, v.t. trezh'ur. To hoard; to collect and reposit, either money or other things, for future use; to lay up; as, to treasure gold and silver; usually with up. Sinners are said to treasure up wrath against the day of wrath.
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Ur, at just two letters, is one of the shortest city names in the entire Bible. Others include Ai (Joshua 7:2), Ar (Numbers 21:15), No (Jeremiah 46:25) and On (Numbers 16:11).
1Chronicles 11:26 - 27, 34 - 35 Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur . . .
Genesis 11:27 - 28, 31 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife: and they went f...
ATS Bible Dictionary. Ur. The country of Terah, and the birthplace of Abraham, Genesis 11:28,31 15:7. It is usually called "Ur of the Chaldees," Hebrews 9:7 Acts 7:4; and is located, with strong probability, in the north-west part of Mesopotamia.
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Mar 7, 2018 · Below we have compiled a list of nearly 750 difficult and/or less commonly used words from the KJV with an instance count (some counts include plural forms and other variations of the word), definition, and example references.
