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Study the definition of Treasure; Treasurer; Treasury with multiple Bible Dictionaries and Encyclopedias and find scripture references in the Old and New Testaments.
Treasury, ( Mark 12:41; Luke 21:1) a name given by the rabbins to thirteen chests in the temple, called trumpets from their shape. They stood in the court of the women. It would seem probable that this court was sometimes itself called "the treasury" because it contained these repositories.
"Something prepared," made ready, the Hebrew word being `athudh, meaning "prepared," "ready," therefore something of value and so treasure: "have robbed their treasures," fortifications or other things "made ready" (Isaiah 10:13).
In Matthew 27:6 the word for "treasury" is korbanas; compare the Revised Version margin. See CORBAN. TREASURER. ('atsar, gedhabhar, gizbar, cakhan; oikonomos): (1) 'Atsar, meaning primarily "to store up," and hence, one who lays up in store, i.e. a "treasurer": "I made treasurers over the treasuries" (Nehemiah 13:13).
Apr 24, 2020 · The English word "treasury" is translated from the Heb. "אוֹצָר", "otsar". (Strong's Heb. 214). The definition is treasure, store, treasury, or storehouse. Source: Biblehub. It was the collection of all coin and goods for the operation of the tabernacle. Excerpt from the Benson Commentary -
Evidently throughout the New Testament it has a twofold usage as describing. (1) material treasure, either money or other valuable material possession, and. (2) spiritual treasure, e.g. "like unto treasure hid in a field" (Matthew 13:44); "good treasure of the heart" (Matthew 12:35).
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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).
