Lexicon gaza: treasure Original Word: γάζα, ης, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: gaza Phonetic Spelling: (gad'-zah) Short Definition: treasure Definition: treasure, treasury. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof Pers. origin Definitiontreasure NASB Translationtreasure (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1047: γάζαγάζα, γάζης, ἡ, a Persian word, adopted by the Greeks and Latins ( Cicero, off. 2, 22), the royal treasury, treasure, riches, (Curt. 3, 13, 5 pecuniam regiam, quam gazam Persae vocant): Acts 8:27. (( Theophrastus), Polybius, Diodorus 17, 35 and 64; Plutarch, others. The Sept., 2 Esdr. 5:17 2Esdr. 7:20.)
Strong's treasure. Of foreign origin; a treasure -- treasure. |
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