Lexicon tameion: an inner chamber Original Word: ταμεῖον, ου, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: tameion Phonetic Spelling: (tam-i'-on) Short Definition: a secret chamber Definition: a store-chamber, secret chamber, closet; a granary, barn. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originlater form of tamieion (treasury) Definitionan inner chamber NASB Translationinner room (1), inner rooms (2), storeroom (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5009: ταμεῖονταμεῖον (so T WH uniformly), more correctly ταμιεῖον ( R G L Tr in Matthew 6:6) (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 493; Winers Grammar, 94 (90); ( Tdf. Proleg., p. 88f)), ταμειου, τό ( ταμιεύω), from Thucydides and Xenophon down; 1. a storechamber, storeroom: Luke 12:24 (Deuteronomy 28:8; Proverbs 3:10 (Philo, quod omn. prob. book § 12)). 2. a chamber, especially 'an inner chamber'; a secret room: Matthew 6:6; Matthew 24:26; Luke 12:3 (Xenophon, Hell. 5, 4, 5; Sir. 29:12; Tobit 7:15, and often in the Sept. for חֶדֶר).
Strong's inner room, closet, storehouse. Neuter contraction of a presumed derivative of tamias (a dispenser or distributor; akin to temno, to cut); a dispensary or magazine, i.e. A chamber on the ground-floor or interior of an Oriental house (generally used for storage or privacy, a spot for retirement) -- secret chamber, closet, storehouse. |
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