2343. thésaurizó
Strong's Lexicon
thésaurizó: To store up, to lay up, to treasure

Original Word: θησαυρίζω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: thésaurizó
Pronunciation: thay-sow-RID-zo
Phonetic Spelling: (thay-sow-rid'-zo)
Definition: To store up, to lay up, to treasure
Meaning: I store up, treasure up, save, lay up.

Word Origin: Derived from θησαυρός (thēsauros), meaning "treasure" or "storehouse."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The concept of storing or treasuring is reflected in Hebrew words such as אָצַר (atsar, Strong's H686) meaning "to store up" or "to treasure."

Usage: The verb "thésaurizó" is used in the New Testament to describe the act of storing up or accumulating treasures, whether material or spiritual. It often carries a connotation of preparing or saving for the future, emphasizing the importance of where and how one invests their resources and efforts.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Greco-Roman world, wealth was often measured by one's ability to accumulate and store goods, such as grain, precious metals, and other valuables. The concept of storing treasures was not only a practical concern but also a reflection of one's status and security. In the Jewish context, treasure could also refer to spiritual wealth, such as wisdom and righteousness, which were seen as more enduring than material wealth.

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 2343 thēsaurízō – properly, to put away, "store up"; lay aside treasure, built up (accumulated) for the day of future recompense. See 2344 (thēsauros).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from thésauros
Definition
to lay up, store up
NASB Translation
reserved (1), save (2), store (2), stored up...treasure (1), stores up treasure (1), storing (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2343: θησαυρίζω

θησαυρίζω; 1 aorist ἐθησαυρισα; perfect passive participle τεθησαυρισμενος; (θησαυρός); from Herodotus down; to gather and lay up, to heap up, store up: to accumulate riches, James 5:3; τίνι, Luke 12:21; 2 Corinthians 12:14; τί, 1 Corinthians 16:2; θησαυρούς ἐηαύτω, Matthew 6:19f; equivalent to to keep in store, store up, reserve: passive 2 Peter 3:7; metaphorically, so to live from day to day as to increase either the bitterness or the happiness of one's consequent lot: ὀργήν ἑαυτῷ, Romans 2:5; κακά, Proverbs 1:18; ζωήν, Psalms of Solomon 9, 9 (ἐυτυχιαν, Appendix, Samn. 4, 3 (i. e. vol. i., p. 23, 31 edition, Bekker); τεθησαυρισμενος κατά τίνος φθόνος, Diodorus 20, 36). (Compare: ἀποθησαυρίζω.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
lay up treasure, keep in store.

From thesauros; to amass or reserve (literally or figuratively) -- lay up (treasure), (keep) in store, (heap) treasure (together, up).

see GREEK thesauros

Forms and Transliterations
εθησαύρισαν εθησαυρισατε εθησαυρίσατε ἐθησαυρίσατε εθησαύρισεν θησαυρίζει θησαυριζειν θησαυρίζειν θησαυριζεις θησαυρίζεις θησαυρίζεται θησαυριζετε θησαυρίζετε θησαυρίζοντες θησαυρίζουσιν θησαυριζων θησαυρίζων θησαυρίσματα τεθησαυρισμενοι τεθησαυρισμένοι ethesaurisate ethesaurísate ethēsaurisate ethēsaurísate tethesaurismenoi tethesaurisménoi tethēsaurismenoi tethēsaurisménoi thesaurizein thesaurízein thēsaurizein thēsaurízein thesaurizeis thesaurízeis thēsaurizeis thēsaurízeis thesaurizete thesaurízete thēsaurizete thēsaurízete thesaurizon thesaurízon thēsaurizōn thēsaurízōn
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 6:19 V-PMA-2P
GRK: Μὴ θησαυρίζετε ὑμῖν θησαυροὺς
NAS: Do not store up for yourselves
KJV: Lay not up for yourselves treasures
INT: not store up up for yourselves treasures

Matthew 6:20 V-PMA-2P
GRK: θησαυρίζετε δὲ ὑμῖν
NAS: But store up for yourselves treasures
KJV: But lay up for yourselves treasures
INT: store up however for youselves

Luke 12:21 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: Οὕτως ὁ θησαυρίζων ἑαυτῷ καὶ
NAS: So is the man who stores up treasure for himself,
KJV: So [is] he that layeth up treasure for himself,
INT: Thus [is] he who treasures up for himself and

Romans 2:5 V-PIA-2S
GRK: ἀμετανόητον καρδίαν θησαυρίζεις σεαυτῷ ὀργὴν
NAS: heart you are storing up wrath
KJV: heart treasurest up unto thyself
INT: unrepentant heart treasure up to yourself wrath

1 Corinthians 16:2 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: ἑαυτῷ τιθέτω θησαυρίζων ὅτι ἐὰν
NAS: aside and save, as he may prosper,
KJV: him in store, as
INT: him let put treasuring up what if

2 Corinthians 12:14 V-PNA
GRK: τοῖς γονεῦσιν θησαυρίζειν ἀλλὰ οἱ
NAS: are not responsible to save up for [their] parents,
KJV: not to lay up for the parents,
INT: for the parents to treasure up but the

James 5:3 V-AIA-2P
GRK: ὡς πῦρ ἐθησαυρίσατε ἐν ἐσχάταις
NAS: days that you have stored up your treasure!
KJV: fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for
INT: as fire You treasured up in [the] last

2 Peter 3:7 V-RPM/P-NMP
GRK: αὐτῷ λόγῳ τεθησαυρισμένοι εἰσὶν πυρὶ
NAS: and earth are being reserved for fire,
KJV: are kept in store, reserved
INT: the same word treasured up are for fire

Strong's Greek 2343
8 Occurrences


ἐθησαυρίσατε — 1 Occ.
τεθησαυρισμένοι — 1 Occ.
θησαυρίζειν — 1 Occ.
θησαυρίζεις — 1 Occ.
θησαυρίζετε — 2 Occ.
θησαυρίζων — 2 Occ.

















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