noun · neuter
tameiem
Greekταμεῖον (tameion)
Strong’sG5009
a secret chamber
stem tamei-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ταμεῖον
(late syncopated form of cl. ταμιεῖον; v. M, Pr., 44 f.; Bl., § 6, 5; Thackeray, Gr., 63 ff.; Deiss., BS, 182 f.), -ου, τό, [in LXX chiefly for חֶדֶר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5009 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtam-i'-on
akin to τέμνω, 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)
Fromneuter contraction of a presumed derivative of ταμίας (a dispenser or distributor;
King Jamessecret chamber, closet, storehouse.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | tameiem1×ταμεῖον | tameieim |
| of, belonging to genitive | tameieu | tameieiu |
| to, for dative | tameie | tameiei2×ταμείοις |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
tameie is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
tameiem“storeroom”subject or objectdirect singular1×
Luke 12:24“storeroom”katanoavar toin koraxoin hoti ouk speiralō oude therizalō, hoi ouk atō tameiem oude apothēkas, kai tos theos trefatō autoin; pose mallon vis diaferavō teiu peteineiu.Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
tameiei“inner rooms”to, fordative plural2×
Matthew 24:26“inner rooms”ean oun legaleia vi; Idou en ta erēma atō, mē exerchaveia; Idou en tei tameiei, mē pisteuaveia;So if they tell you, ‘There He is, in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or, ‘Here He is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.
Luke 12:3“inner rooms”anti heiu hoseim en ta skotia legava en te fōte akouiti, kai hem pros tem ouem lalava en tei tameiei kērussiti epi teiu dōmeiu.What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
tameiem1×
Matthew 6:6“room”sis de hotan proseucheseiō, eiserchasar eis tem tameiem su kai kleiaratos tan thuran su proseuchesar to patēro su to en te krupte; kai tos patēros su tos bleparōtos en te krupte apodōati si.But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.