noun · masculine
thēsauros
Strong’sG2344
a treasure, store
stem thēsaur-17 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books7 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Treasure, in the sense of a store of wealth or valuable things: money or riches laid up, whether earthly or of lasting worth 1234. This sense extends to what is figuratively stored up, such as the treasure of wisdom and knowledge, the treasure of the knowledge of God, or the good or evil that a person's heart has stored within it 13.
A place of safekeeping where such valuables are kept: a storehouse or treasury for goods, or a small casket or chest used to hold something precious 13.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
θησαυρός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< τίθημι), [in LXX chiefly for אוֹצָר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2344 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidthay-sow-ros'
a deposit, i.e. wealth (literally or figuratively)
Fromfrom G5087;
King Jamestreasure.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
store, treasure, Refs 5th c.BC+; θ. χθονός, of the silvermines of Laureion, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἄνθρακες ὁ θ., proverbial, 'apples of Sodom', frequently in Refs 8th c.BC+; κόμας.., ἱκτήριον θ. Refs 5th c.BC+; Διὸς θ., of a tomb marking the fall of a thunderbolt, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἰωνοῖς γλυκὺν θ., of a dead body, Refs 5th c.BC+; of learning, θ., οὓς κατέλιπον ἐν βιβλίοις Refs 5th c.BC+; σοφίας θ. NT+5th c.BC+
II strong-room, magazine, LXX+5th c.BC+; especially of the treasuries built at Delphi by Greek cities, Refs 6th c.BC+; vaults of a bank, Refs 4th c.AD+
II.2 granary, Refs 3rd c.BC+; οἱ δημόσιοι θ. Refs 3rd c.AD+
II.3 receptacle for valuables, safe, casket, NT+5th c.BC+; θ. βελέεσσιν, of a quiver, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.4 offertory-box (for its form, see Refs 4th c.BC+; σπονδεῖον ἢ θ. coin-in-the-slot machine which sold holy water, Refs 2nd c.BC+
II.5 cavern, Refs 5th c.BC+; subterranean dungeon, Refs 1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | thēsauros2×θησαυρός | thēsaurois1×θησαυροὶ |
| object accusative | thēsauron5×θησαυρὸν | thēsauroin3×θησαυροὺς |
| direct address vocative | thēsauror | thēsauroir |
| of, belonging to genitive | thēsaurou4×θησαυροῦ | thēsauroiu1×θησαυρῶν |
| to, for dative | thēsauro1×θησαυρῷ | thēsauroi |
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
thēsauro 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
17 occurrences, every one of them listed
thēsauros“treasure”subjectnominative singular2×
Matthew 6:21hopou gar atō tos thēsauros su, ekei eti kai tas kardias …For where your treasure is, there your heart will be …
Luke 12:34hopou gar atō tos thēsauros vu, ekei kai tas kardias vu …For where your treasure is, there your heart will be …
thēsauron“treasure”objectaccusative singular5×
Matthew 19:21… huparcharōnteim kai dōasar ptōchoi, kai echasi thēsauron en ouranoi, kai deuro akolouthasōr mi.… the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
Mark 10:21… kai dōasar toi ptōchoi, kai echasi thēsauron en ourano, kai deuro akolouthasōr mi.… the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
Luke 12:33… eleēmosunan; poiavar heautoi ballantieim mē palaiorōnteim, thēsauron anekleipton en toi ouranoi, hopou kleptos …… will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches …
Luke 18:22… pōlasar kai diadōasar ptōchoi, kai echasi thēsauron en ouranoi, kai deuro akolouthasōr mi.… the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
2 Corinthians 4:7Echanō de ton thēsauron houton en ostrakinei skevei, hina tas …Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show …
thēsaurou“treasure”of, belonging togenitive singular4×
Matthew 12:35tos agathos anthrōpos ek tou agathou thēsaurou ekbalatō agatheim, kai tos ponēros anthrōpos …… out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil …
Matthew 12:35… tos ponēros anthrōpos ek tou ponērou thēsaurou ekbalatō ponēreim.… out of his evil store of treasure.
Matthew 13:52“treasure”… anthrōpo oikodespoto hotinos ekbalatō ek tou thēsaurou autou kaineim kai palaieim.… a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”
Luke 6:45tos agathos anthrōpos ek tou agathou thēsaurou tau kardiau autou proferatō tem agathem, …… good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil …
thēsauro“treasure”to, fordative singular1×
Matthew 13:44Homoias atō tas basileias toiu ouranoiu thēsauro kruptorēnto en to agro, hon heuriskarantos …The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a …
thēsaurois“treasures”subjectnominative plural1×
Colossians 2:3en ho alō pantois tois thēsaurois tau sofiau kai gnōsiau apokrufois.in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
thēsauroin“treasures”objectaccusative plural3×
Matthew 2:11… piptarantois proskunala auto, kai anoigarantois toin thēsauroin autoiu prosferala auto dōreim, chruson kai …… worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of …
Matthew 6:19Mē thēsaurizavōr vi thēsauroin epi tau gēau, hopou sētos kai …Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust …
Matthew 6:20thēsaurizavōr de vi thēsauroin en ourano, hopou oute sētos oute …But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust …
thēsauroiu“treasures”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Hebrews 11:26megoteron plouton hēgerantos toiu Aiguptau thēsauroiu ton oneidismon tou Christou, apoblepate gar …… valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking …