θησαυρός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< τίθημι), [in LXX chiefly for אוֹצָר;]
1. a place of safe keeping;
(a) a casket: Mt 2:11;
(b) a treasury (I Mac 3:29 and freq. in cl.);
(c) a storehouse (Ne 13:12, De 28:12, al.): Mt 13:52; metaph., of the soul, Mt 12:35; τ. καρδίας, Lk 6:45.
2. a treasure: Mt 6:19-2113:44, Lk 12:33, 34, He 11:26;θ. ἐν οὐρανῷ (v. Dalman, Words, 206 ff.), Mt 19:21, Mk 10:21, Lk 18:22; of the knowledge of God through Christ, II Co 4:7; τ. σοφίας κ. γνώσεως, Col 2:3.†