Treasure (Noun and Verb)
Treasure (Noun and Verb)
denotes (1) “a place of safe keeping” (possibly akin to tithemi, “to put”), (a) “a casket,” Mat 2:11; (b) “a storehouse,” Mat 13:52; used metaphorically of the heart, Mat 12:35, twice (RV, “out of his treasure”); Luk 6:45; (2) “a treasure,” Mat 6:19-21; Mat 13:44; Luk 12:33-34; Heb 11:26; “treasure” (in heaven or the heavens), Mat 19:21; Mar 10:21; Luk 18:22; in these expressions (which are virtually equivalent to that in Mat 6:1, “with your Father which is in Heaven”) the promise does not simply refer to the present life, but looks likewise to the hereafter; in 2Co 4:7 it is used of “the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ,” descriptive of the Gospel, as deposited in the earthen vessels of the persons who proclaim it (cp. 2Co 4:4); in Col 2:3, of the wisdom and knowledge hidden in Christ.
a Persian word, signifying “royal treasure,” occurs in Act 8:27.
akin to A, No. 1, is used metaphorically in Rom 2:5 of “treasuring up wrath.” See LAY, No. 17.