Strong's Lexicon
G5009 — ταμεῖον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5009 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ταμεῖον |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | neuter contraction of a presumed derivative of tamias (a dispenser or distributor, akin to temno, to cut) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | tameion |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | tam-ei`-on |
| Meaning: | 1. 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) |
| KJV Renderings: | secret chamber, closet, storehouse |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ταμεῖον (so T WH uniformly), more correctly ταμιεῖον (R G L Tr in Mat 6:6) (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 493; Winers Grammar, 94 (90); (Tdf. Proleg., p. 88f)), ταμειου, τό (ταμιεύω), from Thucydides and Xenophon down;
1. a storechamber, storeroom: Luk 12:24 (Deu 28:8; Pro 3:10 (Philo, quod omn. prob. book § 12)).
2. a chamber, especially ’an inner chamber’; a secret room: Mat 6:6; Mat 24:26; Luk 12:3 (Xenophon, Hell. 5, 4, 5; Sir 29:12; Tob 7:15, and often in the Sept. for çÆãÆø).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ταμεῖον (secret chamber)
Matthew 6:6
- KJV: But thou when thou prayest enter into thy closet and when thou hast shut thy door pray to thy Father which is in secret and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly
- GK: συ δε όταν προσεύχη είσελθε εις το ταμείον σου και κλείσας την θύραν σου πρόσευξαι τω πατρί σου τω εν τω κρυπτώ και ο πατήρ σου ο βλέπων εν τω κρυπτώ αποδώσει σοι εν τω φανερώ
Matthew 24:26
- KJV: Wherefore if they shall say unto you Behold he is in the desert go not forth behold in the secret chambers believe not
- GK: εάν ουν είπωσιν υμίν ιδού εν τη ερήμω εστί μη εξέλθητε ιδού εν τοις ταμείοις μη πιστεύσητε
Luke 12:3
- KJV: Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops
- GK: ανθ όσα εν τη σκοτία είπατε εν τω φωτί ακουσθήσεται και ο προς το ους ελαλήσατε εν τοις ταμείοις κηρυχθήσεται επί των δωμάτων
Luke 12:24
- KJV: Consider the ravens for they neither sow nor reap which neither have storehouse nor barn and God feedeth them how much more are ye better than the fowls
- GK: κατανοήσατε τους κόρακας ότι ου σπείρουσιν ουδέ θερίζουσιν οις ουκ έστι ταμείον ουδέ αποθήκη και ο θεός τρέφει αυτούς πόσω μάλλον υμείς διαφέρετε των πετεινών