Strong's Lexicon

H1595

H1595 — גֶּנֶז

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewgeneznoun mascOccurrences: 3TWOT: 365a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1595
Word:	גֶּנֶז
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from an unused root meaning to store
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	3
Transliteration:	genez
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	gheh'-nez
Meaning:	1. treasure 2. (by implication) a coffer
KJV Renderings:	chest, treasury.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1700

[גְּנָזִים] noun [masculine] plural

1. chests (?);

2. treasury

— only plural constructגִּנְזֵי; —

1. perhaps chests of variegated cloth בְּרֹמִים ׳ ג Ezek 27:24 so Thes AV RV ; Sm Co and others cloths, carpets, Ew Taschen.

2. treasury (Late Hebrew גֶּנֶז, Aramaic גִּנְזָא, גְּנִיז , Biblical Aramaic construct plural גִּנְזֵי; Persian loan-word from [untranscribed source text 962] treasure? compare Vullers^ii.1032 Lag^Ges.Abh.27); גִּנְזֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ Esth 3:9; Esth 4:7.

BDB9418

[גְּנַז] noun masculine^{Ezra 6:1} treasure ( ᵑ7 ; see Biblical Hebrew [ גְּנָזִים ], below גנז); — plural emphatic גִּנְזִיָּא treasures Ezra 6:1, דִּי מַלְכָּא בֵּית ׳ ג Ezra 5:17, construct בֵּית גִּנְזֵי מִלְכָּא Ezra 7:20.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גנזים (g’nah-zeem’)

Exodus 3:9

KJV: Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

EHCC: bring (it) into the king’s treasuries.

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