ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΩΝ, γαζοφυλακων
GAZOPHYLAKŌN, gazophylakōn
Sounds Like: gah-zo-fy-LAH-kohn
Translations: of treasurers, of temple treasurers, of guardians of the treasury
From the root: ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΞ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from 'γάζα' (gaza), meaning 'treasure', and 'φύλαξ' (phylax), meaning 'guard' or 'keeper'. It refers to individuals responsible for guarding or managing a treasury, often specifically the temple treasury. They were the custodians of valuable items or funds.
Inflection: Genitive, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1048 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΞ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΑ — treasurer, a treasurer, steward, keeper of the treasury
- ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΕΣ — treasurers, keepers of the treasury, temple treasurers
- ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΞ — treasurer, a treasurer, keeper of the treasury, temple treasurer
- ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΞΙ — (to) treasurers, (to) keepers of the treasury
- ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΞΙΝ — treasurer, a treasurer, keeper of the treasury, guardian of the treasury, steward of the treasury
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