ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΞΙ, γαζοφυλαξι
GAZOPHYLAXI, gazophylaxi
Sounds Like: gah-zoh-FYOO-lak-see
Translations: (to) treasurers, (to) keepers of the treasury
From the root: ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΞ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to individuals responsible for guarding or managing a treasury or a storehouse. It is a compound word formed from 'γάζα' (gaza), meaning 'treasure' or 'royal treasury', and 'φύλαξ' (phylax), meaning 'guard' or 'keeper'. Thus, it literally means 'treasure-keeper' or 'treasury-guard'. It is used to describe officials who oversee financial assets or valuable stores.
Inflection: Dative, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1048 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Ezra (Alpha) — 8:19
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
- ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΩΝ — of treasurers, of temple treasurers, of guardians of the treasury
- ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΞ — treasurer, a treasurer, keeper of the treasury, temple treasurer
- ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΞΙΝ — treasurer, a treasurer, keeper of the treasury, guardian of the treasury, steward of the treasury
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