ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΑ, γαζοφυλακια
GAZOPHYLAKIA, gazophylakia
Sounds Like: gah-zoh-fy-LAH-kee-ah
Translations: treasuries, storehouses, offering boxes, money-chests
From the root: ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a compound noun, formed from 'γάζα' (gaza), meaning 'treasure', and 'φυλάκιον' (phylakion), meaning 'a place of keeping' or 'a guard-post'. It refers to a place where valuables, especially money or offerings, are stored. In a religious context, it often refers to the temple treasury or the chests used for collecting contributions.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G1049 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 5:12
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΝ.
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.
- ΓΑΖΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΕΙΟΥ — of the treasury, of the temple treasury, of the offering box, of the place for offerings
- ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΙ — to a treasury, to a storehouse, to a treasure chamber, a treasury, a storehouse, a treasure chamber
- ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΙΣ — to the treasury, to the treasuries, to the temple treasury, to the temple treasuries
- ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΝ — treasury, a treasury, money box, a money box, storehouse, a storehouse
- ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΥ — of the treasury, of the temple treasury, of the storehouse, of the chest, of the offering box
- ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΩ — (to) treasury, (to) storehouse, (to) strongroom, (to) chamber, (to) a treasury, (to) a storehouse, (to) a strongroom, (to) a chamber
- ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΩΝ — of the treasury, of the treasuries, of the temple treasury, of the temple treasuries, of the offering box, of the offering boxes
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