Word Summary
thēsaurizō: to lay up, store up
Original Word: θησαυρίζωTransliteration: thēsaurizō
Phonetic Spelling: (thay-sow-rid'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to lay up, store up
Meaning: to lay up, store up
Strong's Concordance
lay up treasure, keep in store.
From thesauros; to amass or reserve (literally or figuratively) -- lay up (treasure), (keep) in store, (heap) treasure (together, up).
see GREEK thesauros
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2343: θησαυρίζωθησαυρίζω; 1 aorist
ἐθησαυρισα; perfect passive participle
τεθησαυρισμενος; (
θησαυρός); from
Herodotus down;
to gather and lay up, to heap up, store up: to accumulate riches,
James 5:3;
τίνι,
Luke 12:21;
2 Corinthians 12:14;
τί,
1 Corinthians 16:2;
θησαυρούς ἐηαύτω,
Matthew 6:19f; equivalent to
to keep in store, store up, reserve: passive
2 Peter 3:7; metaphorically, so to live from day to day as to increase either the bitterness or the happiness of one's consequent lot:
ὀργήν ἑαυτῷ,
Romans 2:5;
κακά,
Proverbs 1:18;
ζωήν, Psalms of Solomon 9, 9 (
ἐυτυχιαν, Appendix, Samn. 4, 3 (i. e. vol. i., p. 23, 31 edition, Bekker);
τεθησαυρισμενος κατά τίνος φθόνος,
Diodorus 20, 36). (Compare:
ἀποθησαυρίζω.)