atsar · store up

What it means

atsar (אָצַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “store up”.

Keep goods in a storehouse for later (2 Kings 20:17; Isaiah 23:18). In Nehemiah 13:13, put someone in charge of the storehouses. From the same root comes "treasure."

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Gather goods and keep them for later.
2. Put someone in charge of storehouses.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• have stored up ×2
• I appointed as treasurers ×1
• be stored up ×1
• those who store up ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 2 Kings×1
• Nehemiah×1
• Isaiah×2
• Amos×1

• 2 Kings 20:17

  ‘Look, days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have stored up until this day, will be carried to Babylon; not a thing will be left, says YHWH.

• Nehemiah 13:13

  And I appointed as treasurers over the treasuries Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, and next to them Hanan son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah; for they were considered faithful, and it was upon them to distribute to their brothers.

• Isaiah 23:18

  And her profit and her wages will be holy to YHWH; it will not be stored up nor hoarded; for for those who dwell before YHWH her profit will be for eating to satisfaction and for splendid clothing.

• Isaiah 39:6

  ‘Look, days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have stored up until this day, will be carried to Babylon; not a thing will be left, says YHWH.

• Amos 3:10

  And they do not know how to do what is right, declares YHWH, those who store up violence and destruction in their citadels.