אוֹצָר
otsar · treasure, storehouse
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H214 · appears 79 times in the Bible
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otsar (אוֹצָר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “treasure, storehouse”.
A treasure, or a storehouse where something valuable is kept.
How to say it
o·tsar
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
- Valuables stored up.
- The place where valuables are kept.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Word study
Treasure, storehouse: the place where something valuable is kept, and also what is kept in it. It comes from אָצַר, “store up”. BDB: a depository; treasure, storehouse.
- The treasures of the house of YHWH and of the king 1 Kings 14:26Joshua 6:19
- Hezekiah shows his treasuries 2 Kings 20:13
- “The storehouse” and the tithe Malachi 3:10
- The heavens as YHWH's storehouse; the storehouses of the wind Deuteronomy 28:12Psalms 135:7Jeremiah 10:13
- “Desirable treasure… in the dwelling of the wise” Proverbs 21:20
Historical and cultural background
The books of Kings tell several times how a foreign king carried off “the treasures of the house of YHWH and the treasures of the house of the king” (1 Kings 14:26), or how a king of Judah handed them over to buy help (2 Kings 16:8).
How we translate it
“Treasuries” 30 times, “treasures” 24, “treasury” 8, “treasure” 5; “storehouses” 5, “storehouse” 2 and “stores” 4 where what is kept is wind, rain or provisions (Psalm 135:7; Malachi 3:10).
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- treasuries ×30
- treasures ×24
- treasury ×8
- storehouses ×5
- treasure ×5
- stores ×4
- storehouse ×2
- armory ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Deuteronomy×2
- Joshua×2
- 1 Kings×5
- 2 Kings×8
- 1 Chronicles×13
- 2 Chronicles×10
- Ezra×1
- Nehemiah×6
- Job×2
- Psalms×2
- Proverbs×5
- Isaiah×6
- Jeremiah×11
- Ezekiel×1
- Daniel×1
- Hosea×1
- Joel×1
- Micah×1
- Malachi×1
- Deuteronomy 28:12
YHWH will open to you his good storehouse, the heavens, to give the rain of your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.
- Deuteronomy 32:34
‘Is not this laid up with me, sealed in my treasuries?
- Joshua 6:19
And all the silver and gold, and the utensils of bronze and iron, it is a holy thing to YHWH; it shall go into the treasury of YHWH.”
- Joshua 6:24
And the city they burned with fire, and all that was in it; only the silver and the gold and the utensils of bronze and iron they put into the treasury of the house of YHWH.
- 1 Kings 7:51
And all the work that King Solomon did in the house of YHWH was completed. And Solomon brought in the holy things of David his father: the silver and the gold and the utensils he put in the treasuries of the house of YHWH.
- 1 Kings 14:26
He took the treasures of the house of YHWH and the treasures of the house of the king; and everything he took. He also took all the shields of gold that Solomon had made.
- 1 Kings 15:18
Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasuries of the house of YHWH and the treasuries of the house of the king, and gave them into the hand of his servants; and King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, son of Hezion, king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying,
- 2 Kings 12:18
Joash king of Judah took all the holy things that Jehoshaphat and Joram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had consecrated, and his own holy things, and all the gold that was found in the treasuries of the house of YHWH and of the house of the king, and sent it to Hazael king of Aram; and he went away from Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 14:14
He took all the gold and the silver, and all the utensils that were found in the house of YHWH and in the treasuries of the house of the king, and the hostages, and returned to Samaria.
- 2 Kings 16:8
Ahaz took the silver and the gold that was found in the house of YHWH and in the treasuries of the house of the king, and sent to the king of Assyria a bribe.
- 2 Kings 18:15
Hezekiah gave all the silver that was found in the house of YHWH and in the treasuries of the house of the king.
- 2 Kings 20:13
Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all his treasure house: the silver, the gold, the spices, and the fine oil, and his armory, and all that was found in his treasuries; there was not a thing that Hezekiah did not show them in his house or in all his dominion.
- 2 Kings 20:15
He said, “What have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah said, “All that is in my house they have seen; there is not a thing that I have not shown them among my treasures.”
- 2 Kings 24:13
He brought out from there all the treasures of the house of YHWH and the treasures of the house of the king, and he cut up all the utensils of gold that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of YHWH, as YHWH had spoken.
- 1 Chronicles 9:26
for in an office of trust were they, the four mighty ones of the gatekeepers, who were the Levites; and they were over the chambers and over the treasuries of the house of Elohim.
- 1 Chronicles 26:20
Of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of Elohim and over the treasuries of the holy things.
- 1 Chronicles 26:22
The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and Joel his brother, were over the treasuries of the house of YHWH.
- 1 Chronicles 26:24
Shebuel son of Gershom, son of Moses, was leader over the treasuries.
- 1 Chronicles 26:26
This Shelomoth and his brothers were over all the treasuries of the holy things that David the king had consecrated, and the heads of the fathers’ houses, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the commanders of the army.
- 1 Chronicles 27:25
Over the king’s treasuries was Azmaveth son of Adiel; and over the stores in the field, in the cities, in the villages, and in the towers, was Jonathan son of Uzziah;
- 1 Chronicles 27:27
over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite; and over what was in the vineyards for the stores of wine was Zabdi the Shiphmite;
- 1 Chronicles 27:28
over the olive trees and the sycamores that were in the Shephelah was Baal-hanan the Gederite; and over the stores of oil was Joash;
- 1 Chronicles 28:12
and the pattern of all that he had in the spirit for the courts of the house of YHWH and for all the chambers around, for the treasuries of the house of Elohim and for the treasuries of the holy things;
- 1 Chronicles 29:8
Whoever had stones gave them to the treasury of the house of YHWH, under the direction of Jehiel the Gershonite.
- 2 Chronicles 5:1
All the work that Solomon did for the house of YHWH was completed. Solomon brought in the holy things of David his father: the silver, the gold, and all the utensils; he put them in the treasuries of the house of Elohim.
- 2 Chronicles 8:15
They did not turn aside from the commandment of the king concerning the priests and the Levites in any matter, or concerning the treasuries.
- 2 Chronicles 11:11
He strengthened the fortresses and put in them leaders, and stores of food, oil, and wine.
- 2 Chronicles 12:9
Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and took the treasures of the house of YHWH and the treasures of the house of the king; everything he took. He also took the shields of gold that Solomon had made.
- 2 Chronicles 16:2
Asa brought out silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of YHWH and of the house of the king, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying,
- 2 Chronicles 25:24
He took all the gold and the silver, and all the utensils that were found in the house of Elohim with Obed-edom, and the treasuries of the house of the king, and the hostages, and returned to Samaria.
- 2 Chronicles 32:27
Hezekiah had very great riches and glory; and he made treasuries for himself for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of desirable objects;
- 2 Chronicles 36:18
And all the utensils of the house of Elohim, great and small, and the treasures of the house of YHWH, and the treasures of the king and of his officials, all this he brought to Babylon.
- Ezra 2:69
According to their strength they gave to the treasury of the work sixty-one thousand drachmas of gold, and five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred tunics of priests.
- Nehemiah 7:70
And some of the heads of the fathers’ houses gave for the work. The governor gave to the treasury a thousand drachmas of gold, fifty bowls, five hundred thirty tunics of priests.
- Nehemiah 7:71
And some of the heads of the fathers’ houses gave to the treasury of the work twenty thousand drachmas of gold and two thousand two hundred minas of silver.
- Nehemiah 10:38
And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites receive the tithe; and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithe to the house of our Elohim, to the chambers, to the house of the treasury.
- Nehemiah 12:44
And on that day men were appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the contributions, for the first part and for the tithes, to gather into them, from the fields of the cities, the portions of the law for the priests and for the Levites; for the rejoicing of Judah was over the priests and over the Levites who stood in their place.
- Nehemiah 13:12
Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the oil to the treasuries.
- 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.
- Job 38:22
Have you entered into the treasuries of the snow, or the treasuries of the hail have you seen,
And 39 more times.