Etymology

From γαζοφύλαξ (gazophúlax) +‎ -ιον (-ion)Category:Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ιον#ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΝ.

Pronunciation

Noun

γᾰζοφῠλάκῐον • (găzophŭlákĭon) n (genitive γᾰζοφῠλᾰκίου)Category:Ancient Greek lemmas#ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΝCategory:Ancient Greek nouns#ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΝCategory:Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms#ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΝCategory:Ancient Greek neuter nouns#ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΝCategory:Ancient Greek second-declension nouns#ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΝCategory:Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension#ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΝCategory:Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΝCategory:Ancient Greek neuter nouns#ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΝCategory:Pages with entries#ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΝCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΝ; second declension

1. (KoineCategory:Koine Greek#ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΝ) treasury (place where treasure is stored safely)
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Esther 3.9:

     εἰ δοκεῖ τῷ βασιλεῖ, δογματισάτω ἀπολέσαι αὐτούς, κἀγὼ διαγράψω εἰς τὸ γαζοφυλάκιον τοῦ βασιλέως ἀργυρίου τάλαντα μύρια.

     ei dokeî tōî basileî, dogmatisátō apolésai autoús, kagṑ diagrápsō eis tò gazophulákion toû basiléōs arguríou tálanta múria.

     If it please the king, let it be written that they are to be destroyed, and I will contribute ten thousand talents of silver to the king’s treasury.

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   • 80 CE – 90 CE, The Gospel of Luke 21:1:

     Ἀναβλέψας δὲ εἶδε τοὺς βάλλοντας τὰ δῶρα αὐτῶν εἰς τὸ γαζοφυλάκιον πλουσίους·

     Anablépsas dè eîde toùs bállontas tà dôra autôn eis tò gazophulákion plousíous;

     • Translation by KJV

       And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.

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Further reading

• γαζοφυλάκιον, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “γαζοφυλάκιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γαζοφυλάκιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• γαζοφυλάκιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γαζοφυλάκιον in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache‎ (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• G1049 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible Category:grc:Money#ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΝ