- Transliteration: thesauros

- Phonetic: thay-sow-ros'

- Definition:

1. the place in which good and precious things are collected and laid up

a. a casket, coffer, or other receptacle, in which valuables are kept

b. a treasury

c. storehouse, repository, magazine

2. the things laid up in a treasury, collected treasures

- Origin: from G5087" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5087

- TDNT entry: 05:16,3

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: From G5087" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5087; a deposit that is wealth (literally or figuratively): - treasure.