STRONGS G1047:
γάζα,
-ης,
ἡ, a Persian word, adopted by the Greeks and Latins (Cicero, off. 2, 22),
the royal treasury, treasure, riches, (Curtius 3, 13, 5 pecuniam regiam, quam
gazam Persae vocant):
Acts 8:27. ([Theophrastus], Polybius, Diodorus 17, 35 and 64; Plutarch, others.
Sept., 2 Esdr. 5:17; 2 Esdr. 7:20.)
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