STRONGS NUMBER G1047


Word Summary
gaza: treasure
Original Word: γάζα
Transliteration: gaza
Phonetic Spelling: (gad'-zah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: treasure
Meaning: treasure
Strong's Concordance
treasure.

Of foreign origin; a treasure -- treasure.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1047: γάζα

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