Word Summary
gaza: treasure
Original Word: γάζαTransliteration: 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: γάζαγάζα,
γάζης,
ἡ, 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.)