UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: storeroom, treasure room

Semantic entry: 7.32

Semantic domains: Constructions

Subdomains: Parts and Areas of Buildings

Definition: a room for the storage of valuables

Notes: ταμεῖον[b] and θησαυρός[a] may often be rendered by descriptive phrases, for example, ‘a room where valuable things are kept’ or ‘a place where valuables are stored.’|In RV MAT 12:35 · LV MAT 12:35 · Read together MAT 12:35 θησαυρός[a] is used figuratively (ὁ ἀγαθὸς ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ θησαυροῦ ἐκβάλλει ἀγαθά ‘a good man draws good things from his good storehouse,’ meaning ‘… storehouse of good things’) to describe the heart as a kind of storehouse or treasure.

Further resources: realia:3.12

Sense 2: money box, treasure box

Semantic entry: 6.140

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Containers

Definition: a box in which money was kept

Notes: A ‘treasure box’ may be referred to as ‘a box with valuable objects’ or ‘a box with objects costing a great deal of money.’

Further resources: realia:5.18.1.4

Sense 3: treasure, wealth, riches

Semantic entry: 65.10

Semantic domains: Value

Subdomains: Valuable, Lacking in Value

Definition: that which is of exceptional value and kept safe