What does γαζοφυλάκιον (gazophylákion) mean in the Bible?
γαζοφυλάκιον (gazophylákion): Temple collection boxes where worshippers deposited offerings, not just administrative treasury building.
Greek · G1049
γαζοφυλάκιον
Treasury
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γαζοφυλάκιον G1049
Pronunciation gazophylákion
What does γαζοφυλάκιον (gazophylákion) mean in the Bible?
γαζοφυλάκιον (gazophylákion): Temple collection boxes where worshippers deposited offerings, not just administrative treasury building.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1049?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include treasury (4), [it] (1).
Where does γαζοφυλάκιον (gazophylákion) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 12:41. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (3), John (1), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It treasury 4× Mark 12:41, Mark 12:43, Luke 21:1, John 8:20
[it] 1× Mark 12:41
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Mark 12:41 γαζοφυλακίου to treasury Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Mark 12:41 γαζοφυλάκιον to [it] Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Mark 12:43 γαζοφυλάκιον to treasury Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Luke 21:1 γαζοφυλάκιον to treasury Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular John 8:20 γαζοφυλακίῳ to treasury Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 12:41
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Mark 3 Luke 1 John 1
Source forms
γαζοφυλάκιον 3x gazophylakion Mark 12:41, Mark 12:43, Luke 21:1
γαζοφυλακίου 1x gazophylakiou Mark 12:41
γαζοφυλακίῳ 1x gazophylakiō John 8:20
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 3x Mark 12:41, Mark 12:43, Luke 21:1
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular 1x John 8:20
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 1x Mark 12:41
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Temple collection boxes where worshippers deposited offerings, not just administrative treasury building.
Strong's G1049
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 3 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
treasury
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 12:41 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
γαζοφυλακίου gazofulakiou
a treasury
Read verse Mark 12:41 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
γαζοφυλάκιον· gazofulakion
a treasury
Read verse Mark 12:43 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
γαζοφυλάκιον· gazofulakion
a treasury
Read verse Luke 21:1 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
γαζοφυλάκιον gazofulakion
a treasury
Read verse John 8:20 Noun Dative Singular Neuter
γαζοφυλακίῳ, gazofulakiw
a treasury
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Mark 12:41 1×
Dative · Singular · Neuter John 8:20 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Mark 12:41 · Mark 12:43 · Luke 21:1 3×
Word Origins
γαζοφυλάκιον is built from these roots:
γάζα G1047
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain