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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γαζοφυλάκιονG1049
Pronunciationgazophylákion
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 Ittreasury4×Mark 12:41, Mark 12:43, Luke 21:1, John 8:20
[it]1×Mark 12:41
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Mark 12:41γαζοφυλακίουtotreasuryNoun - Genitive Neuter SingularMark 12:41γαζοφυλάκιονto[it]Noun - Accusative Neuter SingularMark 12:43γαζοφυλάκιονtotreasuryNoun - Accusative Neuter SingularLuke 21:1γαζοφυλάκιονtotreasuryNoun - Accusative Neuter SingularJohn 8:20γαζοφυλακίῳtotreasuryNoun - Dative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMark 12:41
Aligned rows5
Books represented3
Mark3Luke1John1
Source forms
γαζοφυλάκιον3xgazophylakionMark 12:41, Mark 12:43, Luke 21:1
γαζοφυλακίου1xgazophylakiouMark 12:41
γαζοφυλακίῳ1xgazophylakiōJohn 8:20
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular3xMark 12:41, Mark 12:43, Luke 21:1
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular1xJohn 8:20
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular1xMark 12:41
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Temple collection boxes where worshippers deposited offerings, not just administrative treasury building.
Strong'sG1049
Lexical occurrences5 versesGreek text appearances5 timesWord forms3 forms5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
treasury
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 12:41Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
γαζοφυλακίουgazofulakiou
a treasury
Read verseMark 12:41Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
γαζοφυλάκιον·gazofulakion
a treasury
Read verseMark 12:43Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
γαζοφυλάκιον·gazofulakion
a treasury
Read verseLuke 21:1Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
γαζοφυλάκιονgazofulakion
a treasury
Read verseJohn 8:20Noun 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 patterns3Aligned forms5Case patternAccusative (3)Number patternSingular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · NeuterMark 12:411×
Dative · Singular · NeuterJohn 8:201×
Accusative · Singular · NeuterMark 12:41 · Mark 12:43 · Luke 21:13×
Word Origins
γαζοφυλάκιον is built from these roots:
γάζαG1047