To amass or reserve (literally or figuratively)
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G2343 is a Greek verb for storing up, accumulating, reserving, or amassing something. Matthew 6:20 commands Jesus' hearers to store up treasures in heaven rather than treasures vulnerable to decay and theft on earth, directing allegiance toward the Father's kingdom.
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G2343 is a Greek verb for storing up, accumulating, reserving, or amassing something. Matthew 6:20 commands Jesus' hearers to store up treasures in heaven rather than treasures vulnerable to decay and theft on earth, directing allegiance toward the Father's kingdom.
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include store up (2), reserved (1), saving it up (1), stores up treasure (1), to save up (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 6:19. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (2), 1 Corinthians (1), 2 Corinthians (1), 2 Peter (1).
G2343 is a Greek verb for storing up, accumulating, reserving, or amassing something. Matthew 6:20 commands Jesus' hearers to store up treasures in heaven rather than treasures vulnerable to decay and theft on earth, directing allegiance toward the Father's kingdom. First Corinthians 16:2 asks each believer to set aside and save an amount weekly according to prosperity so the collection for the saints will be ready without a last-minute appeal.
James 5:3 condemns rich oppressors who have hoarded treasure in the last days while withheld wages cry out against them. The verb can also describe parents saving for children, a hard heart storing wrath, and the present creation reserved for judgment. G2343 opens teaching on stewardship, generosity, prepared giving, hoarding, accountability, and eternal allegiance.
It corrects both reckless contempt for prudent saving and financial spirituality that treats wealth accumulation as proof of God's favor while workers, dependents, or neighbors are exploited.
G2343 describes resources or consequences being laid up for a future time. Objects include earthly or heavenly treasure, money for a collection, parental provision, wrath, and creation reserved for judgment. What is stored, for whom, and toward which future determines the moral force.
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
Jesus commands treasure in heaven within teaching that redirects the heart from anxious earthly accumulation toward the Father's kingdom.
On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.
Believers are to set aside resources regularly and proportionately so the relief collection is prepared before Paul's arrival.
Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.
Corroded wealth testifies against rich oppressors who hoard in the last days while defrauding laborers and living indulgently.
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Greek word. Storing up resources or consequences for future account; often implies judgment or reckoning to come.
Storing up resources or consequences for future account; often implies judgment or reckoning to come.
to lay up, store up: of riches, Jas.5:3; id. with dative of person(s), Luk.12:21, 2Co.12:14; with accusative of thing(s), 1Co.16:2; θησαυροὺς ἑαυτῷ, Mat.6:19-20; pass., 2Pe.3:7; metaphorically, ὀργὴν ἑαντῷ, Rom.2:5 (cf. Pro.1:18, Pss. Pss.Sol 9:9).
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
8 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
I store up, treasure up, save
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How this verb appears across 7 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
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G2343 reveals that storing is not neutral simply because it is future-oriented. Jesus contrasts earthly treasure with treasure in heaven because accumulation trains the heart toward a master and a vision of security. The command does not deny material responsibility; the same canon values provision for dependents and planned generosity. First Corinthians gives a practical example.
Regular, proportionate saving prepares a relief collection without emotional pressure at the moment of need. The money is accumulated in order to be given, and the process respects differing means. Second Corinthians adds that parents ordinarily save for children, placing provision within responsible care rather than self-glory. James exposes the reverse pattern.
Wealth corrodes as testimony when employers withhold wages and hoard amid exploitation. The problem is not merely possession but unjust acquisition, indulgence, and refusal to answer cries for justice. Romans uses the verb with wrath, showing that persistent hardness can accumulate consequence rather than safety. G2343 invites budgeting, reserves, generosity, and accountability shaped by love of God and neighbor.
It forbids churches from manipulating collections, demanding disclosure of gifts for status, or promising heavenly treasure as a purchasable spiritual return. Prudent savings can serve vocation and care; hoarding makes stored wealth a rival refuge and can preserve injustice.
Matt.6.20
G2343 is related to the noun for treasure or storehouse and means to lay up or reserve. A direct object or prepositional phrase identifies what is accumulated and for whom, while passive uses can describe something kept for a future event.
Old Testament wisdom, law, and prophets address storehouses, inheritance, provision, dishonest gain, neglected poor people, and riches unable to save in judgment. New Testament G2343 gathers those concerns around the kingdom, organized generosity, and final accountability.