What does ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē) mean in the Bible?
ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē) is a Greek word meaning "storehouse".
Greek · G596
ἀποθήκη
Storehouse
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ἀποθήκη G596
Pronunciation apothḗkē
What does ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē) mean in the Bible?
ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē) is a Greek word meaning "storehouse".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G596?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include barn (4), barns (2).
Where does ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 3:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (3), Matthew (3).
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 barn 4× Matthew 3:12, Matthew 13:30, Luke 3:17, Luke 12:24
barns 2× Matthew 6:26, Luke 12:18
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 3:12 ἀποθήκην to barn Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Matthew 6:26 ἀποθήκας to barns Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Matthew 13:30 ἀποθήκην to barn Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Luke 3:17 ἀποθήκην to barn Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Luke 12:18 ἀποθήκας to barns Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Luke 12:24 ἀποθήκη to barn Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 3:12
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 2
Matthew 3 Luke 3
Source forms
ἀποθήκην 3x apothēkēn Matthew 3:12, Matthew 13:30, Luke 3:17
ἀποθήκας 2x apothēkas Matthew 6:26, Luke 12:18
ἀποθήκη 1x apothēkē Luke 12:24
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 3x Matthew 3:12, Matthew 13:30, Luke 3:17
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 2x Matthew 6:26, Luke 12:18
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Luke 12:24
Evidence Summary
Greek word. storehouse
Strong's G596
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 3 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
storehouse
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 3:12 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀποθήκην, apoqhkhn
a repository, granary, barn, storehouse
Read verse Matthew 6:26 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
ἀποθήκας, apoqhkav
a repository, granary, barn, storehouse
Read verse Matthew 13:30 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀποθήκην apoqhkhn
a repository, granary, barn, storehouse
Read verse Luke 3:17 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀποθήκην apoqhkhn
a repository, granary, barn, storehouse
Read verse Luke 12:18 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
ἀποθήκας, apoqhkav
a repository, granary, barn, storehouse
Read verse Luke 12:24 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἀποθήκη, apoqhkh
a repository, granary, barn, storehouse
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 6 Case pattern Accusative (5) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Luke 12:24 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 3:12 · Matt 13:30 · Luke 3:17 3×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 6:26 · Luke 12:18 2×
Word Origins
ἀποθήκη is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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