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treasure

Meaning of “treasure”

Sense 1: Valuable things or provisions stored; a specially valued possession. Sense 2: An inward store from which something is brought forth.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
37 occurrences35 verses19 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 43:23

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Exodus 1:11
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 1:11 · retained source text

Therefore they did set ouer them task-masters, to afflict them with their burdens: And they built for Pharaoh treasure-cities, Pithom and Raamses.

Exodus 19:5
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 19:5 · retained source text

Now therfore if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keepe my couenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure vnto me aboue all people: for all the earth is mine.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 5.2.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 10.14. psal. 24.1.

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Historical definitions

To hoard; to collect and reposit, either money or other things, for future use; to lay up.

volume 2, leaf 798, column 2 (main_dictionary)