Quick Definition
a secret chamber
Strong's Definition
akin to , to cut); a dispensary or magazine, i.e. a chamber on the ground-floor or interior of an Oriental house (generally used for storage or privacy, a spot for retirement)
Derivation: neuter contraction of a presumed derivative of (a dispenser or distributor;
KJV Usage: secret chamber, closet, storehouse
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ταμεῖον (so T WH uniformly), more correctly ταμιεῖον (R G L Tr in Mat_6:6) (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 493; Winers Grammar, 94 (90); (Tdf. Proleg., p. 88f)), ταμειου, τό (ταμιεύω), from Thucydides and Xenophon down;
1. a storechamber, storeroom: Luk_12:24 (Deu_28:8; Pro_3:10 (Philo, quod omn. prob. book § 12)).
2. a chamber, especially 'an inner chamber'; a secret room: Mat_6:6; Mat_24:26; Luk_12:3 (Xenophon, Hell. 5, 4, 5; Sir_29:12; Tob_7:15, and often in the Sept. for ηΖγΖψ).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ταμεῖον tameion 4x
a storehouse, granary, barn, Luk_12:24 ;
a chamber, closet, place of retirement and privacy, Mat_6:6 ; Mat_24:26 ; Luk_12:3
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ταμεῖον
(late syncopated form of cl . ταμιεῖον ; v. M , Pr., 44 f .; Bl., § 6, 5; Thackeray, Gr. , 63 ff .; Deiss., BS , 182 f .), -ον , τό ,
[in LXX chiefly for H2315 ;]
1. a treasury ( Thuc ., al ).
2. a store-chamber ( Arist ., Xen .; Deu_28:8 ): Luk_12:24 .
3. an inner chamber ( Xen ., Hell., v, 4, 5 Isa_26:20 , al. ): Mat_6:6 ; Mat_24:26 , Luk_12:3 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ταμεῖον [page 624]
(inner) chamber, store-chamber. The syncopated form ταμεῖον (for ταμιεῖον ), which is found in the four NT occurrences of the word ( Mat_6:6 ; Mat_24:26 , Luk_12:3 ; Luk_12:24 ), is the prevailing form in the papyri from i/A.D. onwards : see e.g. CPR I. 1 .13 (A.D. 83 4), τραπέζ [ης ] ταμείω (ν ), of the bank of the store-houses, and so .30 , P Fay 110 .7 (A.D. 94) ὃ λέγεις ταμε [ῖ ]ον , the storehouse you speak of, BGU I. 75 ii. 12 (ii/A.D.) εἰς τὸ ταμεῖον , P Oxy III. 533 .9 (ii/iii A.D.) παρὰ τῷ ταμείῳ , and ib . VI. 886 .4 (iii/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 111) ἐν τοῖς τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ ταμίοις in the archives of Hermes. In Menander Σαμ . 18 ταμειΐου probably stands for ταμειδίου .
The full form ταμιεῖον is seen in such passages from Ptolemaic times as P Petr II. 32 i. 5 ἐργαζ [ομένου ] μου ἐν τῶι βασιλικῶι ταμιείωι , as I was working in the Royal Repository (Edd.), ib . III. 73 .7 (lease of a shop) ταμιεῖον εἰσιόντων ἐνδέξια ὄγδοον , the eighth shop on the right as one enters (Edd.), and P Hib I. 31 .5 et saepe ( c B.C. 270). From Roman times we can cite BGU I. 106 .5 (A.D. 199) το [ῦ ] ταμιείου , and P Flor I. 47 .6 (A.D. 213 17) ἐντὸς ταμιείου οἰκίας . See further Thackeray Gr . i. p. 63 ff. Ferguson, Legal Terms , p. 76 ff., gives exx. of both forms, ταμιεῖον and ταμεῖον .
For the verb ταμιεύομαι see P Magd 26 .5 (B.C. 217 ), where the editor reads τ ]αμιευσόμεθα as against Wilcken s ἐκτ ]αμιευσόμεθα . The same papyrus .5 and .9 provides other exx. of the comp d .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ταμεῖον τα^μεῖον, ου, τό, [Etym: = ταμιεῖον, Babr. ]
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ταμεῖον
(late syncopated form of cl. ταμιεῖον; see M, Pr., 44 f.; Bl., § 6, 5; Thackeray, Gr., 63 ff.; Deiss., BS, 182 f.), -ον, τό, [in LXX chiefly for חֶדֶר ;]
__1. a treasury (Thuc., al).
__2. a store-chamber (Arist., Xen.; Deu.28:8): Luk.12:24.
__3. an inner chamber (Xen., Hell., v, 4, 5 Isa.26:20, al.): Mat.6:6 24:26, Luk.12:3.†
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