Original Word: ταμεῖον, ου, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: tameion
Phonetic Spelling: (tam-i'-on)
Short Definition: a secret chamber
Definition: a store-chamber, secret chamber, closet; a granary, barn.STRONGS NT 5009: ταμεῖον

ταμεῖον (so T WH uniformly), more correctly ταμιεῖον (R G L Tr in Matthew 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: Luke 12:24 (Deuteronomy 28:8; Proverbs 3:10 (Philo, quod omn. prob. book § 12)).

2. a chamber, especially 'an inner chamber'; a secret room: Matthew 6:6; Matthew 24:26; Luke 12:3 (Xenophon, Hell. 5, 4, 5; Sir. 29:12; Tobit 7:15, and often in the Sept. for חֶדֶר).

inner room, closet, storehouse.

Neuter contraction of a presumed derivative of tamias (a dispenser or distributor; akin to temno, 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) -- secret chamber, closet, storehouse.

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