γαζοφυλάκιον

gazofulavkion gazofulavkion,
gazofulakivou,
tov (from
gavza, which see, and
fulakhv; hence, equivalent to
qhsaurofulakion, Hesychius), a repository of treasure, especially of public treasure, a treasury: Esth. ; Esdr. ,; . In the Septuagint used for hK;v]li and hK;v]nI of apartments constructed in the courts of the temple, in which not only the sacred offerings and things needful for the temple service were kept, but in which also the priests, etc., dwelt: ; ff; of the sacred treasury, in which not only treasure but also the public records (; cf. Grimm at the passage) were stored, and the property of widows and orphans was deposited (; cf. Grimm at the passage): ; ,,; ; . Josephus speaks of both
gazofulavkia (plural) in the women's court of Herod's temple, b. j. 5, 5, 2; 6, 5, 2; and
tov
gazofulavkion, Antiquities 19, 6, 1. In the N. T., in ,; ; (
ejn
tw'/
gazofulakivw/, at, near, the treasury (yet cf. Winer's Grammar, sec. 48, a., the passage cited)),
tov
gazofulavkion seems to be used of that receptacle mentioned by the rabbis to which were fitted thirteen chests or boxes, t/rp;/v i. e. trumpets, so called from their shape, and into which were put the contributions made voluntarily or paid yearly by the Jews for the service of the temple and the support of the poor; cf. Lightfoot, Horae Hebrew et Talm., p. 536f; L?cke (Tholuck, or Godet) on ; (B. D. American edition under the word Treasury). (Strabo 2, p. 319 (i. e. 7, 6, 1).)*