H1595

גְּנָזִים

ge.nezH:N-M

treasury

1) treasury, chests? 1a) chests (of variegated cloth) (meaning uncertain) 1b) treasury Aramaic equivalent: ge.naz (גְּנַז "treasure" H1596)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[גְּנָזִים] noun [masculine] plural

1. chests (?);

2. treasury — only plural constructגִּנְזֵי; —

1. perhaps chests of variegated cloth בְּרֹמִים ׳ג Ezek 27:24 so Thes AV RV; Sm Co and others cloths, carpets, Ew Taschen.

2. treasury (Late Hebrew גֶּנֶז, Aramaic גִּנְזָא, גְּנִיז, Biblical Aramaic construct plural גִּנְזֵי; Persian loan-word from treasure? compare Vullers^ii.1032 Lag^Ges.Abh.27); גִּנְזֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ Esth 3:9; Esth 4:7.

[גְּנַז] noun masculine^{Ezra 6:1} treasure (ᵑ7; see Biblical Hebrew [ גְּנָזִים], below גנז); — plural emphatic גִּנְזִיָּא treasures Ezra 6:1, דִּי מַלְכָּא בֵּית ׳ג Ezra 5:17, construct בֵּית גִּנְזֵי מִלְכָּא Ezra 7:20.

3 occurrences

Esther (2), Ezekiel (1)