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hereafter, of this desecration and of the persecution of the Jews, in divine retribution,
metaphorically spoken of as the “treading” of the winepress of God’s wrath, Rev. 14:20;
19:15 (cf. Isa. 63:2, 3).¶
2.
(
!
, 2662), “to tread down, trample under foot,” is used (a)
literally, Matt. 5:13; 7:6; Luke 8:5; 12:1; (b) metaphorically, of “treading under foot” the
Son of God, Heb. 10:29, i.e., turning away from Him, to indulge in willful sin.¶
For
TREADING
out the corn, see
THRESH
TREASURE (Noun and Verb)
A. Nouns.
1.
$
(
$
, 2344) denotes (1) “a place of safe keeping” (possibly akin to
, “to put”), (a) “a casket,” Matt. 2:11; (b) “a storehouse,” Matt. 13:52; used
metaphorically of the heart, Matt. 12:35, twice (
RV
, “out of his treasure”); Luke 6:45; (2)
“a treasure,” Matt. 6:19, 20, 21; 13:44; Luke 12:33, 34; Heb. 11:26; “treasure” (in heaven
or the heavens), Matt. 19:21; Mark 10:21; Luke 18:22; in these expressions (which are
virtually equivalent to that in Matt. 6:1, “with your Father which is in Heaven”) the
promise does not simply refer to the present life, but looks likewise to the hereafter; in 2
Cor. 4:7 it is used of “the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus
Christ,” descriptive of the gospel, as deposited in the earthen vessels of the persons who
proclaim it (cf. v. 4); in Col. 2:3, of the wisdom and knowledge hidden in Christ.¶
2.
(
1
, 1047), a Persian word, signifying “royal treasure,” occurs in Acts
8:27.¶
B. Verb.
$
(
$&
, 2343), akin to A, No. 1, is used metaphorically in Rom. 2:5
of “treasuring up wrath.” See
LAY
, No. 17.
For
TREASURER
see
CHAMBERLAIN
,
Note
TREASURY
1.
$
(
1
, 1049), from
, “a treasure,”
$
, “a
guard,” is used by Josephus for a special room in the women’s court in the Temple in
which gold and silver bullion was kept. This seems to be referred to in John 8:20; in
Mark 12:41 (twice), 43 and Luke 21:1 it is used of the trumpet-shaped or ram’s-horn-
shaped chests, into which the temple offerings of the people were cast. There were 13
chests, six for such gifts in general, seven for distinct purposes.¶
2.
(
$
, 2878), signifying “the place of gifts,” denoted the Temple
“treasury,” Matt. 27:6. See
CORBAN
.¶
For
TREATED,
Acts 27:3
,
RV
, see
ENTREAT
(
TO DEAL WITH
)
TREATISE
(
, 3056), a word, denotes “a treatise or written narrative” in Acts 1:1. See
WORD
.
TREE
1.
(
!
$
, 1186), “a living, growing tree” (cf. Eng., “rhododendron,” lit.,
“rose tree”), known by the fruit it produces, Matt. 12:33; Luke 6:44; certain qualities are