אוֹצָר (H214) — Hebrew Lexicon

אוֹצָר

𐤀𐤅𐤑𐤓

ʼôwtsâr

H214 noun

SILEX Entry

Root אצר to store, to treasure up, to accumulate

Definition

A storage place or facility, typically for valuables, supplies, provisions, or weaponry; by extension, the contents of such a place—i.e., a store of treasure, wealth, food, or weapons. Used both for literal, physical repositories and metaphorically for amassed resources (including divine resources in poetic or prophetic contexts).

Semantic Range

storehouse, armory, treasury, depository, storeroom (for valuables, food, weapons, supplies); treasure, wealth, stockpile, God's metaphoric treasures (e.g., winds, wisdom, snow)

Root / Etymology

Root: אָצַר (ʼātsar), meaning 'to store up, lay up, gather, treasure.' The noun אוֹצָר (ʼôṣār) is formed on this root and denotes that which is stored or the place of storage.

Historical & Contextual Notes

אוֹצָר appears throughout biblical literature to refer to both royal/state and private repositories, such as treasury houses (for gold, silver, or other valuables), storehouses for food or provisions (e.g., during famine or for temple use), and armories for weapons. In some contexts, particularly wisdom and prophetic literature (e.g., Psalms, Proverbs), אוֹצָר is also used in a metaphorical sense to describe non-material treasures—such as wisdom, righteousness, or supernatural phenomena (e.g., God's 'storehouses' of wind, snow, rain). The semantic range may overlap with מִסְכֵּנָה (miskenah, 'storehouse') and גְּנָזִים (g'nāzim, 'treasures, archives'), but אוֹצָר typically emphasizes the storage aspect rather than accumulation or archival. English translations like 'treasury' or 'storehouse' are generally accurate but occasionally obscure metaphorical senses or the specific nature (wealth vs. food vs. weapons) implied in context. There is occasional overlap with temple use, but the broader usage means it should not be restricted to sacred contexts. Usage persists across pre-exilic, exilic, and post-exilic periods, developing from literal storerooms of the monarchy to figurative divine reserves in later prophetic and poetic texts.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from אָצַר; a depository; armory, cellar, garner, store(-house), treasure(-house) (-y).

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Root Family

אצר (ʾ-ṣ-r) — to store, to treasure up, to accumulate

Strong's	Lemma	SIBI-P1
H686	אָצַר	they stored up
H687	אֶצֶר	Stored-Up One

Word Forms

32 distinct forms

SIDANCE	Surface	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1	Occurrences
`H214-21`	אֹצְר֣וֹת	otserot	`HNcmpc`	treasures	storehouses of	17
`H214-30`	וְ/אֽוֹצְר֖וֹת	veotserot	`HC/Ncmpc`	and treasures	and storehouses of	5
`H214-18`	אוֹצַ֥ר	otsar	`HNcmsc`	treasury	storehouse of	5
`H214-02`	בְּ/אֹצְר֖וֹת	beotserot	`HR/Ncmpc`	in the treasuries	in storehouses of	4
`H214-20`	אֽוֹצָרֹ֑ת	otsarot	`HNcmpa`	in treasures	storehouses	4
`H214-12`	לְ/אוֹצַ֣ר	leotsar	`HR/Ncmsc`	to the treasury	to a storehouse of	3
`H214-03`	בְּ/אוֹצְרֹתָֽ/י	beotserotay	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp1cs`	in my treasuries	in my storehouses	3
`H214-07`	הָ/אוֹצָ֔ר	haotsar	`HTd/Ncmsa`	of the treasury	the storehouse	3
`H214-19`	אוֹצָר֨/וֹ	otsaro	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	His armory	his storehouse	3
`H214-26`	וּ/בְ/אֹֽצְרוֹת֙	uveotserot	`HC/R/Ncmpc`	and in the treasuries	and in storehouses of	3
`H214-17`	מֵ/אֹצְרֹתָֽי/ו	meotserotayv	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms`	from-his-treasuries	from his storehouses	3
`H214-13`	לְ/אֹצְר֣וֹת	leotserot	`HR/Ncmpc`	for the storerooms	to storehouses of	2
`H214-11`	לָ/א֨וֹצָר֥וֹת	laotsarot	`HRd/Ncmpa`	for the treasures	to the storehouses	2
`H214-08`	הָ/אֹצָרֽוֹת	haotsarot	`HTd/Ncmpa`	the-storehouses	the storehouses	2
`H214-25`	וּ/לְ/אֹֽצְר֖וֹת	uleotserot	`HC/R/Ncmpc`	and for the treasuries	and for storehouses of	2
`H214-04`	בְּ/אֽוֹצְרֹתָ֑י/ו	beotserotayv	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms`	in his treasuries	in his storehouses	2
`H214-29`	וְ/אֹֽצָר֣וֹת	veotsarot	`HC/Ncmpa`	and treasuries	and storehouses	1
`H214-09`	הָ/אֹצְר֖וֹת	haotserot	`HTd/Ncmpc`	treasuries	the storehouses of	1
`H214-14`	לְ/אֹצְרֹתָ֑י/ו	leotserotayv	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms`	to-his-treasuries	to his storehouses	1
`H214-32`	וְ/אוֹצְרוֹתֶ֛י/ךָ	veotseroteykha	`HC/Ncmpc/Sp2ms`	and your treasures	and your storehouses	1
`H214-06`	בְּ/אוֹצְרוֹתֶֽי/ךָ	beotseroteykha	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp2ms`	in your treasuries	in your storehouses	1
`H214-31`	וְ/אֹצְרֹ֖תֵי/הֶ֣ם	veotseroteyhem	`HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp`	and their treasuries	and their storehouses	1
`H214-10`	לָ/אוֹצָ֗ר	laotsar	`HRd/Ncmsa`	to the treasury	to a storehouse	1
`H214-27`	וּ/בְ/א֣וֹצְרוֹתַ֔יִ/ךְ	uveotserotayikhe	`HC/R/Ncmpc/Sp2fs`	and in your treasures	and in your storehouses	1
`H214-22`	אֽוֹצְרֹתָ֔/ם	otserotam	`HNcmpc/Sp3mp`	their treasures	their storehouses	1
`H214-05`	בְּ/אֹ֣צְרֹתֶ֔י/הָ	beotseroteyha	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp3fs`	in her treasures	in her storehouses	1
`H214-16`	מֵ/אֹֽצְר֛וֹת	meotserot	`HR/Ncmpc`	from the treasuries	from storehouses of	1
`H214-28`	וְ/לָ/אֹצָרֽוֹת	velaotsarot	`HC/Rd/Ncmpa`	and-concerning-the-treasuries	and to the storehouses	1
`H214-24`	אוֹצְרוֹתֶ֖י/ךָ	otseroteykha	`HNcmpc/Sp2ms`	your treasures	your storehouses	1
`H214-15`	מֵ/אוֹצָ֥ר	meotsar	`HR/Ncmsa`	than treasure	from a storehouse	1
`H214-23`	אוֹצְרֹתֶ֖י/הָ	otseroteyha	`HNcmpc/Sp3fs`	her treasuries	her storehouses	1
`H214-01`	בְּ/אֹצָר֣וֹת	beotsarot	`HR/Ncmpa`	in storehouses	in storehouses	1

Occurrences in Scripture

79 total occurrences

SIDANCE	Reference	Word	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1
`H214-19`	Deuteronomy 28:12	אוֹצָר֨/וֹ	otsaro	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	His treasury	his storehouse
`H214-03`	Deuteronomy 32:34	בְּ/אוֹצְרֹתָֽ/י	beotserotay	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp1cs`	in my treasuries	in my storehouses
`H214-18`	Joshua 6:19	אוֹצַ֥ר	otsar	`HNcmsc`	treasury	storehouse of
`H214-18`	Joshua 6:24	אוֹצַ֥ר	otsar	`HNcmsc`	treasury	storehouse of
`H214-02`	1 Kings 7:51	בְּ/אֹצְר֖וֹת	beotserot	`HR/Ncmpc`	in the treasuries	in storehouses of
`H214-21`	1 Kings 14:26	אֹצְר֣וֹת	otserot	`HNcmpc`	treasuries	storehouses of
`H214-21`	1 Kings 14:26	אֽוֹצְרוֹת֙	otserot-2	`HNcmpc`	treasuries	storehouses of
`H214-02`	1 Kings 15:18	בְּ/אוֹצְר֣וֹת	beotserot	`HR/Ncmpc`	in treasuries	in storehouses of
`H214-21`	1 Kings 15:18	אֽוֹצְרוֹת֙	otserot	`HNcmpc`	treasuries	storehouses of
`H214-02`	2 Kings 12:19	בְּ/אֹצְר֥וֹת	beotserot	`HR/Ncmpc`	in the treasuries	in storehouses of
`H214-26`	2 Kings 14:14	וּ/בְ/אֹֽצְרוֹת֙	uveotserot	`HC/R/Ncmpc`	and in the treasuries	and in storehouses of
`H214-26`	2 Kings 16:8	וּ/בְ/אֹֽצְר֖וֹת	uveotserot	`HC/R/Ncmpc`	and in the treasuries	and in storehouses of
`H214-26`	2 Kings 18:15	וּ/בְ/אֹצְר֖וֹת	uveotserot	`HC/R/Ncmpc`	and in the treasuries	and in storehouses of
`H214-04`	2 Kings 20:13	בְּ/אֽוֹצְרֹתָ֑י/ו	beotserotayv	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms`	in his treasuries	in his storehouses
`H214-03`	2 Kings 20:15	בְּ/אֹצְרֹתָֽ/י	beotserotay	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp1cs`	among my treasures	in my storehouses
`H214-21`	2 Kings 24:13	אוֹצְרוֹת֙	otserot	`HNcmpc`	the treasures	storehouses of
`H214-30`	2 Kings 24:13	וְ/אֽוֹצְר֖וֹת	veotserot	`HC/Ncmpc`	and the treasures	and storehouses of
`H214-14`	Isaiah 2:7	לְ/אֹצְרֹתָ֑י/ו	leotserotayv	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms`	to-his-treasuries	to his storehouses
`H214-22`	Isaiah 30:6	אֽוֹצְרֹתָ֔/ם	otserotam	`HNcmpc/Sp3mp`	their treasures	their storehouses
`H214-19`	Isaiah 33:6	אוֹצָרֽ/וֹ	otsaro	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	his treasure	his storehouse
`H214-04`	Isaiah 39:2	בְּ/אֹֽצְרֹתָ֑י/ו	beotserotayv	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms`	in his treasuries	in his storehouses
`H214-03`	Isaiah 39:4	בְּ/אוֹצְרֹתָֽ/י	beotserotay	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp1cs`	in my treasuries	in my storehouses
`H214-21`	Isaiah 45:3	אוֹצְר֣וֹת	otserot	`HNcmpc`	treasures	storehouses of
`H214-17`	Jeremiah 10:13	מֵ/אֹצְרֹתָֽי/ו	meotserotayv	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms`	from-his-storehouses	from his storehouses
`H214-32`	Jeremiah 15:13	וְ/אוֹצְרוֹתֶ֛י/ךָ	veotseroteykha	`HC/Ncmpc/Sp2ms`	and your treasures	and your storehouses
`H214-24`	Jeremiah 17:3	אוֹצְרוֹתֶ֖י/ךָ	otseroteykha	`HNcmpc/Sp2ms`	your treasures	your storehouses
`H214-21`	Jeremiah 20:5	אוֹצְר֜וֹת	otserot	`HNcmpc`	treasures	storehouses of
`H214-07`	Jeremiah 38:11	הָ/אוֹצָ֔ר	haotsar	`HTd/Ncmsa`	the treasury	the storehouse
`H214-27`	Jeremiah 48:7	וּ/בְ/א֣וֹצְרוֹתַ֔יִ/ךְ	uveotserotayikhe	`HC/R/Ncmpc/Sp2fs`	and in your treasures	and in your storehouses
`H214-05`	Jeremiah 49:4	בְּ/אֹ֣צְרֹתֶ֔י/הָ	beotseroteyha	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp3fs`	in her treasures	in her storehouses
`H214-19`	Jeremiah 50:25	א֣וֹצָר֔/וֹ	otsaro	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	His armory	his storehouse
`H214-23`	Jeremiah 50:37	אוֹצְרֹתֶ֖י/הָ	otseroteyha	`HNcmpc/Sp3fs`	her treasuries	her storehouses
`H214-20`	Jeremiah 51:13	אֽוֹצָרֹ֑ת	otsarot	`HNcmpa`	in treasures	storehouses
`H214-17`	Jeremiah 51:16	מֵ/אֹצְרֹתָֽי/ו	meotserotayv	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms`	from-his-treasuries	from his storehouses
`H214-06`	Ezekiel 28:4	בְּ/אוֹצְרוֹתֶֽי/ךָ	beotseroteykha	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp2ms`	in your treasuries	in your storehouses
`H214-18`	Hosea 13:15	אוֹצַ֖ר	otsar	`HNcmsc`	treasury	storehouse of
`H214-20`	Joel 1:17	אֹֽצָר֔וֹת	otsarot	`HNcmpa`	the storehouses	storehouses
`H214-21`	Micah 6:10	אֹצְר֖וֹת	otserot	`HNcmpc`	treasures	storehouses of
`H214-07`	Malachi 3:10	הָ/אוֹצָ֗ר	haotsar	`HTd/Ncmsa`	storehouse	the storehouse
`H214-01`	Psalms 33:7	בְּ/אֹצָר֣וֹת	beotsarot	`HR/Ncmpa`	in storehouses	in storehouses
`H214-17`	Psalms 135:7	מֵ/אֽוֹצְרוֹתָֽי/ו	meotserotayv	`HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms`	from-his-treasuries	from his storehouses
`H214-31`	Proverbs 8:21	וְ/אֹצְרֹ֖תֵי/הֶ֣ם	veotseroteyhem	`HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp`	and their treasuries	and their storehouses
`H214-21`	Proverbs 10:2	אוֹצְר֣וֹת	otserot	`HNcmpc`	treasures	storehouses of
`H214-15`	Proverbs 15:16	מֵ/אוֹצָ֥ר	meotsar	`HR/Ncmsa`	than treasure	from a storehouse
`H214-20`	Proverbs 21:6	א֭וֹצָרוֹת	otsarot	`HNcmpa`	treasures	storehouses
`H214-18`	Proverbs 21:20	אוֹצָ֤ר	otsar	`HNcmsa`	treasure	storehouse of
`H214-21`	Job 38:22	אֹצְר֣וֹת	otserot	`HNcmpc`	storehouses	storehouses of
`H214-30`	Job 38:22	וְ/אֹצְר֖וֹת	veotserot	`HC/Ncmpc`	or storehouses	and storehouses of
`H214-18`	Daniel 1:2	אוֹצַ֥ר	otsar	`HNcmsc`	treasury	storehouse of
`H214-12`	Ezra 2:69	לְ/אוֹצַ֣ר	leotsar	`HR/Ncmsc`	to the treasury	to a storehouse of
`H214-10`	Nehemiah 7:69	לָ/אוֹצָ֗ר	laotsar	`HRd/Ncmsa`	to the treasury	to a storehouse
`H214-12`	Nehemiah 7:70	לְ/אוֹצַ֣ר	leotsar	`HR/Ncmsc`	to the treasury	to a storehouse of
`H214-07`	Nehemiah 10:39	הָ/אוֹצָֽר	haotsar	`HTd/Ncmsa`	of the treasury	the storehouse
`H214-11`	Nehemiah 12:44	לָ/א֨וֹצָר֥וֹת	laotsarot	`HRd/Ncmpa`	for the treasures	to the storehouses
`H214-11`	Nehemiah 13:12	לָ/אוֹצָרֽוֹת	laotsarot	`HRd/Ncmpa`	to the treasuries	to the storehouses
`H214-20`	Nehemiah 13:13	א֠וֹצָרוֹת	otsarot	`HNcmpa`	the treasuries	storehouses
`H214-09`	1 Chronicles 9:26	הָ/אֹצְר֖וֹת	haotserot	`HTd/Ncmpc`	treasuries	the storehouses of
`H214-21`	1 Chronicles 26:20	אֽוֹצְרוֹת֙	otserot	`HNcmpc`	treasuries	storehouses of
`H214-25`	1 Chronicles 26:20	וּ/לְ/אֹֽצְר֖וֹת	uleotserot	`HC/R/Ncmpc`	and for the treasuries	and for storehouses of
`H214-21`	1 Chronicles 26:22	אֹצְר֖וֹת	otserot	`HNcmpc`	the treasuries	storehouses of
`H214-08`	1 Chronicles 26:24	הָ/אֹצָרֽוֹת	haotsarot	`HTd/Ncmpa`	the treasuries	the storehouses
`H214-21`	1 Chronicles 26:26	אֹצְר֤וֹת	otserot	`HNcmpc`	treasuries	storehouses of
`H214-21`	1 Chronicles 27:25	אֹצְר֣וֹת	otserot	`HNcmpc`	storehouses	storehouses of
`H214-08`	1 Chronicles 27:25	הָֽ/אֹצָר֡וֹת	haotsarot	`HTd/Ncmpa`	the-storehouses	the storehouses
`H214-13`	1 Chronicles 27:27	לְ/אֹצְר֣וֹת	leotserot	`HR/Ncmpc`	for the storerooms	to storehouses of
`H214-21`	1 Chronicles 27:28	אֹצְר֥וֹת	otserot	`HNcmpc`	the stores	storehouses of
`H214-13`	1 Chronicles 28:12	לְ/אֹֽצְרוֹת֙	leotserot	`HR/Ncmpc`	for-the-treasuries	to storehouses of
`H214-25`	1 Chronicles 28:12	וּ/לְ/אֹצְר֖וֹת	uleotserot	`HC/R/Ncmpc`	and-for-the-treasuries	and for storehouses of
`H214-12`	1 Chronicles 29:8	לְ/אוֹצַ֣ר	leotsar	`HR/Ncmsc`	to the treasury	to a storehouse of
`H214-02`	2 Chronicles 5:1	בְּ/אֹצְר֖וֹת	beotserot	`HR/Ncmpc`	in-treasuries-of	in storehouses of
`H214-28`	2 Chronicles 8:15	וְ/לָ/אֹצָרֽוֹת	velaotsarot	`HC/Rd/Ncmpa`	and-concerning-the-treasuries	and to the storehouses
`H214-30`	2 Chronicles 11:11	וְ/אֹצְר֥וֹת	veotserot	`HC/Ncmpc`	and stores	and storehouses of
`H214-21`	2 Chronicles 12:9	אֹצְר֣וֹת	otserot	`HNcmpc`	treasures	storehouses of
`H214-21`	2 Chronicles 12:9	אֹֽצְרוֹת֙	otserot-2	`HNcmpc`	treasures	storehouses of
`H214-16`	2 Chronicles 16:2	מֵ/אֹֽצְר֛וֹת	meotserot	`HR/Ncmpc`	from the treasuries	from storehouses of
`H214-21`	2 Chronicles 25:24	אֹצְרוֹת֙	otserot	`HNcmpc`	the treasures	storehouses of
`H214-29`	2 Chronicles 32:27	וְ/אֹֽצָר֣וֹת	veotsarot	`HC/Ncmpa`	and treasuries	and storehouses
`H214-30`	2 Chronicles 36:18	וְ/אֹֽצְרוֹת֙	veotserot	`HC/Ncmpc`	and treasures	and storehouses of
`H214-30`	2 Chronicles 36:18	וְ/אֹצְר֥וֹת	veotserot-2	`HC/Ncmpc`	and treasures	and storehouses of

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