storehouse
Apotheke is a place into which grain is gathered or goods are stored, contrasted with birds that have none.
The attested use denotes a place for storing gathered grain or goods: grain is gathered into it at harvest, and a man plans larger such places for his grain and possessions. In sayings about birds and ravens, its absence marks that they do not possess a place for storing what they sow, reap, or gather.
Senses in use
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Place for gathered grain or stored goods · dominant
The singular accusative form occurs as the destination for grain in harvest scenes: in Luke 3:17 the APB renders wheat being gathered “into his barn,” and in Matthew 13:30 and Matthew 3:12 it renders grain gathered “into my storehouse” or “into the storehouse.” In Luke 12:18, the plural accusative form is the object of tearing down and rebuilding larger places where grain and goods will be stored; Matthew 6:26 likewise speaks of gathering into such places.
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A storage place lacking to ravens · rare
In Luke 12:24, the nominative singular names something ravens do not have alongside an “inner room”; the APB renders the clause “they have neither inner room nor storehouse,” while God feeds them.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “barn” in Luke 3:17 and Luke 12:18, and “storehouse” in Matthew 13:30, Matthew 3:12, and Luke 12:24; Matthew 6:26 uses “barns.” These are verse-level renderings rather than fixed English equivalents.