treasure
o.tsar denotes a treasury or storehouse, especially for valued goods, dedicated items, and provisions.
The word most often identifies treasuries or storage places associated with royal, temple, or other valued holdings; it also occurs for storehouses of food and agricultural goods, and in several clauses for a repository or possession described beyond an ordinary physical storehouse.
Senses in use
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Treasury or repository for valued holdings · dominant
Construct plural forms mark treasuries associated with the house of God, the king, or particular goods. In 1 Chronicles 27:25 the APB renders two such holdings as “the treasures of the king” and “the treasures in the land,” while 1 Kings 15:18 describes silver and gold remaining in the treasuries of both the LORD’s house and the king’s house. In Daniel 1:2, the singular construct form occurs where vessels are brought into the treasure house of a god.
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Storehouse for food and agricultural contributions · common
The noun names places connected with supplies rather than precious articles. In 2 Chronicles 11:11 the APB places “stores of food, oil, and wine” in fortified places; in Nehemiah 13:12 grain, new wine, and oil are brought into the storehouses. Joel 1:17 portrays such storage places as desolate when the grain has withered.
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Repository or possession in figurative clauses · occasional
Several clauses use the noun for what is opened, sealed up, or designated as a valued possession without identifying an ordinary human storeroom. In Deuteronomy 28:12 the APB renders the heavens as the LORD’s “good treasure,” from which rain is given; Deuteronomy 32:34 speaks of something “stored up” and sealed in treasuries. In Jeremiah 50:25, the LORD opens his treasure and brings out articles of indignation.
In the Anselm Paraphrase: Across these verses, the APB variously uses “treasuries,” “treasury,” “treasure house,” “storehouses,” and “stores,” and sometimes speaks of “treasures” as the holdings involved. Because the paraphrase is not word-aligned, these renderings confirm the clauses’ storage-and-valuables context without assigning each English term mechanically to the noun.