מַטְמוֹן
maṭmôwn · mat-mone'
a secret storehouse; hence, a secreted valuable (buried); generally money
Lexicon
Derivation: or מַטְמֹן; or מַטְמֻן; from H2934 (טָמַן);
a secret storehouse; hence, a secreted valuable (buried); generally money
- a secret storehouse
- hence, a secreted valuable (buried)
- generally, money
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hidden riches, (hid) treasure(-s).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to surround and contain › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to surround and contain of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַטְמוֹן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- you treasure1 · 20%
- for it more than for hid treasures1 · 20%
- for her as for hid treasures1 · 20%
- and hidden riches1 · 20%
- treasures1 · 20%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.