Mark xii. 41, 43. Luke xxi. 2.GAZOPHYLACIUM1. This word, according to the Greek etymology, signifies the Treasury-Chamber. There were several places in the Temple of Jerusalem, where the rich Presents were kept, which were consecrated to God by Kings, Princes, or private Persons. But the signification of this word Gazophylacium has been farther enlarged, so as to comprehend the rooms where the provisions of the Temple were laid up, both for sacrifices, and for the support and sustenance of the Priests; and in general this word is used for all the apartments of the Temple. In the Gospel, by Gazophylacium is meant the Trunk into which people cast their offerings at the entrance of the Temple.
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Γαζοφυλάκιον, answers to the Hebrew, לשכהor נשכהDomicilium, Habitaculum. ↩