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Strong's G5009 ταμεῖον (tameion)

Tameion means “akin to” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H5009 — neaqah (“groaning”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G5009
Language Greek
Linked Usages 43
Books 19

Strong's G5009 Quick Answer

Strong's G5009 ταμεῖον (tameion) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. tameion (tam-ei`-on) n. 1. a dispensary or magazine, i.e. a chamber on the ground-floor or interior of an Oriental house (generally used for storage or privacy, a spot for retirement) [neuter contraction of a presumed derivative of tamias (a dispenser or distributor, akin to... It has 43 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include chambers.

Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
tameion (tam-ei`-on) n. 1. a dispensary or magazine, i.e. a chamber on the ground-floor or interior of an Oriental house (generally used for storage or privacy, a spot for retirement) [neuter contraction of a presumed derivative of tamias (a dispenser or distributor, akin to...
Usage
43 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
chambers

Meaning and Definition

tameion (tam-ei`-on) n. 1. a dispensary or magazine, i.e. a chamber on the ground-floor or interior of an Oriental house (generally used for storage or privacy, a spot for retirement) [neuter contraction of a presumed derivative of tamias (a dispenser or distributor, akin to temno, to cut)] KJV: secret chamber, closet, storehouse

Original Word
ταμεῖον
Transliteration
tameion
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5009. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

inner room

Usage: ταμεῖον (late syncopated form of cl. ταμιεῖον; see M, Pr., 44 f.; Bl., § 6, 5; Thackeray, Gr., 63 ff.; Deiss., BS, 182 f.), -ον, τό, [in LXX chiefly for חֶדֶר ;] __1. a treasury (Thuc., al). __2. a store-chamber (Arist., Xen.; Deu.28:8): Luk.12:24. __3. an inner chamber (Xen., Hell., v, 4, 5 Isa.26:20, al.): Mat.6:6 24:26, Luk.12:3.† (AS)

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How Strong's G5009 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render tameion, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

chambers Matthew 24:26

How Strong's G5009 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 34 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G5009 (ταμεῖον) appears 42 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G5009 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G5009 in the New Testament

4 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 6:6 KJV

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

Matthew 24:26 KJV

Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.

Luke 12:3 KJV

Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

Strong's G5009 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

34 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 43:30 Septuagint / Brenton

And Joseph was troubled, for his bowels yearned over his brother, and he sought to weep; and he went into his chamber, and wept there.

Exodus 7:28 Septuagint / Brenton

and the river shall teem with frogs, and they shall go up and enter into thy houses, and into thy bedchambers, and upon thy beds, and upon the houses of thy servants, and of thy people, and on thy dough, and on thine ovens.

Deuteronomy 28:8 Septuagint / Brenton

The Lord send upon thee his blessing in thy barns, and on all on which thou shalt put thy hand, in the land which the Lord thy God gives thee.

Strong's G5009 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Tobit 7:15 Septuagint / Brenton

Then they began to eat.

Tobit 7:16 Septuagint / Brenton

After Raguel called his wife Edna, and said unto her, Sister, prepare another chamber, and bring her in thither.

Tobit 8:1 Septuagint / Brenton

And when they had supped, they brought Tobias in unto her.

Usage Excerpts

First 43 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5009.

Genesis 43:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph was troubled, for his bowels yearned over his brother, and he sought to weep; and he went into his chamber, and wept there.
Exodus 7:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the river shall teem with frogs, and they shall go up and enter into thy houses, and into thy bedchambers, and upon thy beds, and upon the houses of thy servants, and of thy people, and on thy dough, and on thine ovens.
Deuteronomy 28:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord send upon thee his blessing in thy barns, and on all on which thou shalt put thy hand, in the land which the Lord thy God gives thee.
Deuteronomy 32:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Without, the sword shall bereave them of children, And terror shall issue out of the secret chambers; The young man shall perish with the virgin, The suckling with him who has grown old.
Judges 3:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he went out: and Eglon’s servants came, and saw, and behold, the doors of the upper chamber were locked; and they said, Does he not uncover his feet in the summer chamber?
Judges 15:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass after a time, in the days of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid, and said, I will go in to my wife even into the chamber: but her father did not suffer him to go in.
Judges 16:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the liers in wait remained with her in the chamber; and she said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson: and he broke the cords as if anyone should break a thread of tow when it has touched the fire, and his strength was not known.
Judges 16:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Delilah took new ropes, and bound him with them, and the liers in wait came out of the chamber, and she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson: and he broke them off his arms like a thread.
2 Kingdoms 13:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Amnon said to Tamar, Bring in the food into the closet, and I will eat of thy hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them to her brother Amnon into the chamber.
3 Kingdoms 1:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So Bathsheba went in to the king into the chamber: and the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king.
3 Kingdoms 21:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell upon twenty-seven thousand men that were left: and the son of Hadad fled, and entered into an inner chamber, into a closet.
3 Kingdoms 22:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an innermost chamber to hide thyself there.
4 Kingdoms 6:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And one of his servants said, Nay, my Lord, O king, for Elisha the prophet that is in Israel reports to the king of Israel all the words whatsoever thou mayest say in thy bedchamber.
4 Kingdoms 9:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt enter there, and shalt see there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi, and shalt go in and make him rise up from among his brethren, and shalt bring him into a secret chamber.
4 Kingdoms 11:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of her brother, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were put to death, secreting him and his nurse in the bedchamber, and hid him from the face of Athaliah, and he was not slain.
2 Chronicles 18:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go from chamber to chamber to hide thyself.
2 Chronicles 22:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and rescued him secretly out of the midst of the sons of the king that were put to death, and she placed him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram, sister of Ahaziah, wife of Jehoiada the priest, hid him, and she even hid him from Athaliah, and she did not slay him.
Job 9:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who makes Pleiades, and Hesperus, and Arcturus, and the chambers of the south.
Job 37:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Troubles come on out of the secret chambers, And cold from the mountaintops.
Psalms 104:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Their land produced frogs abundantly, In the chambers of their kings.
Psalms 143:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Their garners are full, And bursting with one kind of store after another; Their sheep are prolific, Multiplying in their streets.
Proverbs 3:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
That thy storehouses may be completely filled with corn, And that thy presses may burst forth with wine.
Proverbs 7:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Leading down to the chambers of death.
Proverbs 20:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who searches the inmost parts of the belly.
Proverbs 20:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And plagues shall come into the inward parts of their belly.
Proverbs 24:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
By discretion the chambers are filled With all precious and excellent wealth.
Proverbs 33:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ecclesiastes 10:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Even in thy conscience, curse not the king; And curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: For a bird of the air shall carry thy voice, And that which has wings shall report thy speech.
Song of Solomon 1:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They have drawn thee: We will run after thee, for the smell of thine ointments: The king has brought me into his closet: Let us rejoice and be glad in thee; We will love thy breasts more than wine: Righteousness loves thee.
Song of Solomon 3:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It was as a little while after I parted from them, That I found him whom my soul loves: I held him, and did not let him go, Until I brought him into my mother’s house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me.
Song of Solomon 8:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I would take thee, I would bring thee into my mother’s house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me; I would make thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranates.
Isaiah 26:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Go, my people, enter into thy closets, shut thy door, hide thyself for a little season, until the anger of the Lord have passed away.
Isaiah 42:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I beheld, and the people were spoiled and plundered: for there is a snare in the secret chambers everywhere, and in the houses also, where they have hidden them: they became a spoil, and there was no one that delivered the prey, and there was none who said, Restore.
Ezekiel 28:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Of the abundance of thy merchandise thou hast filled thy storehouses with iniquity, and hast sinned: therefore thou hast been cast down wounded from the mount of God, and the cherub has brought thee out of the midst of the stones of fire.
Matthew 6:6 New Testament, KJV
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Matthew 24:26 New Testament, KJV
Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
Luke 12:3 New Testament, KJV
Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
Luke 12:24 New Testament, KJV
Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
Tobit 7:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then they began to eat.
Tobit 7:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
After Raguel called his wife Edna, and said unto her, Sister, prepare another chamber, and bring her in thither.
Tobit 8:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when they had supped, they brought Tobias in unto her.
Tobit 8:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And after that they were both shut in together, Tobias rose out of the bed, and said, Sister, arise, and let us pray that God would have pity on us.
Wisdom of Sirach 29:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Shut up alms in thy storehouses: And it shall deliver thee from all affliction.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5009, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 2 usages, New Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
Tobit 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G5009 FAQ

What does tameion (ταμεῖον) mean?

Tameion (Strong's G5009) is a Greek word most simply glossed "akin to". tameion (tam-ei`-on) n. 1. a dispensary or magazine, i.e. a chamber on the ground-floor or interior of an Oriental house (generally used for storage or privacy, a spot for retirement) [neuter contraction of a presumed derivative of tamias (a dispenser or distributor, akin to...

How many times is tameion (ταμεῖον) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 43 linked usages for Strong's G5009 across 19 books.

Where can I study tameion (ταμεῖον) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5009 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate tameion (ταμεῖον)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as chambers. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G5009 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 34 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5009, with linked reader references where each row is available.