מַטְמוֹן
mat.mon
“treasure”
Definition
a secret storehouse; hence, a secreted valuable (buried); generally money
or מַטְמֹן; or מַטְמֻן; from H2934 (טָמַן);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
מַטְמוֹן appears 5 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
“It is fine,” said the steward. “Do not be afraid. Your God, the God of your father, gave you the treasure that was in your sacks. I received your silver.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.
I will give you the treasures of darknessand the riches hidden in secret places,so that you may know that I am the LORD,the God of Israel, who calls you by name.
But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.
who long for death that does not come,and search for it like hidden treasure,
if you seek it like silverand search it out like hidden treasure,
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.