Word

מַטְמוֹן

maṭmôwn · H4301 · Hebrew · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

hidden treasure

Valuable objects in a person's possession, that are usually kept invisible from others to keep them safe

Examples
Genesis 43:23 But he said, “Peace be to you, do not be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks; your money was in my possession.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.
Job 3:21 Who long for death, but there is none, And dig for it more than for hidden treasures;
Proverbs 2:4 If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures;

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

מִסְתָּרhiding place 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 4 groups

דְּבַשׁhoney 1
חִטָּהwheat 1
שֶׁמֶןoil 1
שְׂעֹרָהbarley 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 1 groups

נָתַןto give, to put, to set 2

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

יֵשׁthere is, there are 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

מִןfrom 2
כlike/as 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

θησαυρός thēsaurós · G2344 · storeroom, treasure room, money box: Hebrew מַטְמוֹן (maṭmôwn, H4301) and Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, G2344) both denote hidden or stored wealth; θησαυρός serves as the standard LXX rendering of מַטְמוֹן's sense of treasure concealed for safekeeping.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Objects001: מַטְמוֹן names hidden riches or buried treasure, a valuable concrete object concealed for safekeeping, as in Job's description of those who "dig for it more than for hidden treasures" (Job 3:21) and Proverbs' image of pursuing wisdom "as for hidden treasures" (Proverbs 2:4).

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

טָמַן ṭâman · H2934 · to hide oneself, to hide · 31×מַטְמוֹןmaṭmôwn · H4301

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4301. matmon מַטְמוֺן noun masculine hidden treasure, treasure; — absolute מַטְמוֺן Gen…

H4301. matmon
מַטְמוֺן noun masculine hidden treasure, treasure; — absolute מַטְמוֺן Gen 43:23; plural מַטְמֹנִים Jer 41:8 Pro 2:4; מַטְמוֺנִים Job 3:21; construct מַטְמֻנֵי Isa 45:3; (hidden) treasure Gen 43:23 (of money in sacks); מִסְתָּרים מַטְמֻנֵי Isa 45:3 (i.e. treasures now hidden in secret places, shall become spoil of Cyrus; || חשׁך אוצרות), Jer 41:8, appositive דבשׁ שֶׁמֶן שְׁעֹרִים חִמִּים; in comparative Job 3:21 (longing for death more than for treasure), Pro 2:4 (wisdom sought for like treasure).
טנא (√ of following; Phoenician טנא is set up, erect, also offer, present, according to DHM in MV10, 983).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Objects5 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0