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title: גִּזְבָּר — treasurer · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גִּזְבָּר (1489), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: treasurer. BDB 1906: n.m. treasurer. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גִּזְבָּר

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«גִּזְבָּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **treasurer** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1489 · **BDB:** גִּזְבָּר

### Glosses

treasurer (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

treasurer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1489/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. treasurer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1489/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. treasurer (loan-word; NH id.; cf. Biblical Aramaic \[גִּזְבָּר\], pl. גִּזְבָּרַיָּא; Syriac ܓܺܙܒܰܪ, ܓܺܙܰܒܪܳܐ, also ܓܰܢܙܘܳܪ, Pers. گنجوار, cf. LagGes Abh. 27 f., Arm. Stud. § 454), Ezr 1:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גִּזְבָּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1489/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 1:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.1.8/)

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וַיּֽוֹצִיאֵ֗םכּ֚וֹרֶשׁ מֶ֣לֶךְ פָּרַ֔ס עַל־יַ֖ד מִתְרְדָ֣ת הַגִּזְבָּ֑ר וַֽיִּסְפְּרֵם֙ לְשֵׁשְׁבַּצַּ֔ר הַנָּשִׂ֖יא לִיהוּדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he brought.them.out Cyrus the.king of.Persia on the.hand of.Mithredath the treasurer and he counted.them.out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah

*JPS 1917:* even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.

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