Difference between revisions of "Barn"

<div> '''1: ἀποθήκη ''' (Strong'S #596 — Noun [[Feminine]] — apotheke — ap-oth-ay'-kay ) </div> <p> lit., "a place where anything is stored" (Eng., "apothecary"), hence denoted a garner, granary, barn, &nbsp;Matthew 3:12; &nbsp;6:26; &nbsp;13:30; &nbsp;Luke 3:17; &nbsp;12:18,24 . See also under Garner. </p> &nbsp;Matthew 6:6&nbsp;24:26&nbsp;Luke 12:3,24Chamber.

<p> (אָסִם, ''Asam','' &nbsp;Proverbs 3:10; "store-house," &nbsp;Deuteronomy 28:8; ἀποθήκη, "barn" or "garner"), a magazine or place of deposit for grain, which, among the Orientals, was frequently under-ground. (See [[Cave]]). The phraseology in &nbsp;Luke 12:18, shows that the [[Jews]] at that time had granaries above-ground, but it does not follow that they had altogether relinquished the older and still common custom of depositing grain in subterranean store-houses, in which it was more secure, and, as some think, preserved in better condition, than in the other. Those who are exposed to danger and alarm would naturally prefer the subterraneous granary, which may, on occasions of emergency, be abandoned by the proprietor with tolerable confidence that when he is enabled to return he shall find his treasured grain untouched, the entrance being so carefully concealed that it is sometimes discovered with difficulty even by the owner himself. This plan may in general be said to be resorted to by the peasantry throughout the East, granaries above-ground being confined to towns and their vicinities, a distinction which may also have prevailed among the Jews. (See [[Granary]]). </p> <p> The Heb. word גֹּרֶן '', Go'Ren,'' rendered "barn" in &nbsp;Job 39:12; &nbsp;2 Kings 6:27, signifies rather a threshing-floor, as it is elsewhere translated. In &nbsp;Haggai 2:19; &nbsp;Joel 1:17, the original terms are מְגוּרָה, ''Megurah','' and, מִמּגֻרָה, mammegurah', a granary. (See [[Agriculture]]). </p>

<p> '''''barn''''' ( מגוּרה , <i> '''''meghūrāh''''' </i> , "a granary," "fear," &nbsp;Haggai 2:19; אסם , <i> ''''''āṣām''''' </i> , "a storehouse," &nbsp;Proverbs 3:10; ממּגוּרה , <i> '''''mammeghūrāh''''' </i> , "a repository," &nbsp;Joel 1:17; ἀποθήκη , <i> '''''apothḗkē''''' </i> , &nbsp;Matthew 6:26; &nbsp;Matthew 13:30; &nbsp;Luke 12:18 , &nbsp;Luke 12:24 ): A place for the storing of grain, usually a dry cistern in the ground, covered over with a thick layer of earth. "Grain is not stored in the East until it is threshed and winnowed. The <i> '''''apothēkē''''' </i> in Roman times was probably a building of some kind. But the immemorial usage of the East has been to conceal the grain, in carefully prepared pits or caves, which, being perfectly dry, will preserve it for years. It Thus escaped, as far as possible, the attentions of the tax-gatherer as well as of the robber - not always easily distinguished in the East; compare &nbsp;Jeremiah 41:8 " ( <i> [[Temple]] Dictionary </i> , 215). </p> <p> Figurative of heaven (&nbsp; Matthew 13:30 ). See Agriculture; [[Garner]] . </p>