Treasurer
King James Dictionary [1]
Treasurer n. trezh'urer. One who has the care of a treasure or treasury an officer who receives the public money arising from taxes and duties or other sources of revenue, takes charge of the same, and disburses it upon orders drawn by the proper authority. Incorporated companies and private societies have also their treasurers.
In England, the lord high treasurer is the principal officer of the crown, under whose charge is all the national revenue.
The treasurer of the household, in the absence of the lord-steward, has power with the controller and other officers of the Green-cloth, and the steward of the Marshalsea, to hear and determine treasons, felonies and other crimes committed within the king's palace. There is also the treasurer of the navy, and the treasurers of the county.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(n.) One who has the care of a treasure or treasure or treasury; an officer who receives the public money arising from taxes and duties, or other sources of revenue, takes charge of the same, and disburses it upon orders made by the proper authority; one who has charge of collected funds; as, the treasurer of a society or corporation.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [3]
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
(technically Heb. and Chald. גַּזְבָּר , Gizbar, Ezra 1:8; Ezra 7:21; Chald. also גַּדְבָּר , Gidbar, Daniel 3:2-3; improp. סֹכֵן , Soken, Isaiah 22:15, an Associate, i.e. the king's intimate friend), an important officer in all Oriental courts. (See King).
In Daniel 3:2-3, the Chald. אֲדִרְגָּזֵר ,Adargazer (Sept. Τύραννος , A.V. "judge"), occurs among the titles of Babylonian royal officers, and has (perhaps from the resemblance of the word to the Greek Γάζα ) been thought by some to mean the officers of the Turkish court and government, now called Defenders, who have the charge of the receipts and disbursements of the Public treasury. Gesenius and others conceive that the word means Chief Judges (from אדר , Magnificent, and גזרין , Deciders ); but Dr. Lee seems to prefer seeking its meaning in the Persian adar, fire, and gazar, passing; arid hence concludes that the adargazerin were probably officers of state who presided over the ordeals by fire, and other matters connected with the government of Babylon. (See Judge).
