TREASURE, noun trezh'ur. [Latin thesaurus.]

1. Wealth accumulated; particularly, a stock or store of money in reserve. Henry VII. was frugal and penurious, and collected a great treasure of gold and silver.

2. A great quantity of any thing collected for future use.

We have treasures in the field, of wheat and of barley, and of oil and of honey. Jeremiah 41:8.

3. Something very much valued. Psalms 135:4.

Ye shall be a peculiar treasure to me. Exodus 19:5.

4. Great abundance.

In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Colossians 2:3.

TREASURE, verb transitive trezh'ur. To hoard; to collect and reposit, either money or other things, for future use; to lay up; as, to treasure gold and silver; usually with up. Sinners are said to treasure up wrath against the day of wrath. Romans 2:1.