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is the rendering in the Auth. Vers. of the following words: אוֹצָר, otsar', a treasure, as it is usually rendered, a store or stock of goods laid up, hence the place where they are deposited (Joe 1:17; "treasury," 2Ch 32:27); מֶזֶו, me'zev (Sept. ταμεῖον), a cell or store-room (Psalm cxliv. 13); ἀποθήκη, a repository-or place for storing away anything, especially a granary (Mt 3:12; Lu 3:17; elsewhere "barn"). SEE BARN. Cisterns (q.v.) are often used for this purpose in the East (Thomson, Land and Book, 2:262 sq.). The structures of the ancient Egyptians for the storage of grain were above ground, and of great importance in so eminently a grain-growing country. SEE AGRICULTURE.
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More