Original: ταμεῖον

Transliteration: tameîon

Phonetic: tam-i'-on

Short Definition: Secret chamber

- Original: ταμεῖον

- Transliteration: Tameion

- Phonetic: tam-i'-on

- Definition:

1. a storage chamber, storeroom

2. a chamber esp. an inner chamber

3. a secret room

- Origin: contraction of a presumed derivative of tamias (a dispenser or distributor

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter

- Strong's: Neuter contraction of a presumed derivative of ταμίας tamias (a dispenser or distributor; akin to τέμνω temnō to cut); a dispensary or magazine that is a chamber on the ground floor or interior of an Oriental house (generally used for storage or privacy a spot for retirement): - secret chamber closet storehouse.