The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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גִּזְבַּר גִּזַּבְרָא‏ n.m. treasurer

treasurer BA^Ezra, Syr, JBA, LJLA. Ezra7:21 : כֹל גִּזַּבְרַיָּא דִּי בַּעֲבַר נַהֲרָה‏ all the treasurers in Trans-Euphratia. TgEsth¹04:7 : גזברין דממנן על בית גנזי מלכא‏ . metaph. : steward, keeper of the keys Syr, LJLA. TgQoh2:7 : וגיזברין דממנן על מזונא דבייתי‏ stewards appointed over my house's supplies.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 273; Jastrow: 81; Levy Ch-W: 1:132;

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