1) a repository of treasure, especially of public treasure, a treasury

 It is used to describe the apartments constructed in the courts of
 the temple, in which the not only the sacred offerings and things
 needful for the service were kept, but in which the priests, etc,
 dwelt: Neh. 13:7; of the sacred treasury in which not only treasure
 but also public records were stored, and the property of widows and
 orphans was deposited. Josephus speaks of treasuries in the women's
 court of Herod's temple. In the N.T. near the treasury seems to used
 of that receptacle mentioned by the rabbis to which were fitted
 thirteen chests or boxes, i.e. trumpets, so called from their shape,
 and into which were put the contributions made voluntarily or paid
 yearly by the Jews for the service of the temple and the support of
 the poor.