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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #5557 - χρυσός

Transliteration

chrysós

Phonetics

khroo-sos'

Origin

perhaps from the base of (G5530) (through the idea of the utility of the metal), gold

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

precious things made of gold, golden ornaments
1. an image made of gold
2. stamped gold, gold coin

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2091 ‑ זָהָב (zaw‑hawb'); 2742 ‑ חָרֻץ (khaw‑roots', khaw‑roots');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (13)

Matthew 5

Acts 1

1 Corinthians 1

1 Timothy 1

James 1

Revelation 4

BSB (9)

Matthew 5

Acts 1

1 Corinthians 1

James 1

Revelation 2

CSB (10)

Matthew 5

Acts 1

1 Corinthians 1

James 1

Revelation 2

ESV (13)

Matthew 5

Acts 1

1 Corinthians 1

1 Timothy 1

James 1

Revelation 4

KJV (13)

Matthew 5

Acts 1

1 Corinthians 1

1 Timothy 1

James 1

Revelation 4

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (9)

Matthew 5

Acts 1

James 1

Revelation 2

N95 (9)

Matthew 5

Acts 1

James 1

Revelation 2

NAS (9)

Matthew 5

Acts 1

James 1

Revelation 2

NLT (10)

Matthew 5

Acts 1

1 Corinthians 1

James 1

Revelation 4

WEB (13)

Matthew 5

Acts 1

1 Corinthians 1

1 Timothy 1

James 1

Revelation 4

YLT (10)

Matthew 5

Acts 1

1 Corinthians 1

James 1

Revelation 2

ASV (13)

gold 7

of gold 1

the gold 3

unto gold 1

with gold 1

BSB (9)

any gold 1

gold 4

of gold 3

using gold 1

CSB (10)

gold 7

the gold 3

ESV (13)

gold 13

KJV (13)

gold 13

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (9)

gold 9

N95 (9)

gold 9

NAS (9)

gold 9

NLT (10)

gold 10

WEB (13)

any gold 1

gold 5

golden 1

of gold 1

the gold 3

with gold 2

YLT (10)

gold 8

of gold 1

to gold 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-ASM 4

N-DSM 3

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 2

ANT

N-ASM 4

N-DSM 6

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 2

BEZ

N-ASM 4

N-DSM 3

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 2

BGB

N-ASM 4

N-DSM 3

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 2

BMT

N-ASM 4

N-DSM 5

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 2

BYZ

N-ASM 4

N-DSM 6

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 2

ELZ

N-ASM 3

N-DSM 3

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 2

NA26

N-ASM 4

N-DSM 3

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 2

SBL

N-ASM 4

N-DSM 6

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 2

SCV

N-ASM 4

N-DSM 6

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 2

STV

N-ASM 3

N-DSM 6

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 2

TIS

N-ASM 4

N-DSM 6

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 2

N-ASM 3

N-DSM 4

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 2

TRG

N-ASM 4

N-DSM 3

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 2

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

χρῡσός, ὁ,

gold, τιμῆς Il. 18.475, etc.; coupled with other precious things, e.g. χαλκός, σίδηρος, 6.48; ἐσθής, Od. 5.38; χρυσὸν κέρασιν περιχεύας (of a victim) Il. 10.294 = Od. 3.384, cf. 437; ὡς δ' ὅτε τις χρυσὸν περιχεύεται ἀργύρῳ 6.232; χ. δαμασίφρων Pi. O. 13.78; κοῖλος ἄργυρος καὶ χ. silver and gold plate, Theopomp.Hist. 283a, cf. Luc. Nav. 20; λευκὸς χ. white gold, i.e. gold alloyed with silver, opp. χ. ἄπεφθος refined gold, Hdt. 1.50; χ. ἑψόμενος Pi. N. 4.82; χρυσὸν καθαίρειν Pl. Plt. 303d; βασανίζειν ἐν πυρί Id. R. 413e.

2. gold, to express anything made of gold, e. g. golden armour or raiment, χρυσὸν.. ἔδυνε περὶ χροΐ, of Zeus, Il. 8.43; of Poseidon, 13.25; τὸ ἐμὸν σῶμα μήτε ἐν χ. θῆτε.. X. Cyr. 8.7.25; ἀραρότως σύνδεσμα χρυσὸς (a gold crown) εἶχε E. Med. 1193; ἐν χρυσῷ πίνειν Luc. Merc. Cond. 26.

3. freq. used by Poets to denote anything dear or precious, ταῦτα μὲν.. κρείσσονα χρυσοῦ.. φωνεῖς A. Ch. 372 (anap.); ὁ χ. ἧσσον κτῆμα τοῦ κλάειν ἂν ἦν S. Fr. 557; ὡς χρυσὸς αὐτῷ τἀμὰ.. κακὰ δόξει ποτ' εἶναι E. Tr. 432, cf. D.H. Rh. 9.4; cf. Pi. O. 1.1, 3.42, Plu. Sert. 5: metaph. also, χρυσὸς ἐπῶν golden words, Ar. Pl. 268; χρυσῷ πάττειν τινά Id. Nu. 912 (anap.); ὗσαι χρυσόν τινι Pi. O. 7.50. [ῡ] in χρυσός and all derivs., though Lyric Poets sts. made υ short in the Adj. χρύσεος (q.v.); once we have χρῠσός, Pi. N. 7.78.] (Borrowed from Semitic, cf. Hebr. chârûts, Assyr. h[*]urâðu 'gold', Aram. hara 'yellow'.)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

χρυσός, χρυσοῦ, ὁ, from Homer down, Hebrew זָהָב, gold (ὁ ἐπί γῆς καί ὁ ὑπό γῆς, Plato, legg. 5, p. 728 a.): universally, Matthew 2:11; 1 Corinthians 3:12 (R G L (others χρυσίον, which see)); Revelation 9:7; equivalent to precious things made of gold, golden ornaments, Matthew 23:16; 1 Timothy 2:9 (here L WH text χρυσίον); James 5:3; Revelation 17:4 (L WH text χρυσίον); (L Tr text WH text χρυσίον); an image made of gold, Acts 17:29; stamped gold, gold coin, Matthew 10:9.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

χρυσός , -οῦ , ὁ ,

[in LXX chiefly for H2091;]

gold: Matthew 2:11, Revelation 9:7; of golden ornaments, Matthew 23:16-17, 1 Timothy 2:9 (Rec., WH, mg.), James 5:3, Revelation 17:4 (Rec., WH, mg.) Revelation 18:12; Revelation 18:16 (Rec., WH, mg.); of images, Acts 17:29; of gold coin, Matthew 10:9.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

χρυσατορευτά χρυσον χρυσόν χρυσὸν χρυσος χρυσός χρυσὸς χρυσοτορευτά χρυσου χρυσού χρυσοῦ χρυσούς χρυσοχόον χρυσοχόος χρυσοχόων χρυσω χρυσώ χρυσῷ chruso chrusō chruson chrusos chrusou chryso chrysō chrysôi chrysō̂i chryson chrysón chrysòn chrysos chrysòs chrysou chrysoû