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Strong's #5557 - χρυσός
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- precious things made of gold, golden ornaments
- an image made of gold
- stamped gold, gold coin
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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'.)
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);
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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.†
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