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χρυσός

chrysós · G5557 · Greek · 10 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. gold

    Gold (the most highly valued metal in the ancient world)

    Examples

    Matthew 2:11 And after they came into the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary; and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

    Matthew 23:16 “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, that is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is obligated.’

    Matthew 23:17 “You fools and blind men! Which is more important, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold?

  2. gold money, gold coin

    Gold money, gold coin

    Examples

    Matthew 10:9 “Do not acquire gold, or silver, or copper for your money belts,

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

Named alongside itApposition

2 occurrences in 2 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

3 occurrences in 3 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

In the other Testament 1 word
זָהָב zâhâb · H2091 · gold, golden glow
Hebrew זָהָב and Greek χρυσός denote the same material substance (gold) and extend to the same range of golden articles; the equivalence is direct and comprehensive across both literal and extended uses.
Semantic domains 2 entries
Gold2.49
Matthew 2:11 recounts that the magi “presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh”.
Gold money, gold coin6.74
Matthew 10:9 has Jesus instruct the twelve, “Do not acquire gold, or silver, or copper for your money belts”.
Word family 7 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

χρυσόςchrysós · G5557χρύσεος chrýseos · G5552 · golden, made of gold · 18×χρυσίον chrysíon · G5553 · gold, gold jewelry, gold ornaments · 13×χρυσόω chrysóō · G5558 · to be adorned with gold, to be dressed with gold, to be covered with gold adornments · 2×χρυσοδακτύλιος chrysodaktýlios · G5554 · wearing a gold ring · 1×χρυσόλιθος chrysólithos · G5555 · chrysolite · 1×χρυσόπρασος chrysóprasos · G5556 · chrysoprase · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon χρυσοῦ, ὁ, from Homer down, Hebrew זָהָב, gold (ὁ ἐπί γῆς καί ὁ ὑπό γῆς, Plato, legg. 5,…
χρυσοῦ, ὁ, from Homer down, Hebrew זָהָב, gold (ὁ ἐπί γῆς καί ὁ ὑπό γῆς, Plato, legg. 5, p. 728 a.): universally, Mt 2:11; 1 Cor 3:12 (R G L (others χρυσίον, which see)); Rev 9:7; equivalent to precious things made of gold, golden ornaments, Mt 23:16; 1 Tim 2:9 (here L WH text χρυσίον); Jas 5:3; Rev 17:4 (L WH text χρυσίον); Rev 18:12, Rev 18:16 (L Tr text WH text χρυσίον); an image made of gold, Acts 17:29; stamped gold, gold coin, Mt 10:9.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Metals9 occurrencesMoney and Monetary Units1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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