Strong's Lexicon
G5557 — χρυσός
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5557 |
|---|---|
| Word: | χρυσός |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | perhaps from the base of G5530 (through the idea of the utility of the metal) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 10 |
| Transliteration: | chrusos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | khroo-sos' |
| Meaning: | 1. gold 2. (by extension) a golden article, as an ornament or coin |
| KJV Renderings: | gold |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χρυσός, χρυσοῦ, ὁ, from Homer down, Hebrew æÈäÈá, gold (ὁ ἐπί γῆς καί ὁ ὑπό γῆς, Plato, legg. 5, p. 728 a.): universally, Mat 2:11; 1Co 3:12 (R G L (others χρυσίον, which see)); Rev 9:7; equivalent to precious things made of gold, golden ornaments, Mat 23:16; 1Ti 2:9 (here L WH text χρυσίον); Jas 5:3; Rev 17:4 (L WH text χρυσίον); (L Tr text WH text χρυσίον); an image made of gold, Act 17:29; stamped gold, gold coin, Mat 10:9.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
χρυσός (gold)
Matthew 2:11
- KJV: And when they were come into the house they saw the young child with Mary his mother and fell down and worshipped him and when they had opened their treasures they presented unto him gifts gold and frankincense and myrrh
- GK: και ελθόντες εις την οικίαν είδον το παιδίον μετά Μαρίας της μητρός αυτού και πεσόντες προσεκύνησαν αυτώ και ανοίξαντες τους θησαυρούς αυτών προσήνεγκαν αυτώ δώρα χρυσόν και λίβανον και σμύρναν
Matthew 10:9
- KJV: Provide neither gold nor silver nor brass in your purses
- GK: μη κτήσησθε χρυσόν μηδέ άργυρον μηδέ χαλκόν εις τας ζώνας υμών
Matthew 23:16
- KJV: Woe unto you blind guides which say Whosoever shall swear by the temple it is nothing but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple he is a debtor
- GK: ουαί υμίν οδηγοί τυφλοί οι λέγοντες ος αν ομόση εν τω ναώ ουδέν εστιν ος δ΄ αν ομόση εν τω χρυσώ του ναού οφείλει
Matthew 23:17
- KJV: fools and blind for whether is greater the gold or the temple that sanctifieth the gold
- GK: μωροί και τυφλοί τις γαρ μείζων εστίν ο χρυσός η ο ναός ο αγιάζων τον χρυσόν
Acts 17:29
- KJV: Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold or silver or stone graven by art and man’s device
- GK: γένος ούν υπάρχοντες του θεού ουκ οφείλομεν νομίζειν χρυσώ η αργύρω η λίθω χαράγματι τέχνης και ενθυμήσεως ανθρώπου το θείον είναι όμοιον
1 Corinthians 3:12
- KJV: Now if any man build upon this foundation gold silver precious stones wood hay stubble
- GK: ει δε τις εποικοδομεί επί τον θεμέλιον τούτον χρυσόν άργυρον λίθους τιμίους ξύλα χόρτον καλάμην
1 Timothy 2:9
- KJV: In like manner also that women adorn themselves in modest apparel with shamefacedness and sobriety not with broided hair or gold or pearls or costly array
- GK: ωσαύτως και τας γυναίκας εν καταστολή κοσμίω μετά αιδούς και σωφροσύνης κοσμείν εαυτάς μη εν πλέγμασιν η χρυσώ η μαργαρίταις η ιματισμώ πολυτελεί
James 5:3
- KJV: Your gold and silver is cankered and the rust of them shall be a witness against you and shall eat your flesh as it were fire Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days
- GK: ο χρυσός υμών και ο άργυρος κατίωται και ο ιός αυτών εις μαρτύριον υμίν έσται και φάγεται τας σάρκας υμών ως πυρ εθησαυρίσατε εν εσχάταις ημέραις
Revelation 9:7
- KJV: And the shapes of the locusts like unto horses prepared unto battle and on their heads as it were crowns like gold and their faces as the faces of men
- GK: και τα ομοιώματα των ακρίδων όμοια ίπποις ητοιμασμένοις εις πόλεμον και επί τας κεφαλάς αυτών ως στέφανοι χρυσοί και τα πρόσωπα αυτών ως πρόσωπα ανθρώπων
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