Strong G5552χρύσεος
golden
- Transliteration
- chruseos
- Pronunciation
- khroo'-seh-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G5557; made of gold: - of gold golden.
Detailed definition
Χρύσεος, -εα, -εον (-οῦς, -ῆ, -οῦν; on accusative sing. fem., -ᾶν, Rev.1:13 and genitive pl. uncontr., -εων, Rev.2:1, LTr., see M, Pr., 48 and cf. Thackeray, Gr., x, 172 f.)
(χρυσός), [in LXX chiefly for זָהָב;]
golden, i.e. made or overlaid with gold: 2Ti.2:20, Heb.9:4, Rev.1:12-13, 20 2:1 4:4 5:8 8:3 9:13, 20 14:14 15:6-7 17:4 21:15.†
(AS)
(χρυσός), [in LXX chiefly for זָהָב;]
golden, i.e. made or overlaid with gold: 2Ti.2:20, Heb.9:4, Rev.1:12-13, 20 2:1 4:4 5:8 8:3 9:13, 20 14:14 15:6-7 17:4 21:15.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5552 appears in 16 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- golden12
- gold3
First verses
- 2 Timothy 2:20But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
- Hebrews 9:4Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
- Revelation 1:12And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
- Revelation 1:13And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
- Revelation 1:20The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
- Revelation 2:1Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
- Revelation 4:4And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
- Revelation 5:8And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
- Revelation 8:3And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
- Revelation 9:13And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
- Revelation 9:20And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
- Revelation 14:14And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
- Revelation 15:6And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.
- Revelation 15:7And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.
- Revelation 17:4And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
- Revelation 21:15And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
χρύσεος, η, ον,
also ος, ον in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.30 (1st c.BC: Antipater Thessalonicensis Epigrammaticus))], Attic dialect contraction χρυσοῦς, ῆ, οῦν [Refs (“IG” 12.358.4, etc.)]; Epic dialect χρύσειος, η, ον: [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus use both χρύσεος and -ειος, χρυσῇ is uncertain in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.425)]; Lyric poetry used χρύσεος, α, ον, and this form sometimes occurs in Trag. dialogue and even in Prose, as [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 5.5 codices, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 37, 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 2.5.10, 2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 36.1)]; Aeolic dialect χρύσιος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 1.8, +others)] (but χρύσεα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 29.37))]; Boeotian dialect χρούσιος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 337.8 (4th c.BC))]: (χρυσός):—golden, frequently in Epic dialect, especially of what belonged to gods, χρυσέῳ ἐν δαπέδῳ, χρυσέοις δεπάεσσι, χρύσειον ἐπὶ θρόνον, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.2, 3, 8.442, +others)]; χ. τάλαντα the golden scales of Zeus, [Refs (22.209; χ. ἰτύς, ζυγόν, of Hera's chariot, 5.724, 730; ἱμάσθλη χ., of Zeus and Poseidon, 8.44 = 13.26)]; ζώνη χ., of Calypso and Circe, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.232 = 10.545, etc.)]; δόμος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica)] [prev. cited]; of possessions of mortals, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.133, 5.425, +others)]: sometimes enriched or adorned with gold, χ. σκῆπτρον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (1.15, compare 246; μάχαιρα 18.598; θύραι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.88)]; κλῖναι, κρητῆρες, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.82, 80)]; ἕστηκε.. Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ χ., of a statue, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] 8.121; χρυσοῦς στάθητι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pseudol.” 15.)]
2 χρύσεια μέταλλα gold-mines, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.105 (the only instance of χρύσειος in _Attic dialect_, compare χρυσεῖον).)]
3 χρυσοῦς (i.e. στατήρ), ὁ, a gold coin, ={στατήρ}, [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 7.303.98, +others (Oropus, 3rd c.BC), “IPE” 12.32 A 13 (Olbia, 3rd c.BC), LXX.Gen.24.22, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 25)] (in Papyrus, not a coin, but the equivalent of [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (20 silver drachmae, “PCair.Zen.” 28.11 (3rd c.BC), etc.))]; χρυσοῖ ἐπίσημοι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.56.3, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 9.53, 59, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
4 χρύσεον, τό, gold plaque, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 1122.7 (Selinus, 5th c.BC).)]
II gold-coloured, golden-yellow, ἔθειραι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.42, 13.24; χ. νέφη [prev. work] 523, etc.)]; ἀέρος κόμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Pae.” 6.137)]; τῶν τὰ χρυσᾶ the yolks of eggs, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.376d.)]
III metaphorically, golden, χρυσέη Ἀφροδίτη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.64, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.337; Μοῖσα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).5; σθένος ἀελίου χ. [prev. author] “P.” 4.144; ὦ χ. θύγατερ Διός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 188 (Lyric poetry); Ἐλπίς [prev. work] 158 (Lyric poetry))]; τιμή [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ant.” 699; ὦ χρυσοῖ θεοί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 483; χ. ὑγίεια 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.73; λογισμοῦ ἀγωγή 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 645a; ἦθος 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 212.5; τὸ χ. ὀρνίθων γένος [prev. author] 175)]; χ. γένος ἀνθρώπων, of the [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“Golden” Age, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 109, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 468e, “Phdr.” 235e, “Cra.” 397e.)]
III.b sometimes used ironically, ἐγὼ δὲ ὁ χ. but I, fine fellow that I am.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Laps.” 1)]; Πλάτωνα χρυσοῦν (i.e. Ἐπίκουρος ἐκάλει) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 10.8, compare 3rd c.BC(?): Menodotus Samius Historicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “Subf.Emp.” 63.)]
III.2 wealthy, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.AD: Palaephatus Paradoxographus 31.4 (assuming variant). [χρῡσέη, χρῡσέην, χρῡσέου, χρῡσέῳ, etc., in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] must be pronounced as disyllable, as is fully proved by such passages as [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.15, 374: but Lyric Poets sometimes used ῠ in χρύσεος, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.73, 4.4, 144, +others, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 9.6, 15.2)]; so also Trag., but only in Lyric poetry, not in Iambics or Anapaestics, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 157, 188, “Ant.” 103, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 632, 978, “IA” 1051, “IT” 1253, “Tr.” 856, “Ba.” 372, “Heracl.” 916, “HF” 351, 396, “El.” 192; sometimes also Epigrammatists, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.292.2 (3rd c.BC: Hedylus Epigrammaticus), 7.233.1 (1st c.AD: Apollonides Epigrammaticus), 13.18.4 (from Parmeno), “APl.” 4.96.8.])]
also ος, ον in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.30 (1st c.BC: Antipater Thessalonicensis Epigrammaticus))], Attic dialect contraction χρυσοῦς, ῆ, οῦν [Refs (“IG” 12.358.4, etc.)]; Epic dialect χρύσειος, η, ον: [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus use both χρύσεος and -ειος, χρυσῇ is uncertain in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.425)]; Lyric poetry used χρύσεος, α, ον, and this form sometimes occurs in Trag. dialogue and even in Prose, as [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 5.5 codices, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 37, 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 2.5.10, 2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 36.1)]; Aeolic dialect χρύσιος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 1.8, +others)] (but χρύσεα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 29.37))]; Boeotian dialect χρούσιος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 337.8 (4th c.BC))]: (χρυσός):—golden, frequently in Epic dialect, especially of what belonged to gods, χρυσέῳ ἐν δαπέδῳ, χρυσέοις δεπάεσσι, χρύσειον ἐπὶ θρόνον, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.2, 3, 8.442, +others)]; χ. τάλαντα the golden scales of Zeus, [Refs (22.209; χ. ἰτύς, ζυγόν, of Hera's chariot, 5.724, 730; ἱμάσθλη χ., of Zeus and Poseidon, 8.44 = 13.26)]; ζώνη χ., of Calypso and Circe, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.232 = 10.545, etc.)]; δόμος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica)] [prev. cited]; of possessions of mortals, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.133, 5.425, +others)]: sometimes enriched or adorned with gold, χ. σκῆπτρον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (1.15, compare 246; μάχαιρα 18.598; θύραι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.88)]; κλῖναι, κρητῆρες, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.82, 80)]; ἕστηκε.. Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ χ., of a statue, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] 8.121; χρυσοῦς στάθητι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pseudol.” 15.)]
2 χρύσεια μέταλλα gold-mines, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.105 (the only instance of χρύσειος in _Attic dialect_, compare χρυσεῖον).)]
3 χρυσοῦς (i.e. στατήρ), ὁ, a gold coin, ={στατήρ}, [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 7.303.98, +others (Oropus, 3rd c.BC), “IPE” 12.32 A 13 (Olbia, 3rd c.BC), LXX.Gen.24.22, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 25)] (in Papyrus, not a coin, but the equivalent of [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (20 silver drachmae, “PCair.Zen.” 28.11 (3rd c.BC), etc.))]; χρυσοῖ ἐπίσημοι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.56.3, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 9.53, 59, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
4 χρύσεον, τό, gold plaque, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 1122.7 (Selinus, 5th c.BC).)]
II gold-coloured, golden-yellow, ἔθειραι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.42, 13.24; χ. νέφη [prev. work] 523, etc.)]; ἀέρος κόμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Pae.” 6.137)]; τῶν τὰ χρυσᾶ the yolks of eggs, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.376d.)]
III metaphorically, golden, χρυσέη Ἀφροδίτη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.64, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.337; Μοῖσα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).5; σθένος ἀελίου χ. [prev. author] “P.” 4.144; ὦ χ. θύγατερ Διός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 188 (Lyric poetry); Ἐλπίς [prev. work] 158 (Lyric poetry))]; τιμή [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ant.” 699; ὦ χρυσοῖ θεοί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 483; χ. ὑγίεια 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.73; λογισμοῦ ἀγωγή 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 645a; ἦθος 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 212.5; τὸ χ. ὀρνίθων γένος [prev. author] 175)]; χ. γένος ἀνθρώπων, of the [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“Golden” Age, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 109, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 468e, “Phdr.” 235e, “Cra.” 397e.)]
III.b sometimes used ironically, ἐγὼ δὲ ὁ χ. but I, fine fellow that I am.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Laps.” 1)]; Πλάτωνα χρυσοῦν (i.e. Ἐπίκουρος ἐκάλει) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 10.8, compare 3rd c.BC(?): Menodotus Samius Historicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “Subf.Emp.” 63.)]
III.2 wealthy, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.AD: Palaephatus Paradoxographus 31.4 (assuming variant). [χρῡσέη, χρῡσέην, χρῡσέου, χρῡσέῳ, etc., in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] must be pronounced as disyllable, as is fully proved by such passages as [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.15, 374: but Lyric Poets sometimes used ῠ in χρύσεος, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.73, 4.4, 144, +others, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 9.6, 15.2)]; so also Trag., but only in Lyric poetry, not in Iambics or Anapaestics, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 157, 188, “Ant.” 103, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 632, 978, “IA” 1051, “IT” 1253, “Tr.” 856, “Ba.” 372, “Heracl.” 916, “HF” 351, 396, “El.” 192; sometimes also Epigrammatists, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.292.2 (3rd c.BC: Hedylus Epigrammaticus), 7.233.1 (1st c.AD: Apollonides Epigrammaticus), 13.18.4 (from Parmeno), “APl.” 4.96.8.])]