Strong G5557χρυσός
gold
- Transliteration
- chrusos
- Pronunciation
- khroo-sos'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Perhaps from the base of G5530 (through the idea of the utility of the metal);
gold; by extension a golden article as an ornament or coin: - gold.
gold; by extension a golden article as an ornament or coin: - gold.
Detailed definition
χρυσός, -οῦ, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for זָהָב;]
gold: Mat.2:11, Rev.9:7; of golden ornaments, Mat.23:16-17, 1Ti.2:9 (Rec., WH, mg.), Jas.5:3, Rev.17:4 (Rec., WH, mg.) Rev.18:12, 16 (Rec., WH, mg.); of images, Act.17:29; of gold coin, Mat.10:9.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for זָהָב;]
gold: Mat.2:11, Rev.9:7; of golden ornaments, Mat.23:16-17, 1Ti.2:9 (Rec., WH, mg.), Jas.5:3, Rev.17:4 (Rec., WH, mg.) Rev.18:12, 16 (Rec., WH, mg.); of images, Act.17:29; of gold coin, Mat.10:9.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5557 appears in 12 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- gold12
First verses
- Matthew 2:11And 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.
- Matthew 10:9Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
- Matthew 23:16Woe unto you, ye 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!
- Matthew 23:17Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
- Acts 17:29Forasmuch 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.
- 1 Corinthians 3:12Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
- 1 Timothy 2:9In 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;
- James 5:3Your 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.
- Revelation 9:7And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
- 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 18:12The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
- Revelation 18:16And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
χρῡσός, ὁ,
gold, τιμῆς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.475, etc.; coupled with other precious things, e.g. χαλκός, σίδηρος, 6.48)]; ἐσθής, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.38)]; χρυσὸν κέρασιν περιχεύας (of a victim) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.294 = 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.384, compare 437; ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε τις χρυσὸν περιχεύεται ἀργύρῳ 6.232; χ. δαμασίφρων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.78)]; κοῖλος ἄργυρος καὶ χ. silver and gold plate, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 283a, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 20)]; λευκὸς χ. white gold, i.e. gold alloyed with silver, opposed to χ. ἄπεφθος refined gold, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.50; χ. ἑψόμενος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.82; χρυσὸν καθαίρειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 303d; βασανίζειν ἐν πυρί [prev. author] “R.” 413e.)]
2 gold, to express anything made of gold, e. g. golden armour or raiment, χρυσὸν.. ἔδυνε περὶ χροΐ, of Zeus, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.43)]; of Poseidon, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (13.25; τὸ ἐμὸν σῶμα μήτε ἐν χ. θῆτε.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.7.25)]; ἀραρότως σύνδεσμα χρυσὸς (a gold crown) εἶχε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1193; ἐν χρυσῷ πίνειν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc. Cond.” 26.)]
3 frequently used by Poets to denote anything dear or precious, ταῦτα μὲν.. κρείσσονα χρυσοῦ.. φωνεῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 372 (_anapaest meter_); ὁ χ. ἧσσον κτῆμα τοῦ κλάειν ἂν ἦν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 557; ὡς χρυσὸς αὐτῷ τἀμὰ.. κακὰ δόξει ποτ᾽ εἶναι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 432, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 9.4; compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.1, 3.42, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sertorius” 5: _metaphorically_ also, χρυσὸς ἐπῶν)] golden words, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 268; χρυσῷ πάττειν τινά [prev. author] “Nu.” 912 (_anapaest meter_); ὗσαι χρυσόν τινι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.50. [ῡ] in χρυσός)] and all derivations, though Lyric Poets sometimes made υ short in the adjective χρύσεος (which see); once we have χρῠσός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.78)].] (Borrowed from Semitic, cf. Hebrew chārūts, Assyr. h_urāšu 'gold', Aramaic hara 'yellow'.)
gold, τιμῆς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.475, etc.; coupled with other precious things, e.g. χαλκός, σίδηρος, 6.48)]; ἐσθής, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.38)]; χρυσὸν κέρασιν περιχεύας (of a victim) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.294 = 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.384, compare 437; ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε τις χρυσὸν περιχεύεται ἀργύρῳ 6.232; χ. δαμασίφρων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.78)]; κοῖλος ἄργυρος καὶ χ. silver and gold plate, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 283a, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 20)]; λευκὸς χ. white gold, i.e. gold alloyed with silver, opposed to χ. ἄπεφθος refined gold, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.50; χ. ἑψόμενος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.82; χρυσὸν καθαίρειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 303d; βασανίζειν ἐν πυρί [prev. author] “R.” 413e.)]
2 gold, to express anything made of gold, e. g. golden armour or raiment, χρυσὸν.. ἔδυνε περὶ χροΐ, of Zeus, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.43)]; of Poseidon, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (13.25; τὸ ἐμὸν σῶμα μήτε ἐν χ. θῆτε.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.7.25)]; ἀραρότως σύνδεσμα χρυσὸς (a gold crown) εἶχε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1193; ἐν χρυσῷ πίνειν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc. Cond.” 26.)]
3 frequently used by Poets to denote anything dear or precious, ταῦτα μὲν.. κρείσσονα χρυσοῦ.. φωνεῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 372 (_anapaest meter_); ὁ χ. ἧσσον κτῆμα τοῦ κλάειν ἂν ἦν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 557; ὡς χρυσὸς αὐτῷ τἀμὰ.. κακὰ δόξει ποτ᾽ εἶναι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 432, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 9.4; compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.1, 3.42, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sertorius” 5: _metaphorically_ also, χρυσὸς ἐπῶν)] golden words, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 268; χρυσῷ πάττειν τινά [prev. author] “Nu.” 912 (_anapaest meter_); ὗσαι χρυσόν τινι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.50. [ῡ] in χρυσός)] and all derivations, though Lyric Poets sometimes made υ short in the adjective χρύσεος (which see); once we have χρῠσός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.78)].] (Borrowed from Semitic, cf. Hebrew chārūts, Assyr. h_urāšu 'gold', Aramaic hara 'yellow'.)