noun · neuter
chrēmem
Strong’sG5536
money, riches
stem chrēm-6 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
χρῆμα, -τος, τό
(< χράομαι) [in LXX: Jos 22:8, II Ch 1:11, 12 (נְכָסׅים), Jb 27:17 (כֶּסֶף), etc.; freq. in (Si (5:1, 8, al.), II and IV Mac;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5536 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkhray'-mah
something useful or needed, i.e. wealth, price
King Jamesmoney, riches.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(χράομαι):— need, in the phrase παρὰ χ. or παραχρῆμα (which see); a thing that one needs or uses,Refs 5th c.BC+: hence in plural, goods, property (χρήματα λέγομεν πάντα ὅσων ἡ ἀξία νομίσματι μετρεῖται Refs 8th c.BC+; of temple-treasures, heirlooms, etc., Refs 6th c.BC+; τὰ ἱρὰ χ. τῆς Ἀθηναίης Refs 5th c.BC+; πρόβατα καὶ ἄλλα χ. Refs 5th c.BC+ a man's money is his life, Refs 8th c.BC+; χρήματ᾽ ἄνηρ 'money makes the man', Refs 7th c.BC+; even of debts, διαλῦσαι τὰ χ. Refs 4th c.BC+; for how much money.. ? Answ. ἐπ᾽ οὐδενί, Refs 5th c.BC+; also in Refs 6th c.BC+, χ. δ᾽ ὃ μὲν Διόθεν καὶ σὺν δίκῃ ἀνδρὶ γένητα; in Attic dialect, οὐδενὸς ἂν χ. δεξάμενοι at no price, Refs 5th c.BC+; and in later Prose, fund, sum of money, Arch. f. Religionswiss.Refs 2nd c.BC+; τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ χ. NT+1st c.BC+merchandise, Refs 5th c.BC+; property, substance, Refs
II generally, thing, matter, affair, especially in Epic dialect and Ionic dialect, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἀντὶ πάντων χ. on every account, Refs 5th c.BC+; πᾶν χ. ἐκίνεε 'left no stone unturned', Refs 5th c.BC+; τεκμαίρει χρῆμ᾽ ἕκαστον 'deeds show the man', Refs 5th c.BC+; περαίνεται τὸ χ. the issue is being decided, Refs 1st c.AD+: plural, simply, things, ὁμοῦ πάντα χ. ἦν Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 χρῆμα is frequently expressed where it might be omitted, δεινὸν χ. ἐποιεῦντο Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐς ἀφανὲς χ. ἀποστέλλειν ἀποικίην to send out a colony without any certain destination, Refs; frequently in Trag., τί χρῆμ; ={τί}; what? τί χ. λεύσσ; Refs 4th c.BC+; or why? Refs 5th c.BC+; so in genitive, τοῦ χ. (i.e. ἕνεκα); Refs 5th c.BC+; τί δ᾽ ἐστὶ χρῆμ; what is the matter? Refs 5th c.BC+; μάλιστα χρημάτων most of anything, i. e. certainly, Refs 3rd c.AD+
II.3 used in periphrases to express something strange or extraordinary of its kind, ὑὸς χ. μέγα a huge monster of a boar, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ χ. τῶν νυκτῶν ὅσον what a business the nights are! Refs 5th c.BC+; λιπαρὸν τὸ χ. τῆς πόλεως what a grand city! Refs; κλέπτον τὸ χ. τἀνδρός a thievish sort of fellow, Refs; μακάριον.. λέγεις τυράννου χ. your tyrant-creature, Refs 5th c.BC+: without a genitive, ἔλαφον, καλόν τι χ. καὶ μέγα Refs 5th c.BC+; σοφόν τοι χρῆμ᾽ ἄνθρωπος truly a clever creature is he! Refs 3rd c.BC+; κοῦφον χ. ποιητής ἐστιν καὶ πτηνὸν καὶ ἱερόν, of the poet, Refs 5th c.BC+; χ. καλόν τι such a fine thing! Refs 3rd c.BC+; also in a periphrastic use, οὐδὲν χ. τοῦ ἀγκῶνος κάμψαι δύνανται cannot bend the elbow at all, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3.b so, to express a great number or mass, as we say, a deal, a heap of.., πολλόν τι χ. τῶν τέκνων, χ. πολλὸν ἀρδίων, νεῶν, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὅσον τὸ χ. παρνόπων what a lot of locusts! Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ χ. τῶν κόπων ὅσον what a lot of them! Refs; also of persons, χ. θηλειῶν womankind, Refs 5th c.BC+ what a crowd.. ! Refs 5th c.BC+
III (χράω (B) A) oracle, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | chrēmem | chrēmeim1×χρήματα |
| of, belonging to genitive | chrēmeu | chrēmeiu1×χρημάτων |
| to, for dative | chrēme | chrēmei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
chrēme is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
chrēmeim“money”subject or objectdirect plural1×
Acts 24:26“money”hama kai elpizarōntos hoti chrēmeim dōiti auto hupo tou Paulou; dio …At the same time, he was hoping that Paul would offer him a bribe …
chrēmeiu“money”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Acts 8:20… tan dōrean tou theou nomizasa dia chrēmeiu ktorō.… buy the gift of God with money!
chrēmeim3×
Mark 10:23“wealth”… mathētoi autou; Pōs duskolōs tois teim chrēmeim echarōntois eis tan basileian tou theou …… said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
Luke 18:24“wealth”… Iēsus legata; Pōs duskolōs tois teim chrēmeim echarōntois eis tan basileian tou theou …… man’s sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!
Acts 8:18… apostoloiu dōotō tem pneumem prosferata autoi chrēmeim… the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.
chrēmem1×
Acts 4:37huparcharōntou auto agrou pōlarantos ferata tem chrēmem kai tithata para toin podoin toiu …… a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ …