noun · masculine
chrēmatismos
Greekχρηματισμός (chrēmatismos)
Strong’sG5538
an oracle
stem chrēmatism-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
χρηματισμός, -οῦ), ὁ
(< χρηματίζω, q.v.), [in LXX: Pr 24:60 (31:1) (מַשָּׂא), II Mac 2:4 11:17 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5538 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkhray-mat-is-mos'
a divine response or revelation
Fromfrom G5537;
King Jamesanswer of God.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | chrēmatismos1×χρηματισμός | chrēmatismois |
| object accusative | chrēmatismon | chrēmatismoin |
| direct address vocative | chrēmatismor | chrēmatismoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | chrēmatismou | chrēmatismoiu |
| to, for dative | chrēmatismo | chrēmatismoi |
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
chrēmatismo 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
chrēmatismos“divine response”subjectnominative singular1×
Romans 11:4“divine response”alla tinem legatō auto tos chrēmatismos? Kataleipama miauto heptakischilioi anēroin, hotinois ouk kamptala gonuem ta Baal.And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”