noun · masculine
chrēmatismos
Strong’sG5538
an oracle
stem chrēmatism-once in the New Testament1 of 10 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.
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.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
negotiation, giving audience to ambassadors, Refs 2nd c.BC+; ἐποιεῖτο τὸν χ. καὶ τοὺς λόγουςRefs 2nd c.AD+
2 decree or ordinance, made by a sovereign or some public authority, Refs 1st c.BC+ business introduced by the generals, Decrees Del. cited in Refs 1st c.AD+; decision on a case or petition, Refs 2nd c.BC+
3 administration of justice by χρηματισταί, Refs 3rd c.BC+
4 any public instrument or document, LXX+2nd c.BC+; public records, Refs 4th c.BC+
4.b generally, deed, legal instrument, Refs 2nd c.AD+; δημόσιος χ. notarial instrument, Mitteis Refs 1st c.AD+; τῶν δούλων τοὺς χ. the title-deeds referring to the slaves, Refs 2nd c.AD+
5 oracular response, divine injunction or warning, LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+
II (from middle) doing business for one's own gain, money-making, frequently in Refs 5th c.BC+
III later, appellation, title, designation, Refs 1st c.BC+; use of a name or designation, Refs 2nd c.AD+; simply, name, Dosith.p.382K.
IV 'affair', χ. εὔχρηστος (of σπάργανα) Refs 2nd c.AD+
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 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
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 androin, hotinois ouk …And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the …