noun · masculine
chrōtos
Strong’sG5559
the skin
stem chrōt-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.
χρώς, gen., χρωτός, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for בָּשָׂר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5559 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkhroce
the body (properly, its surface or skin)
Fromprobably akin to the base of G5530 through the idea of handling;
King Jamesbody.
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
genitive χρωτός, dative χρωτί, accusative χρῶτα (Attic dialect χρώ only in Refs 7th c.BC+, as always in Hom.and Refs 8th c.BC+, accusative χρῶτα Refs 8th c.BC+; these forms are frequently in Trag., but Ionic dialect dative χροΐ occurs in Refs 7th c.BC+ —rare in Comedy texts and _Attic dialect_ Prose.
I of the human body, skin or flesh, οὔ σφι λίθος χρὼς οὐδὲ σίδηρος Refs 8th c.BC+; λιλαιοένη χροὸς ἆσαι, of a spear,Refs 8th c.BC+: especially flesh, opposed to bone, φθινύθει δ᾽ ἀμφ᾽ ὀστεόφι χρώς Refs 8th c.BC+ (which usage is said by Refs 2nd c.AD+.435, with reference to LXX+5th c.BC+: generally, one's body, frame, Refs 5th c.BC+
I.2 ἐν χροΐ, or ἐν χρῷ, close to the skin, ἐν χροΐ κείρειν to shave close, Refs 5th c.BC+:—metaphorically, to the quick, ξυρεῖ γὰρ ἐν χρῷ τοῦτο Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν χρῷ παραπλεῖν sail past so as to shave or graze, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὴν μάχην συνάψαι ἐν χρῷ to fight at close quarters, Refs 1st c.AD+; ἡ ἐν χρῷ συνουσία close acquaintance, Refs 2nd c.AD+ close to, hard by a person or thing, τοῦ θώρακος (variant{σώματος}) Refs 1st c.AD+; τῆς γῆς Refs 2nd c.AD+near at hand, Refs 5th c.AD+
II the colour of the skin, complexion, μελαίνετο δὲ χρόα καλόν Refs 8th c.BC+; τρέπεται χ. his colour changes, i. e. he turns pale, Refs 8th c.BC+; τί χρὼς τέτραπτα; (paratragoedia) Refs 5th c.BC+; rare in Attic dialect Prose, ἐπὶ τῷ χρωτὶ μέγα φρονεῖν Refs 5th c.BC+: in Ionic dialect Prose, of the colour of a finger, χροΐ δῆλα Refs 6th c.BC+
II.2 generally, colour, ἀμείβων χρῶτα πορφυρᾷ βαφῇ Refs 4th 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 nominative | chrōtos | chrōtois |
| object accusative | chrōton | chrōtoin |
| direct address vocative | chrōtor | chrōtoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | chrōtou1×χρωτὸς | chrōtoiu |
| to, for dative | chrōto | chrōtoi |
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
chrōto 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
chrōtou“skin”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 19:12“skin”… epi toin asthenarōntoin apoferorō apo tou chrōtou autou soudarieim ē simikinthieim kai apallaxorō …… that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.