noun · masculine
chrōtos
Greekχρώς (chrōs)
Strong’sG5559
the skin
stem chrōt-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
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.
Every form
| 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
chrōtou“skin”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 19:12“skin”hōste kai epi toin asthenarōtoin apoferirō apo tou chrōtou autou soudarieim ē simikinthieim kai apallassirō apo autoiu tain nosain, teim tē pneumeim teim ponēreim ekporeuerō.so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.