verb
chrusomō
Strong’sG5558
I gild, adorn with gold
stem chrus-2 times in the New Testament2 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.
χρυσόω, -ῶ
(< χρυσός) [in LXX chiefly for צָפָה pi.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5558 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkhroo-so'-o
to gild, i.e. bespangle with golden ornaments
Fromfrom G5557;
King Jamesdeck.
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
future -ώσωLXX:—make golden, gild, LXX+5th c.BC+:—passive, χ. παχέϊ κάρτα χρυσῷ Refs 5th c.BC+; perhaps of gilding the horns of victims, Refs
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
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| chrusorēntasκεχρυσωμένη | has happened · subjectperfect middle or passive participle nominative singular feminine | adorned | 1× |
| chrusorēntarκεχρυσωμένη | has happened · direct addressperfect middle or passive participle vocative singular feminine | adorned | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | chrusomō | chrusome | chrusomē | chrusomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | chrusosō | chrusose | chrusosē | chrusoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | chrusotō | chrusote | chrusotē | chrusotelē |
| we 1st person plural | chrusonō | chrusone | chrusonē | chrusonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | chrusovō | chrusove | chrusovē | chrusovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | chrusolō | chrusole | chrusolē | chrusolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | chrusomeiō | chrusomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | chrusoseiō | chrusoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | chrusoteiō | chrusoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | chrusoneiō | chrusoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | chrusoveiō | chrusoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | chrusoleiō | chrusoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | chrusosōr | chrusosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | chrusotōr | chrusotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | chrusovōr | chrusovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | chrusolōr | chrusolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | chrusomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | chrusosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | chrusotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | chrusonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | chrusovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | chrusoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | chrusorō | chrusorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | chrusorōntos | chrusorēntos2× |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
chrus 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
chrusorēntas“adorned”has happened · subjectperfect middle or passive participle nominative singular feminine1×
Revelation 17:4… ate peribalorēntas porfurouem kai kokkinem, kai chrusorēntas chrusie kai litho timio kai margaritoi, …… dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and …
chrusorēntar“adorned”has happened · direct addressperfect middle or passive participle vocative singular feminine1×
Revelation 18:16… bussinem kai porfurouem kai kokkinem kai chrusorēntar chrusie kai litho timio kai margarito,… fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and …