noun · masculine
chrusos
Strong’sG5557
anything made of gold
stem chrus-10 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books4 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.
χρυσός, -οῦ, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for זהב;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5557 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkhroo-sos'
gold; by extension, a golden article, as an ornament or coin
Fromperhaps from the base of G5530 (through the idea of the utility of the metal);
King Jamesgold.
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
gold, τιμῆς Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐσθής, Refs 8th c.BC+; χρυσὸν κέρασιν περιχεύας (of a victim) Refs 8th c.BC+; κοῖλος ἄργυρος καὶ χ. silver and gold plate, Refs 4th c.BC+; λευκὸς χ. white gold, i.e. gold alloyed with silver, opposed to χ. ἄπεφθος refined gold, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 gold, to express anything made of gold, e. g. golden armour or raiment, χρυσὸν.. ἔδυνε περὶ χροΐ, of Zeus, Refs 8th c.BC+; of Poseidon, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀραρότως σύνδεσμα χρυσὸς (a gold crown) εἶχε Refs 5th c.BC+
3 frequently used by Poets to denote anything dear or precious, ταῦτα μὲν.. κρείσσονα χρυσοῦ.. φωνεῖς Refs 5th c.BC+ golden words, Refs 5th c.BC+ and all derivations, though Lyric Poets sometimes made υ short in the adjective χρύσεος (which see); once we have χρῠσός, Refs 5th c.BC+.] (Borrowed from Semitic, cf. Hebrew chārūts, Assyr. h_urāšu 'gold', Aramaic hara 'yellow'.)
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 | chrusos2×χρυσὸς | chrusois |
| object accusative | chruson4×χρυσὸν | chrusoin |
| direct address vocative | chrusor | chrusoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | chrusou1×χρυσοῦ | chrusoiu |
| to, for dative | chruso3×χρυσῷ | chrusoi |
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
chruso 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.
10 occurrences, every one of them listed
chrusos“gold”subjectnominative singular2×
Matthew 23:17… tufloir, tinos gar megoteros atō, tos chrusos ē tos naos tos hagiazarantos ton …… blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it …
James 5:3tos chrusos vu kai tos arguros katiotē, kai …Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion …
chruson“gold”objectaccusative singular4×
Matthew 2:11… toin thēsauroin autoiu prosferala auto dōreim, chruson kai libanon kai smurnan.… and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.
Matthew 10:9mē kteveia chruson mēde arguron mēde chalkon eis tain …Do not take along any gold or silver or copper in your …
Matthew 23:17“gold”… ē tos naos tos hagiazarantos ton chruson?… the gold, or the temple that makes it …
1 Corinthians 3:12… de tinos epoikodomatō epi ton themelion chruson, arguron, lithoin timioin, xuleim, chorton, kalamēan,… anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or …
chrusou“gold”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Revelation 18:12gomon chrusou kai argurou kai lithou timiou kai …cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of …
chruso“gold”to, fordative singular3×
Matthew 23:16… hos de an omnuateia en to chruso tou naou ofeilatō.… but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound …
Acts 17:29… huparcharōntois tou theou ouk ofeilanō nomizarō chruso ē arguro ē litho, charagme technau …… that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image …
Revelation 9:7… tain kefalain autaiu hōs stefanois homoiois chruso, kai teim prosōpeim autaiu hōs prosōpeim …… battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads; and their faces …