adjective
chrusouos
Strong’sG5552
golden
stem chrusou-17 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books9 of 26 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Golden, or made of gold 124 — describing objects fashioned from gold, often things belonging to or associated with the gods, such as vessels, thrones, ornaments, and other possessions 3.
The same word could also stand on its own as a noun meaning a gold coin, a sense attested in the Greek Old Testament 3.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
χρυσοῦς, v.s. χρύσεος.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5552 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkhroo'-seh-os
made of gold
Fromfrom G5557;
King Jamesof gold, golden.
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
also ος, ον in Refs 1st c.BC+, Attic dialect contraction χρυσοῦς, ῆ, οῦν Refs; Epic dialect χρύσειος, η, ον: Refs 8th c.BC+; Lyric poetry used χρύσεος, α, ον, and this form sometimes occurs in Trag. dialogue and even in Prose, as Refs 5th c.BC+; Aeolic dialect χρύσιος Refs 7th c.BC+ (but χρύσεα Refs 3rd c.BC+; Boeotian dialect χρούσιος Refs 4th c.BC+: (χρυσός):—golden, frequently in Epic dialect, especially of what belonged to gods, χρυσέῳ ἐν δαπέδῳ, χρυσέοις δεπάεσσι, χρύσειον ἐπὶ θρόνον, etc., Refs 8th c.BC+; χ. τάλαντα the golden scales of Zeus, Refs; ζώνη χ., of Calypso and Circe, Refs 8th c.BC+; δόμος Refs 7th c.BC+ [prev. cited]; of possessions of mortals, Refs 8th c.BC+: sometimes enriched or adorned with gold, χ. σκῆπτρον Refs 8th c.BC+; κλῖναι, κρητῆρες, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἕστηκε.. Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ χ., of a statue, Refs 2nd c.AD+
2 χρύσεια μέταλλα gold-mines, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 χρυσοῦς (i.e. στατήρ), ὁ, a gold coin, ={στατήρ}, LXX+3rd c.BC+ (in Papyrus, not a coin, but the equivalent of Refs 3rd c.BC+; χρυσοῖ ἐπίσημοι Refs 2nd c.BC+
4 χρύσεον, τό, gold plaque, Refs 5th c.BC+
II gold-coloured, golden-yellow, ἔθειραι Refs 8th c.BC+; ἀέρος κόμαι Refs 5th c.BC+; τῶν τὰ χρυσᾶ the yolks of eggs, Refs 2nd c.AD+
III metaphorically, golden, χρυσέη Ἀφροδίτη Refs 8th c.BC+; τιμή Refs 5th c.BC+; χ. γένος ἀνθρώπων, of the Refs 8th c.BC+
III.b sometimes used ironically, ἐγὼ δὲ ὁ χ. but I, fine fellow that I am.., Refs 2nd c.AD+; Πλάτωνα χρυσοῦν (i.e. Ἐπίκουρος ἐκάλει) Refs 3rd c.BC+
III.2 wealthy, Refs 8th c.BC+ must be pronounced as disyllable, as is fully proved by such passages as Refs 8th c.BC+; so also Trag., but only in Lyric poetry, not in Iambics or Anapaestics, Refs 5th 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 | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | chrusouos | chrusouas1×χρυσῆ | chrusouem4×χρυσοῦν | chrusouois | chrusouais | chrusoueim1×χρυσᾶ |
| object accusative | chrusouon2×χρυσοῦν | chrusouan1×χρυσᾶν | chrusouoin1×χρυσοῦς | chrusouain5×χρυσᾶς | ||
| direct address vocative | chrusouor | chrusouar | chrusouoir | chrusouair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | chrusouou | chrusouau | chrusoueu1×χρυσοῦ | chrusouoiu | chrusouaiu1×χρυσῶν | chrusoueiu |
| to, for dative | chrusouo | chrusoua | chrusoue | chrusouoi | chrusouai | chrusouei |
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
chrusou 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.
17 occurrences, every one of them listed
chrusouon“golden”objectaccusative singular2×
Revelation 8:3… stēita epi teu thusiastērieu echarōntos libanōton chrusouon, kai dōita auto thumiameim polleim hina …Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the …
Revelation 14:14… echarōntos epi tau kefalau autou stefanon chrusouon kai en ta cheira autou drepanem …… the Son of Man, with a golden crown on His head and a …
chrusouas“golden”subjectnominative singular1×
Hebrews 9:4“golden”… perikaluptorēntan pantothen chrusie, en ha stamnas chrusouas echarōntas tem manna kai tas rabdas …… ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets …
chrusouan“golden”objectaccusative singular1×
Revelation 1:13… kai perizōnorēnton pros toi mastoi zōnan chrusouan;… in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest.
chrusouem“golden”subject or objectdirect singular4×
Hebrews 9:4chrusouem echarōntas thumiatēriem kai tan kibōtan tau …containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered …
Revelation 8:3… hagioiu pantoiu epi tem thusiastēriem tem chrusouem tem enōpion tou thronou.… of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.
Revelation 17:4… litho timio kai margaritoi, echarōntas potēriem chrusouem en ta cheira autau gemarōntem bdelugmeiu …… She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the …
Revelation 21:15“gold”… lalarōntos meta mu echate metrem kalamon chrusouem, hina metrateia tan polan kai toin …The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.
chrusoueu“golden”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Revelation 9:13… ek teiu kerateiu teu thusiastērieu teu chrusoueu teu enōpion tou theou,… from the four horns of the golden altar before God
chrusouoin“golden”objectaccusative plural1×
Revelation 4:4… kai epi tain kefalain autoiu stefanoin chrusouoin.… twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.
chrusouain“golden”objectaccusative plural5×
Revelation 1:12… mu; kai epistrefarantos horama hepta luchnain chrusouain,… And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands,
Revelation 1:20… mu, kai tain hepta luchnain tain chrusouain; tois hepta asterois angelois taiu hepta …… right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the …
Revelation 5:8… arnieu, echarōntois hekastos kitharan kai fialain chrusouain gemarōntain thumiameiu, hais alō tais proseuchais …… a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are …
Revelation 15:6… kai perizōnorēntois peri teim stētheim zōnain chrusouain.… and bright linen and girded with golden sashes around their chests.
Revelation 15:7… dōata toi hepta angeloi hepta fialain chrusouain gemarōntain tou thumou tou theou tou …… creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of …
chrusouaiu“golden”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Revelation 2:1… en mese taiu hepta luchnaiu taiu chrusouaiu;… hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.
chrusoueim“of gold”subject or objectdirect plural1×
Revelation 9:20… teim daimoneim kai teim eidōleim teim chrusoueim kai teim arguroueim kai teim chalkoueim …… not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which …