G5537
G5537 — χρηματίζω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
chrematizo (khray-mat-id'-zo) v.
1. to utter an oracle, i.e. divinely intimate
2. (by implication) to constitute a firm for business
3. (generally) to bear as a title, to be spoken of as
{consider the original sense of G5530, (by implication) consider the secular sense of G5532}
[from G5536]
KJV: be called, be admonished (warned) of God, reveal, speak
Root(s): G5536
Compare: G5530, G5532
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
be called, be admonished (warned) of God, reveal, speak
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χρηματίζω; future χρηματίσω (Rom 7:3 (cf. Buttmann, 37 (33)); in Greek writings everywhere the Attic χρηματιω, so too Jer 32:16 (); Jer 33:2 (); 1 aorist ἐχρηματισμα; perfect passive, κεχρηματισμαι; 1 aorist passive, ἐχρηματίσθην; (χρῆμα business); in prose writings from Herodotus down;
1. "to transact business, especially to manage public affairs; to advise or consult with one about public affairs; to make answer to those who ask advice, present inquiries or requests," etc.; used of judges, magistrates, rulers, kings. Hence, in some later Greek writings,
2. to give a response to those consulting an oracle (Diodorus 3, 6; 15, 10; Plutarch, mor., p. 435 c. (i. e. de defect. oracc. 46); several times in Lucian); hence, used of God in Josephus, Antiquities 5, 1, 14; 10, 1, 3; 11, 8, 4; universally, (dropping all reference to a previous consultation), to give a divine command or admonition, to teach from heaven ((Jer 32:16 ())): with a dative of the person Job 40:3; passive followed by an infinitive (A. V. revealed etc.), Luk 2:26 (χρηματίζειν λόγους πρός τινα, Jer 37:2 ()); passive, to be divinely commanded, admonished, instructed (R. V. warned of God), Mat 2:12; Mat 2:22; Act 10:22; Heb 8:5; Heb 11:7 (this passive use is hardly found elsewhere except in Josephus, Antiquities 3, 8, 8; (11, 8, 4); cf. Buttmann, § 134, 4; (Winers Grammar, § 39, 1 a.)); to be the mouthpiece of divine revelations, to promulge the commands of God, (τίνι, Jer 33:2 (); Jer 36:23 (): of Moses, Heb 12:25 (R. V. warned).
3. to assume or take to oneself a name from one’s public business (Polybius, Diodorus, Plutarch, others); universally, to receive a name or title, be called: Act 11:26; Rom 7:3 (Josephus, Antiquities (8, 6, 2); 13, 11, 3; b. j. 2, 18, 7; (c. Apion. 2, 3, 1; Philo, quod deus immut. § 25 at the end; leg. ad Gaium § 43); Ἀντίοχον τόν Ἐπιφανῆ χρηματίζοντα, Diodorus in Müller’s fragment vol. ii, p. 17, no. 21:4; Ἰάκωβον τόν χρηματισαντα ἀδελφόν τοῦ κυρίου, Acta Philippi at the beginning, p. 75; Tdf. edition; Ἰακώβου ... ὅν καί ἀδελφόν τοῦ Χριστοῦ χρηματίσαι οἱ Θειοι λόγοι περιέχουσιν, Eus. h. e. 7, 19; (cf. Sophocles’ Lexicon, under the word, 2)).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
χρηματίζω (be called)
Matthew 2:12
- KJV: And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod they departed into their own country another way
- GK: και χρηματισθέντες κατ΄ όναρ μη ανακάμψαι προς Ηρώδην δι΄ άλλης οδού ανεχώρησαν εις την χώραν αυτών
Matthew 2:22
- KJV: But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod he was afraid to go thither notwithstanding being warned of God in a dream he turned aside into the parts of Galilee
- GK: ακούσας δε ότι Αρχέλαος βασιλεύει επί της Ιουδαίας αντί Ηρώδου του πατρός αυτου εφοβήθη εκεί απελθείν χρηματισθείς δε κατ΄ όναρ ανεχώρησεν εις τα μέρη της Γαλιλαίας
Luke 2:26
- KJV: And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ
- GK: και ην αυτώ κεχρηματισμένον υπό του πνεύματος του αγίου μη ιδείν θάνατον πριν η ίδη τον Χριστόν κυρίου
Acts 10:22
- KJV: And they said Cornelius the centurion a just man and one that feareth God and of good report among all the nation of the Jews was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house and to hear words of thee
- GK: οι δε είπον Κορνήλιος εκατοντάρχης ανήρ δίκαιος και φοβούμενος τον θεόν μαρτυρούμενός τε υπό όλου του έθνους των Ιουδαίων εχρηματίσθη υπό αγγέλου αγίου μεταπέμψασθαί σε εις τον οίκον αυτού και ακούσαι ρήματα παρά σου
Acts 11:26
- KJV: And when he had found him he brought him unto Antioch And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church and taught much people And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch
- GK: και ευρών αυτόν ήγαγεν αυτόν εις Αντιόχειαν εγένετο δε αυτούς ενιαυτόν όλον συναχθήναι εν τη εκκλησία και διδάξαι όχλον ικανόν χρηματίσαι τε πρώτον εν Αντιοχεία τους μαθητάς χριστιανούς
Romans 7:3
- KJV: So then if while husband liveth she be married to another man she shall be called an adulteress but if her husband be dead she is free from law so that she is no adulteress though she be married to another man
- GK: άρα ούν ζώντος του ανδρός μοιχαλίς χρηματίσει εάν γένηται ανδρί ετέρω εάν δε αποθάνη ο ανήρ ελευθέρα εστίν από του νόμου του μη είναι αυτήν μοιχαλίδα γενομένην ανδρί ετέρω
Hebrews 8:5
- KJV: Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle for See saith he thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount
- GK: οίτινες υποδείγματι και σκιά λατρεύουσι των επουρανίων καθώς κεχρημάτισται Μωϋσης μέλλων επιτελείν την σκηνήν όρα γαρ φησι ποιήσεις πάντα κατά τον τύπον τον δειχθέντα σοι εν τω όρει
Hebrews 11:7
- KJV: By faith Noah being warned of God of things not seen as yet moved with fear prepared an ark to the saving of his house by the which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith
- GK: πίστει χρηματισθείς Νώε περί των μηδέπω βλεπομένων ευλαβηθείς κατεσκεύασε κιβωτόν εις σωτηρίαν του οίκου αυτού δι΄ ης κατέκρινε τον κόσμον και της κατά πίστιν δικαιοσύνης εγένετο κληρονόμος
Hebrews 12:25
- KJV: See that ye refuse not him that speaketh For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth much more we if we turn away from him that from heaven
- GK: βλέπετε μη παραιτήσησθε τον λαλούντα ει γαρ εκείνοι ουκ έφυγον τον επί γης παραιτησάμενοι χρηματίζοντα πολλώ μάλλον ημείς οι τον απ΄ ουρανών αποστρεφόμενοι