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Lexicon :: Strong's G5537 - chrēmatizō

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χρηματίζω
Transliteration
chrēmatizō (Key)
Pronunciation
khray-mat-id'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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TDNT Reference: 9:480,1319

Strong’s Definitions

χρηματίζω chrēmatízō, khray-mat-id'-zo; from G5536; to utter an oracle (compare the original sense of G5530), i.e. divinely intimate; by implication, (compare the secular sense of G5532) to constitute a firm for business, i.e. (generally) bear as a title:—be called, be admonished (warned) of God, reveal, speak.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G5537 in the following manner: be warned of God (3x), call (2x), be admonished of God (1x), reveal (1x), speak (1x), be warned from God (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G5537 in the following manner: be warned of God (3x), call (2x), be admonished of God (1x), reveal (1x), speak (1x), be warned from God (1x).

  1. to transact business, esp. to manage public affairs

    1. to advise or consult with one about public affairs

    2. to make answer to those who ask for advice, present enquiries or requests, etc.

      1. of judges, magistrates, rulers, kings

  2. to give a response to those consulting an oracle, to give a divine command or admonition, to teach from heaven

    1. to be divinely commanded, admonished, instructed

    2. to be the mouthpiece of divine revelations, to promulgate the commands of God

  3. to assume or take to one's self a name from one's public business

    1. to receive a name or title, be called

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χρηματίζω chrēmatízō, khray-mat-id'-zo; from G5536; to utter an oracle (compare the original sense of G5530), i.e. divinely intimate; by implication, (compare the secular sense of G5532) to constitute a firm for business, i.e. (generally) bear as a title:—be called, be admonished (warned) of God, reveal, speak.
STRONGS G5537:
χρηματίζω; future χρηματίσω (Romans 7:3 (cf. Buttmann, 37 (33)); in Greek writings everywhere the Attic χρηματιω, so too Jeremiah 32:16 (Jer. 25:30); Jeremiah 33:2 (Jer. 26:2); 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 ((Jeremiah 32:16 (Jer. 25:30))): with a dative of the person Job 40:3; passive followed by an infinitive (A. V. revealed etc.), Luke 2:26 (χρηματίζειν λόγους πρός τινα, Jeremiah 37:2 (Jer. 30:2)); passive, to be divinely commanded, admonished, instructed (R. V. warned of God), Matthew 2:12, 22; Acts 10:22; Hebrews 8:5; Hebrews 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, Jeremiah 33:2 (Jer. 26:2); Jeremiah 36:23 (Jer. 29:23): of Moses, Hebrews 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: Acts 11:26; Romans 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)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Job
40:3
Jeremiah
25:30; 25:30; 26:2; 26:2; 29:23; 30:2; 32:16; 32:16; 33:2; 33:2; 36:23; 37:2
Matthew
2:12; 2:22
Luke
2:26
Acts
10:22; 11:26
Romans
7:3; 7:3
Hebrews
8:5; 11:7; 12:25

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5537 matches the Greek χρηματίζω (chrēmatizō),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:12 - And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:22 - But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither; and being warned of God in a dream, he withdrew into the parts of Galilee,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:26 - And it had been revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:22 - And they said, Cornelius a centurion, a righteous man and one that feareth God, and well reported of by all the nation of the Jews, was warned of God by a holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words from thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:26 - and when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that even for a whole year they were gathered together with the church, and taught much people; and that the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:3 - So then if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be joined to another man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:5 - who serve that which is a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warned of God when he is about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern that was showed thee in the mount.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:7 - By faith Noah, being warned of God concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:25 - See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned them on earth, much more shall not we escape who turn away from him that warneth from heaven:
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