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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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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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 11 times in 9 verses in the LXX Greek.

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