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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:12 - After being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back by another route to their own country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:22 - But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. After being warned in a dream, he went to the regions of Galilee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:26 - It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:22 - They said, "Cornelius the centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear a message from you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:26 - and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught a significant number of people. Now it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:3 - So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is alive, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she is joined to another man, she is not an adulteress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:5 - The place where they serve is a sketch and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary, just as Moses was warned by God as he was about to complete the tabernacle. For he says, "See that you make everything according to the design shown to you on the mountain."

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:7 - By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:25 - Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?
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