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Lexicon :: Strong's G5537 - chrēmatizō

Aa
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 9 times in 9 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:12 - And it was made clear to them by God in a dream that they were not to go back to Herod; so they went into their country by another way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:22 - But when it came to his ears that Archelaus was ruling over Judaea in the place of his father Herod, he was in fear of going there; and God having given him news of the danger in a dream, he went out of the way into the country parts of Galilee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:26 - And he had knowledge, through the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death till he had seen the Lord's Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:22 - And they said, Cornelius, a captain, an upright and God-fearing man, respected by all the nation of the Jews, had word from God by an angel to send for you to his house, and to give hearing to your words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:26 - And when he had come across him, he took him to Antioch. And they were with the church there for a year, teaching the people; and the disciples were first given the name of Christians in Antioch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:3 - So if, while the husband is living, she is joined to another man, she will get the name of one who is untrue to her husband: but if the husband is dead, she is free from the law, so that she is not untrue, even if she takes another man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:5 - Being servants of that which is a copy and an image of the things in heaven, as Moses, when he was about to make the Tent, had special orders from God: for, See, he said, that you make everything like the design which you saw in the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:7 - By faith Noah, being moved by the fear of God, made ready an ark for the salvation of his family, because God had given him news of things which were not seen at the time; and through it the world was judged by him, and he got for his heritage the righteousness which is by faith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:25 - See that you give ear to his voice which comes to you. For if those whose ears were shut to the voice which came to them on earth did not go free from punishment, what chance have we of going free if we give no attention to him whose voice comes from heaven?
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