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)). 
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