χρυσός chrusos
Greek word for “gold” · Strong’s G5557 · used 10 times in 9 verses
Meaning
χρυσός, -οῦ, ὁ; gold:; of golden ornaments, (Rec., WH, mg.), (Rec., WH, mg.) (Rec., WH, mg.); of images; of gold coin.†;
How it is translated
Glosses given for chrusos in context, with how often each is used:
- gold 9
- gold? 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Revelation | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Acts | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Corinthians | 1 | 0.1 | |
| James | 1 | 0.6 |
Chapters where it is used most
Matthew 23 (2), Matthew 2 (1), Matthew 10 (1), Acts 17 (1), 1 Corinthians 3 (1), James 5 (1), Revelation 9 (1), Revelation 18 (1)
Forms
- χρυσῷ 3
- χρυσὸν 2
- χρυσὸς 2
- χρυσόν 2
- χρυσοῦ 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with chrusos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- ἄργυρος arguros “silver” 5
- λίθος lithos “stone” 3
- χαλκός chalkos “copper/bronze/coin” 2
- τίμιος timios “precious” 2
- ξύλον xulon “wood” 2
- ὀφείλω opheilō “to owe” 2
- ναός naos “temple” 2
- ὅμοιος homoios “like” 2
- τυφλός tuphlos “blind” 2
- ἤ ē “or” 2
- ὡς hōs “as/when” 2
Key verses
The verses using chrusos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Matthew 2:11 — And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their…
- Matthew 10:9 — Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
- Matthew 23:16 — Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a…
- Matthew 23:17 — Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
- Acts 17:29 — Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
- 1 Corinthians 3:12 — Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
- James 5:3 — Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure…
- Revelation 9:7 — And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the…
- Revelation 18:12 — The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner…
See all 9 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.