Greek verb · G5537
χρηματίζω
chrematizokhray-mat-id'-zo
to transact business, hence, to consult, deliberate; to make answer; to assume a name (as in business)
9 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chrēmatízō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5537is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 8spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5537
to utter an oracle (compare the original sense of ), i.e. divinely intimate; by implication, (compare the secular sense of ) to constitute a firm for business, i.e. (generally) bear as a title
The King James renders it: be called, be admonished (warned) of God, reveal, speak.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chrematizo is rendered "to transact business, hence, to consult, deliberate; to make answer; to assume a name (as in business)". It stands 9 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Three of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "to transact business, hence, to consult, deliberate".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 2:12And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.
Matthew 2:12χρηματισθέντες
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: to transact business, hence, to consult, deliberate, and to make answer, and to assume a name (as in business).
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to transact business, hence, to consult, deliberate | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 2:12And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod… |
| to make answeresp. of offcial pronouncements by magistrates | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 2:12And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod… |
| to assume a name (as in business)be called (Polyb. | Tagged as
| WhereActs 11:26and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| χρῆμα | chrema | money | Uses6 |
| χρηματισμός | chrematismos | proclamation | Uses1 |
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- χρηματισθεὶς2
- ἐχρηματίσθη1
- κεχρηματισμένον1
- κεχρημάτισται1
- χρηματίζοντα1
- χρηματίσαι1
- χρηματίσει1
- χρηματισθέντες1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2V-APP-NSM
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AAN
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-API-3S
- verb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-APP-NPM
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FAI-3S
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular1V-PAP-ASM
- verb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-RPI-3S
- verb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1V-RPP-NSN
Matthew
two uses
And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.
- χρηματισθέντεςchrematisthentesverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having been divinely warned
But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,
- χρηματισθεὶςchrematistheisverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having been divinely warned
Luke
one use
The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
- κεχρηματισμένονkechrematismenonverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: revealed
Acts
two uses
“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”
- ἐχρηματίσθηechrematistheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was divinely instructed
and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
- χρηματίσαιchrematisaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: Were calling
Romans
one use
So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress, even if she marries another man.
- χρηματίσειchrematiseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: she will be called
Hebrews
three uses
The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
- κεχρημάτισταιkechrematistaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been divinely instructed
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
- χρηματισθεὶςchrematistheisverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having been divinely instructed
See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
- χρηματίζονταchrematizontaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: divinely instructing
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.