chrysos · gold

What it means

chrysos (χρυσός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “gold”.

Also things made of gold.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Gold, or things made of gold.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×5
• Acts×1
• 1 Corinthians×1
• James×1
• Revelation×2

• Matthew 2:11

  And coming into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell and bowed down before him; and opening their treasures, they offered him gifts: gold and frankincense and myrrh.

• Matthew 10:9

  Do not acquire gold or silver or copper for your belts,

• Matthew 23:16

  Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the sanctuary, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the sanctuary is bound.’

• Matthew 23:17

  Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the sanctuary that sanctified the gold?

• Acts 17:29

  Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine is like gold or silver or stone, a sculpture of human art and imagination.

• 1 Corinthians 3:12

  Now if anyone builds on the foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,

• James 5:3

  Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasure in the last days.

• Revelation 9:7

  And the appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads were what looked like crowns like gold, and their faces were like human faces;

• Revelation 18:12

  cargo of gold and silver and precious stone and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory and every article of most precious wood and bronze and iron and marble,

And 1 more times.