chrēmatizō · warn, be called

What it means

chrēmatizō (χρηματίζω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “warn, be called”.

Warn or instruct, by God; in the passive, be warned. Also be called, bear a name.

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. To receive a message from God.
2. To bear a name.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• having been warned ×3
• one who warned them ×1
• revealed ×1
• she will be called ×1
• was instructed ×1
• was warned ×1
• were called ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Luke×1
• Acts×2
• Romans×1
• Hebrews×3

• Matthew 2:12

  And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another way.

• Matthew 2:22

  But hearing that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there; and having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of Galilee,

• Luke 2:26

  And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah.

• Acts 10:22

  And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well attested by the whole nation of the Jews, was instructed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear words from you.”

• Acts 11:26

  and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it happened that for a whole year they met together with the assembly and taught a large crowd; and the disciples were called Christians for the first time in Antioch.

• Romans 7:3

  So then, while the husband is living, she will be called an adulteress if she becomes the wife of another man; but if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress if she becomes the wife of another man.

• Hebrews 8:5

  they worship in a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned when he was about to complete the tent: See, he says, that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.

• Hebrews 11:7

  By faith Noah, having been warned about things not yet seen, in reverence built an ark for the salvation of his house; through which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

• Hebrews 12:25

  See that you do not refuse the one who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, much less will we escape who turn away from the one who warns from the heavens.