Chrysós — G5557

Definition

masculine noun

gold; by extension, a golden article, as an ornament or coin

1. an image made of gold
2. stamped gold, gold coin

Usually translated as

gold

Origin

perhaps from the base of G5530 (through the idea of the utility of the metal)

• chráomai (G5530)

Occurrences

Chrysós occurs 13 times in 12 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (4), Acts (1), 1 Corinthians (1), 1 Timothy (1), James (1), Revelation (4)

• 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 treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold (χρυσὸν), and frankincense, and myrrh.
• Matthew 10:9 — Provide neither gold (χρυσὸν), 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 (χρυσῷ) of the temple, he is a debtor!
• Matthew 23:17 — Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold (χρυσὸς), or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
• Matthew 23:17 — Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold (χρυσὸν)?
• Acts 17:29 — Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold (χρυσῷ), or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
• 1 Corinthians 3:12 — Now if any man build upon this foundation gold (χρυσὸν), silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
• 1 Timothy 2:9 — In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold (χρυσῷ), or pearls, or costly array;
• James 5:3 — Your gold (χρυσὸς) 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 together for the last days.
• 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 (χρυσῷ), and their faces were as the faces of men.
• Revelation 17:4 — And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold (χρυσῷ) and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
• Revelation 18:12 — The merchandise of gold (χρυσοῦ), and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
• Revelation 18:16 — And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold (χρυσῷ), and precious stones, and pearls!