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χρηματίζω

To announce

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χρηματίζω G5537
Pronunciation chrēmatízō

What does χρηματίζω (chrēmatízō) mean in the Bible?

χρηματίζω (chrēmatízō) is a Greek word meaning "to announce". χρηματίζω (χρῆμα), [in LXX: Jer.

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Meaning

to announce
Extended definition

Divine communication through official pronouncement; God's authoritative instruction or warning to people.

(χρῆμα), [in LXX: Jer.26:2 29:23 30:2 36:2, 4 A (דָבַר pi.), Jer.25:30) (שָׁאַג), 3Ki.18:27, Job.40:8 * ;]

1to transact business, hence, to consult, deliberate (Thuc., Dem., al.); hence in later writers,
2to make answer (esp. of offcial pronounce­ments by magistrates, etc.; in π. of the royal reply to an ἔντευξις, which see; cf. Deiss., BS, 122); of an answer by an oracle (Died., Plut., al.); in FlJ, LXX and NT, of divine communications, to instruct, admonish, warn: pass. (Bl., § 54, 3), Mat.2:22, Heb.8:5 11:7 12:25; with inf. (Bl., § 69,4; 70, 3; 72, 5), Mat.2:12, Luk.2:26, Act.10:22
3to assume a name (as in business), be called (Polyb., al.): Act.11:26, Rom.7:3 (gnomic fut.; cf. Burton, § 69).
Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

Tenses
Aorist Perfect Future Present
Voices
Passive Active
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 5×
Aorist Passive Matt 2:22 · Heb 11:7 · Matt 2:12 3×
Perfect Passive Luke 2:26 1×
Present Active Heb 12:25 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 3×
Aorist Passive Acts 10:22 1×
Future Active Rom 7:3 1×
Perfect Passive Heb 8:5 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Aorist Active Acts 11:26 1×
9 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 6 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 1 resultant 1 participle 4
Tense
aorist 4 perfect 1 present 1
Voice
passive 5 active 1
Mood
participle 4 indicative 2
NT Occurrences
Matthew 2:12 χρηματισθέντες aorist passive participle participle Matthew 2:22 χρηματισθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Acts 10:22 ἐχρηματίσθη aorist passive indicative completed Hebrews 8:5 κεχρημάτισται perfect passive indicative resultant Hebrews 11:7 χρηματισθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Hebrews 12:25 χρηματίζοντα present active participle participle

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Biblical Witnesses
Matthew 2:22 warned chrēmatízō Participle · Aorist Passive
Divine communication warning Joseph in a dream of danger
Matthew 2:12 warned chrēmatízō Participle · Aorist Passive
Divine instruction to the Magi to depart by another route
Hebrews 8:5 instructed chrēmatízō Indicative · Perfect Passive
Divine instruction given to Moses regarding tabernacle construction
Acts 10:22 instructed chrēmatízō Indicative · Aorist Passive
Divine communication directing Cornelius to send for Peter
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Matthew 2 — The Messiah Worshiped, Threatened, Preserved, and Called Out of Egypt

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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