What does χρυσίον (chrysíon) mean in the Bible?
χρυσίον (chrysíon) is a Greek word meaning "gold".
Greek · G5553
χρυσίον
Gold
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χρυσίον G5553
Pronunciation chrysíon
What does χρυσίον (chrysíon) mean in the Bible?
χρυσίον (chrysíon) is a Greek word meaning "gold".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5553?
The BSB source-word alignment has 12 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include gold (8), gold [jewelry] (1), gold-covered (1), than gold (1), with gold (1).
Where does χρυσίον (chrysíon) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 3:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (5), 1 Peter (3), Acts (2), 1 Timothy (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It gold 8× Acts 3:6, Acts 20:33, 1 Timothy 2:9, 1 Peter 1:18
gold [jewelry] 1× 1 Peter 3:3
gold-covered 1× Hebrews 9:4
than gold 1× 1 Peter 1:7
with gold 1× Revelation 17:4
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 3:6 χρυσίον to gold Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Acts 20:33 χρυσίου to gold Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 1 Timothy 2:9 χρυσίῳ to gold Noun - Dative Neuter Singular Hebrews 9:4 χρυσίῳ to gold-covered Noun - Dative Neuter Singular 1 Peter 1:7 χρυσίου to than gold Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 1 Peter 1:18 χρυσίῳ to gold Noun - Dative Neuter Singular 1 Peter 3:3 χρυσίων to gold [jewelry] Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural Revelation 3:18 χρυσίον to gold Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Revelation 17:4 χρυσίῳ to with gold Noun - Dative Neuter Singular Revelation 18:16 χρυσίῳ to gold Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 3:6
Aligned rows 12
Books represented 5
Acts 2 1 Timothy 1 Hebrews 1 1 Peter 3 Revelation 5
Source forms
χρυσίῳ 5x chrysiō 1 Timothy 2:9, Hebrews 9:4, 1 Peter 1:18, Revelation 17:4
χρυσίον 4x chrysion Acts 3:6, Revelation 3:18, Revelation 21:18, Revelation 21:21
χρυσίου 2x chrysiou Acts 20:33, 1 Peter 1:7
χρυσίων 1x chrysiōn 1 Peter 3:3
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular 5x 1 Timothy 2:9, Hebrews 9:4, 1 Peter 1:18, Revelation 17:4
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular 3x Acts 3:6, Revelation 21:18, Revelation 21:21
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 2x Acts 20:33, 1 Peter 1:7
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Revelation 3:18
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural 1x 1 Peter 3:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. gold
Strong's G5553
Lexical occurrences 12 verses Greek text appearances 9 times Word forms 5 forms 12 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
gold
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
9 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 3:6 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
χρυσίον crusion
a golden ornament
Read verse Acts 20:33 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
χρυσίου crusiou
a golden ornament
Read verse Hebrews 9:4 Noun Dative Singular Neuter
χρυσίῳ, crusiw
a golden ornament
Read verse 1 Peter 1:7 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
χρυσίου crusiou
a golden ornament
Read verse 1 Peter 1:18 Noun Dative Singular Neuter
χρυσίῳ, crusiw
a golden ornament
Read verse 1 Peter 3:3 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
χρυσίων, crusiwn
a golden ornament
Read verse Revelation 3:18 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
χρυσίον crusion
a golden ornament
Read verse Revelation 21:18 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
χρυσίον crusion
a golden ornament
Read verse Revelation 21:21 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
χρυσίον crusion
a golden ornament
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 5 Aligned forms 12 Case pattern Dative (5) Number pattern Singular (11)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Acts 3:6 · Rev 21:18 · Rev 21:21 3×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Acts 20:33 · 1 Pet 1:7 2×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter 1 Pet 3:3 1×
Dative · Singular · Neuter 1 Tim 2:9 · Heb 9:4 · 1 Pet 1:18 · Rev 17:4 · Rev 18:16 5×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Rev 3:18 1×
Word Origins
χρυσίον is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain