Lexical Definition
χρύσεος chrýseos (khroo'-seh-os) golden G:A
from χρυσός
of gold, golden.
- made of gold
Abbott-Smith
χρύσεος, -εα, -εον (-οῦς, -ῆ, -οῦν; on acc sing. fem., -ᾶν, Re 1:13 and gen. pl. uncontr., -εων, Re 2:1, LTr., v. M, Pr., 48 and cf. Thackeray, Gr., x, 172 f.) (< χρυσός), [in LXX chiefly for זָהָב ;]
golden, i.e. made or overlaid with gold: II Ti 2:20, He 9:4, Re 1:12, 13, 20 2:1 4:4 5:8 8:3 9:13, 20 14:14 15:6, 7 17:4 21:15.†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| 2 Timothy | 2:20 |
| Hebrews | 9:4 |
| Revelation | 1:12 · 1:13 · 1:20 · 2:1 · 4:4 · 5:8 · 8:3 · 9:13 · 9:20 · 14:14 · 15:6 · 17:4 · 21:15 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
χρύσεος, η, ον,
also ος, ον in [Refs 1st c.BC+], Attic dialect contraction χρυσοῦς, ῆ, οῦν [Refs]; Epic dialect χρύσειος, η, ον: [χρύσεος and -ειος, χρυσῇ is uncertain in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.425 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; Lyric poetry used χρύσεος, α, ον, and this form sometimes occurs in Trag. dialogue and even in Prose, as [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect χρύσιος [Refs 7th c.BC+] (but χρύσεα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect χρούσιος [Refs 4th c.BC+]: (χρυσός):—golden, frequently in Epic dialect, especially of what belonged to gods, χρυσέῳ ἐν δαπέδῳ, χρυσέοις δεπάεσσι, χρύσειον ἐπὶ θρόνον, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χ. τάλαντα the golden scales of Zeus, [Refs]; ζώνη χ., of Calypso and Circe, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δόμος [Refs 7th c.BC+] [prev. cited]; of possessions of mortals, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: sometimes enriched or adorned with gold, χ. σκῆπτρον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κλῖναι, κρητῆρες, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕστηκε.. Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ χ., of a statue, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 χρύσεια μέταλλα gold-mines, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 χρυσοῦς (i.e. στατήρ), ὁ, a gold coin, ={στατήρ}, [LXX+3rd c.BC+] (in Papyrus, not a coin, but the equivalent of [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; χρυσοῖ ἐπίσημοι [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__4 χρύσεον, τό, gold plaque, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II gold-coloured, golden-yellow, ἔθειραι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀέρος κόμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν τὰ χρυσᾶ the yolks of eggs, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III metaphorically, golden, χρυσέη Ἀφροδίτη [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τιμή [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. γένος ἀνθρώπων, of the [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__III.b sometimes used ironically, ἐγὼ δὲ ὁ χ. but I, fine fellow that I am.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; Πλάτωνα χρυσοῦν (i.e. Ἐπίκουρος ἐκάλει) [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III.2 wealthy, [Refs 8th c.BC+] must be pronounced as disyllable, as is fully proved by such passages as [χρύσεος, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.73, 4.4, 144, +others, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 9.6, 15.2 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; so also Trag., but only in Lyric poetry, not in Iambics or Anapaestics, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Gen.24.22