- χρυσίον
- χρυσίον, ου, τό (χρυσός; Hdt.+)① gold as raw material, gold (the most highly prized metal in most of the ancient world; dim. of χρυσός) 1 Pt 1:7; MPol 18:2. Refined in fire Rv 3:18; Hv 4, 3, 4ab. χρ. καθαρόν (Ex 25:11; 2 Ch 3:4, 8) pure gold Rv 21:18 (cp. the ‘golden dwellings in heaven’ Pind., N. 10, 88; Luc., Ver. Hist. 2, 11 ἡ πόλις πᾶσα χρυσῆ) 21 (s. τίμιος 1a). Cp. 1 Cor 3:12 (Dio Chrys. 30 [47], 14 a house of real gold, cp. 62 [79], 1); Hb 9:4.② object made of gold or adorned with goldⓐ gold ornaments, jewelry 1 Ti 2:9; 1 Pt 3:3 (pl., as Demosth. 27, 10; 13; Plut., Tim. 243 [15, 10], Artox. 1013 [5, 4]; Alciphron 4, 9, 4; GDI 4689, 22 [Messenia]; PMich 214, 32 [296 A.D.]). κεχρυσωμένη (ἐν) χρυσίῳ adorned with golden jewelry Rv 17:4; 18:16.ⓑ coined gold (X., An. 1, 1, 9; Synes., Ep. 18 p. 174a; EpArist 319; TestJob 11:3; 44:5) ἀργύριον καὶ (or ἢ) χρυσίον silver and gold = money (ins, LXX; PsSol 17:33; Philo, Deus Imm. 169; Jos., Ant. 15, 5) Ac 3:6; 20:33; 1 Pt 1:18.—DELG s.v. χρυσός. M-M.
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