- χρυσός
- χρυσός, οῦ, ὁ (Hom.+; ‘gold’, both as a raw material and as a finished product)① gold as raw material, gold. As an esp. precious material AcPl Ha 2, 24; w. frankincense and myrrh Mt 2:11; GJs 21:3. W. silver PtK 2 p. 14, 14 (TestJob 25:6; Ath. 15, 1), and precious stones 1 Cor 3:12; Rv 18:12; AcPl Ha 1, 11 (JosAs 2:7). Refined in the furnace (w. silver) MPol 15:2. Of wreaths ὅμοιοι χρυσῷ with appearance of gold Rv 9:7.② objects made of gold or adorned with goldⓐ gold ornaments 1 Ti 2:9 v.l.; Rv 17:4 v.l.; 18:16 v.l. (s. χρυσίον).ⓑ gold thing, of a cult image Ac 17:29; 2 Cl 1:6.ⓒ coined gold, money (Demosth. 9, 42), w. ἄργυρος (q.v.) Mt 10:9. This may also be the mng. in Js 5:3 and Mt 23:16f, though vessels of gold may be meant.—Pauly-W. VII 1555–78; Kl. Pauly II 841f; BHHW I 852f; RAC XI 895–930.—B. 610. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW.
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