What does χρηματίζω (chrēmatízō) mean in the Bible?
χρηματίζω (chrēmatízō): Divine communication through official pronouncement; God's authoritative instruction or warning to people.
Greek · G5537
χρηματίζω
To announce
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χρηματίζω G5537
Pronunciation chrēmatízō
What does χρηματίζω (chrēmatízō) mean in the Bible?
χρηματίζω (chrēmatízō): Divine communication through official pronouncement; God's authoritative instruction or warning to people.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5537?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include having been warned (2), instructed [him] (1), revealed (1), she is called (1), warned [them] (1).
Where does χρηματίζω (chrēmatízō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 2:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (3), Acts (2), Matthew (2), Luke (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 having been warned 2× Matthew 2:12, Matthew 2:22
instructed [him] 1× Acts 10:22
revealed 1× Luke 2:26
she is called 1× Romans 7:3
warned [them] 1× Hebrews 12:25
was warned 1× Hebrews 8:5
were first called 1× Acts 11:26
when warned 1× Hebrews 11:7
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 2:12 χρηματισθέντες to having been warned Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural Matthew 2:22 χρηματισθεὶς to having been warned Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular Luke 2:26 κεχρηματισμένον to revealed Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular Acts 10:22 ἐχρηματίσθη to instructed [him] Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular Acts 11:26 χρηματίσαι to were first called Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Romans 7:3 χρηματίσει to she is called Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Hebrews 8:5 κεχρημάτισται to was warned Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular Hebrews 11:7 χρηματισθεὶς to when warned Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular Hebrews 12:25 χρηματίζοντα to warned [them] Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 2:12
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 5
Matthew 2 Luke 1 Acts 2 Romans 1 Hebrews 3
Source forms
χρηματισθεὶς 2x chrēmatistheis Matthew 2:22, Hebrews 11:7
ἐχρηματίσθη 1x echrēmatisthē Acts 10:22
κεχρηματισμένον 1x kechrēmatismenon Luke 2:26
κεχρημάτισται 1x kechrēmatistai Hebrews 8:5
χρηματίζοντα 1x chrēmatizonta Hebrews 12:25
χρηματίσαι 1x chrēmatisai Acts 11:26
χρηματίσει 1x chrēmatisei Romans 7:3
χρηματισθέντες 1x chrēmatisthentes Matthew 2:12
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x Matthew 2:22, Hebrews 11:7
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular 1x Acts 10:22
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active 1x Acts 11:26
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Matthew 2:12
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x Romans 7:3
Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular 1x Hebrews 8:5
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular 1x Luke 2:26
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Hebrews 12:25
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Divine communication through official pronouncement; God's authoritative instruction or warning to people.
Strong's G5537
Lexical occurrences 9 verses Greek text appearances 9 times Word forms 3 forms 9 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Matthew 2:22 Source Gloss
to announce
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.
Matthew 2:12 Verb Aorist Passive Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
χρηματισθέντες crhmatisqentev
I warn, am publicly called
Read verse Matthew 2:22 Verb Aorist Passive Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
χρηματισθεὶς crhmatisqeiv
I warn, am publicly called
Read verse Luke 2:26 Verb Perfect Passive Participle Nominative Singular Neuter
κεχρηματισμένον kecrhmatismenon
I warn, am publicly called
Read verse Acts 10:22 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Passive Indicative
ἐχρηματίσθη ecrhmatisqh
I warn, am publicly called
Read verse Acts 11:26 Verb Aorist Active Infinitive
χρηματίσαι crhmatisai
I warn, am publicly called
Read verse Romans 7:3 Verb Third Person Singular Future Active Indicative
χρηματίσει, crhmatisei
I warn, am publicly called
Read verse Hebrews 8:5 Verb Third Person Singular Perfect Passive Indicative
κεχρημάτισται kecrhmatistai
I warn, am publicly called
Read verse Hebrews 11:7 Verb Aorist Passive Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
χρηματισθεὶς crhmatisqeiv
I warn, am publicly called
Read verse Hebrews 12:25 Verb Present Active Participle Accusative Singular Masculine
χρηματίζοντα, crhmatizonta
I warn, am publicly called
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 mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 9 Tenses Aorist, Perfect, Future, Present Voices Passive, Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
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×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 6 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
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)
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Divine communication warning Joseph in a dream of danger
Divine instruction to the Magi to depart by another route
Divine instruction given to Moses regarding tabernacle construction
Divine communication directing Cornelius to send for Peter
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 9 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
χρηματίζω is built from this root:
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