What does χρύσεος (chrýseos) mean in the Bible?
χρύσεος (chrýseos) is a Greek word meaning "made of gold".
Greek · G5552
χρύσεος
Made of gold
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χρύσεος G5552
Pronunciation chrýseos
What does χρύσεος (chrýseos) mean in the Bible?
χρύσεος (chrýseos) is a Greek word meaning "made of gold".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5552?
The BSB source-word alignment has 18 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include golden (9), a golden (4), [the] golden (1), [were the] gold (1), gold (1).
Where does χρύσεος (chrýseos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Timothy 2:20. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (15), Hebrews (2), 2 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 golden 9× Revelation 1:12, Revelation 1:20, Revelation 2:1, Revelation 4:4
a golden 4× Revelation 8:3, Revelation 14:14, Revelation 17:4, Revelation 21:15
[the] golden 1× Hebrews 9:4
[were the] gold 1× Hebrews 9:4
gold 1× Revelation 9:20
of gold 1× 2 Timothy 2:20
with a golden 1× Revelation 1:13
Show sample aligned rows
2 Timothy 2:20 χρυσᾶ to of gold Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural Hebrews 9:4 χρυσοῦν to [the] golden Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Hebrews 9:4 χρυσῆ to [were the] gold Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular Revelation 1:12 χρυσᾶς to golden Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural Revelation 1:13 χρυσᾶν to with a golden Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 1:20 χρυσᾶς to golden Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural Revelation 2:1 χρυσῶν to golden Adjective - Genitive Feminine Plural Revelation 4:4 χρυσοῦς to golden Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Revelation 5:8 χρυσᾶς to golden Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural Revelation 8:3 χρυσοῦν to a golden Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 2 Timothy 2:20
Aligned rows 18
Books represented 3
2 Timothy 1 Hebrews 2 Revelation 15
Source forms
χρυσοῦν 6x chrysoun Hebrews 9:4, Revelation 8:3, Revelation 14:14, Revelation 17:4
χρυσᾶς 5x chrysas Revelation 1:12, Revelation 1:20, Revelation 5:8, Revelation 15:6
χρυσᾶ 2x chrysa 2 Timothy 2:20, Revelation 9:20
χρυσᾶν 1x chrysan Revelation 1:13
χρυσῆ 1x chrysē Hebrews 9:4
χρυσοῦ 1x chrysou Revelation 9:13
χρυσοῦς 1x chrysous Revelation 4:4
χρυσῶν 1x chrysōn Revelation 2:1
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural 5x Revelation 1:12, Revelation 1:20, Revelation 5:8, Revelation 15:6
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular 4x Hebrews 9:4, Revelation 8:3, Revelation 17:4, Revelation 21:15
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 2x Revelation 8:3, Revelation 14:14
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Revelation 1:13
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Revelation 4:4
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural 1x Revelation 9:20
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Plural 1x Revelation 2:1
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular 1x Revelation 9:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. made of gold
Strong's G5552
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 18 times 16 shown below Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
made of gold
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 of 18 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
2 Timothy 2:20 Adjective Nominative Plural Neuter
χρυσᾶ crusa
golden
Read verse Hebrews 9:4 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
χρυσοῦν crusoun
golden
Read verse Hebrews 9:4 Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
χρυσῆ crush
golden
Read verse Revelation 1:12 Adjective Accusative Plural Feminine
χρυσᾶς, crusav
golden
Read verse Revelation 1:13 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
χρυσῆν. crushn
golden
Read verse Revelation 1:20 Adjective Accusative Plural Feminine
χρυσᾶς. crusav
golden
Read verse Revelation 2:1 Adjective Genitive Plural Feminine
χρυσῶν· cruswn
golden
Read verse Revelation 4:4 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
χρυσοῦς. crusouv
golden
Read verse Revelation 5:8 Adjective Accusative Plural Feminine
χρυσᾶς crusav
golden
Read verse Revelation 8:3 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
χρυσοῦν· crusoun
golden
Read verse Revelation 8:3 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
χρυσοῦν crusoun
golden
Read verse Revelation 9:13 Adjective Genitive Singular Neuter
χρυσοῦ crusou
golden
Read verse Revelation 9:20 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
χρυσᾶ crusa
golden
Read verse Revelation 14:14 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
χρυσοῦν, crusoun
golden
Read verse Revelation 15:6 Adjective Accusative Plural Feminine
χρυσᾶς. crusav
golden
Read verse Revelation 15:7 Adjective Accusative Plural Feminine
χρυσᾶς crusav
golden
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Nominative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Neuter 2 Tim 2:20 1×
Word Origins
χρύσεος 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