Strong's G5537 · Greek

χρηματίζω

chrematizo · khray-mat-id'-zo

from 5536; to utter an oracle (compare the original sense of 5530), i.e. divinely intimate; by implication, (compare the secular sense of 5532) to constitute a firm for business, i.e. (generally) bear as a title

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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

χρηματίζω (G5537)

9 χρηματίζω ( χρῆμα ), [in LXX: Je 33 (26):2 36 (29):23 37 (30):2 43 (36):2 , 4 A ( דּבר pi.), 32:16 (25:30) ( שׁאג ), III Ki 18:27 , Jb 40:3 (8) * ;] to transact business , hence, to consult, deliberate (Thuc., Dem., al.); hence in later writers, to make answer (esp. of offcial pronounce­ments by magistrates, etc.; in π. of the royal reply to an ἔντευξις , q.v.; cf. Deiss., BS , 122); of an answer by an oracle (Diod., Plut., al.); in FlJ, LXX and NT, of divine communications, to instruct, admonish , warn : pass. (Bl., § 54, 3), Mt 2:22 , He 8:5 11:7 12:25 ; c. inf. (Bl., § 69,4; 70, 3; 72, 5), Mt 2:12 , Lk 2:26 , Ac 10:22 to assume a name (as in business), be called (Polyb., al.): Ac 11:26 , Ro 7:3 (gnomic fut.; cf. Burton, § 69).†

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