Quick Definition
an oracle
Strong's Definition
a divine response or revelation
Derivation: from G5537 (χρηματίζω);
KJV Usage: answer of God
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χρηματισμός, χρηματισμοῦ, ὁ (χρηματίζω, which see), a divine response, an oracle: Rom_11:4. (2Ma_2:4; cf. Diodorus 1, 1; 14, 7; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 17, 5 [ET]; (cf. Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 1, 2, p. 8; Suicer, Thesaurus under the word (vol. 2, col. 1532)); in various other senses in the Greek writings from Xenophon, and Plato down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χρηματισμός chrē matismos 1 x
in NT a response from God, a divine communication, oracle, Rom_11:4
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χρηματισμός , -οῦ ), ὁ
( < χρηματίζω , q.v. ),
[in LXX : Pro_31:1 ( H4853 ), 2Ma_2:4 ; 2Ma_11:17 * ;]
a divine response, an oracle: Rom_11:4 ( Xen ., Plat ., al. ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χρηματισμός [page 692]
χρηματισμός is commonly used to denote a report, as in P Lond 20 .22 (B.C. 162) ( = I. p. 9, UPZ i. p. 207) ἀξιῶ σε . . ἀναλαβόντα τὸν παρὰ Δωρίωνος χρηματισμὸν ἐπιτελέσαι ἀκολούθως , ib. 17 .11 (B.C. 162) ( = I. p. 10, UPZ i. p. 209) τὸ ἀντίγραφον σὺν τῶι γεγονότι πρὸς αὐτὴν χρηματισμῶι προσήφαμεν , and .18 ἐπισταλέντος τοῦ καθήκοντος χρηματισμοῦ . In its only NT occurrence, Rom. 11:4, it is used of a divine response, an oracle : see s.v. χρηματίζω .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
χρηματισμός [Etym: χρηματίζω] "an oracular response, divine warning", NTest. (from Mid.) "money making", Plat. : "gain, profit", Dem.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
χρηματισμός, -οῦ), ὁ
(χρηματίζω, which see), [in LXX: Pro.31:1 (מַשָּׂא), 2Ma.2:4 2Mac 11:17 * ;]
a divine response, an oracle: Rom.11:4 (Xen., Plat., al.).†
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