"to have dealings, transact business; to negotiate; to give answer on deliberation; in NT to utter a divine communication, Heb. 12:25; pass. to be divinely instructed, receive a revelation or warning from God, Mt. 2:12, 22; Lk. 2:26; Acts 10:22; Heb. 8:5; 11:7; intrans. to receive..."
Definition and meaning
to have dealings, transact business; to negotiate; to give answer on deliberation; in NT to utter a divine communication, Heb. 12:25; pass. to be divinely instructed, receive a revelation or warning from God, Mt. 2:12, 22; Lk. 2:26; Acts 10:22; Heb. 8:5; 11:7; intrans. to receive an appellation, Acts 11:26; Rom. 7:3*
In the original Greek the word is written: χρηματίζω
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of chrematizo (G5537) across the King James Bible.
And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.
And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
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Common questions
Strong's G5537 (chrematizo) is a Greek word that means: to have dealings, transact business; to negotiate; to give answer on deliberation; in NT to utter a divine communication, Heb. 12:25; pass. to be divinely instructed, receive a revelation or warning f... It appears 9 times in the King James Bible.
The word chrematizo (G5537) appears 9 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G5537 is chrematizo, a Greek word defined as: to have dealings, transact business; to negotiate; to give answer on deliberation; in NT to utter a divine communication, Heb. 12:25; pass. to be divi. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
chrematizo is a Greek word found in the New Testament.