money

Greek Noun Neuter

χρῆμα, -τος, τό (χράομαι) [in LXX: Jos.22:8, 2Ch.1:11-12 (נֶכֶס), Job.27:17 (כֶּסֶף), etc; frequently in Sir (5:1, 8, al.), 2 and 4 Mac;] a thing that one uses or needs (and generally, a matter, event, business); hence in pl, (a) wealth, riches: οἱ τά χ. ἔχοντες, Mrk.10:23-24, Luk.18:24; (b) money: Act.8:18, 20 24:26; sing. (rare in cl.) of a special sum of money, Act.4:37. (AS)

money

Greek Noun Neuter

χρῆμα, ατος, τό: (χράομαι):— need, in the phrase παρὰ χ. or παραχρῆμα (which see); a thing that one needs or uses,[Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence in plural, goods, property (χρήματα λέγομεν πάντα ὅσων ἡ ἀξία νομίσματι μετρεῖται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of temple-treasures, heirlooms, etc, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; τὰ ἱρὰ χ. τῆς Ἀθηναίης [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρόβατα καὶ ἄλλα χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] a man's money is his life, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χρήματ᾽ ἄνηρ 'money makes the man', [Refs 7th c.BC+]; even of debts, διαλῦσαι τὰ χ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; for how much money? Answ. ἐπ᾽ οὐδενί, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in [Refs 6th c.BC+], χ. δ᾽ ὃ μὲν Διόθεν καὶ σὺν δίκῃ ἀνδρὶ γένητα; in Attic dialect, οὐδενὸς ἂν χ. δεξάμενοι at no price, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; and in later Prose, fund, sum of money, Arch. f. Religionswiss.[Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ χ. [NT+1st c.BC+]merchandise, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; property, substance, [Refs] II) generally, thing, matter, affair, especially in Epic dialect and Ionic dialect, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀντὶ πάντων χ. on every account, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πᾶν χ. ἐκίνεε 'left no stone unturned', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τεκμαίρει χρῆμ᾽ ἕκαστον 'deeds show the man', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; περαίνεται τὸ χ. the issue is being decided, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: plural, simply, things, ὁμοῦ πάντα χ. ἦν [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) χρῆμα is frequently expressed where it might be omitted, δεινὸν χ. ἐποιεῦντο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς ἀφανὲς χ. ἀποστέλλειν ἀποικίην to send out a colony without any certain destination, [Refs]; frequently in Trag, τί χρῆμ; ={τί}; what? τί χ. λεύσσ; [Refs 4th c.BC+]; or why? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so in genitive, τοῦ χ. (i.e. ἕνεκα); [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί δ᾽ ἐστὶ χρῆμ; what is the matter? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μάλιστα χρημάτων most of anything, i. e. certainly, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] II.3) used in periphrases to express something strange or extraordinary of its kind, ὑὸς χ. μέγα a huge monster of a boar, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ χ. τῶν νυκτῶν ὅσον what a business the nights are! [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λιπαρὸν τὸ χ. τῆς πόλεως what a grand city! [Refs]; κλέπτον τὸ χ. τἀνδρός a thievish sort of fellow, [Refs]; μακάριον. λέγεις τυράννου χ. your tyrant-creature, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: without a genitive, ἔλαφον, καλόν τι χ. καὶ μέγα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σοφόν τοι χρῆμ᾽ ἄνθρωπος truly a clever creature is he! [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κοῦφον χ. ποιητής ἐστιν καὶ πτηνὸν καὶ ἱερόν, of the poet, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. καλόν τι such a fine thing! [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also in a periphrastic use, οὐδὲν χ. τοῦ ἀγκῶνος κάμψαι δύνανται cannot bend the elbow at all, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3.b) so, to express a great number or mass, as we say, a deal, a heap of, πολλόν τι χ. τῶν τέκνων, χ. πολλὸν ἀρδίων, νεῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσον τὸ χ. παρνόπων what a lot of locusts! [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ χ. τῶν κόπων ὅσον what a lot of them! [Refs]; also of persons, χ. θηλειῶν womankind, [Refs 5th c.BC+] what a crowd! [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) (χράω (B) A) oracle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Neuter

something useful or needed, i.e. wealth, price; money, riches