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To gild

χρυσόωStrong’s G5558

chrusoō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Chrusoō is the Greek word usually translated “adorned”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:”
Revelation 17:4 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “adorned”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • adorned 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Revelation 2

1 book in all.

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Greek dictionary

χρυσόω chrusoō · to gild

χρυσόω, -ῶ (χρυσός) [in LXX chiefly for צָפָה pi. ;] to gild, cover with gold: pass., with dative, χρυσίῳ (pleonast., cf. Exo.26:37), Rev.17:4 18:16.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “gild” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

GILD, verb transitive

preterit tense and participle passive gilded or gilt.

  1. To overlay with gold, either in leaf or powder, or in amalgam with quicksilver; to overspread with a thin covering of gold; as the gilt frame of a mirror.
  2. To cover with any yellow matter.
  3. To adorn with luster; to render bright.
  4. To illuminate; to brighten.
All definitions
  1. To give a fair and agreeable external appearance; to recommend to favor and reception by superficial decoration; as, to gild flattery or falsehood.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.