ΜΗΚΕΧΡΥΣΩΤΟ, μηκεχρυσωτο
MĒKECHRYSŌTO, mēkechrysōto
Sounds Like: mee-keh-khroo-SOH-toh
Translations: not gilded, not made golden, not adorned with gold
From the root: ΧΡΥΣΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb form, combining the negative particle 'μη' (not) with the perfect passive indicative of 'χρυσόω' (to gild or make golden). The 'κε' is a particle, likely a form of 'και' (and, even) or an enclitic particle, which in this context emphasizes the negation. The word describes something that has not been gilded or adorned with gold. It is used to indicate the absence of a golden appearance or decoration.
Inflection: Singular, 3rd Person, Perfect, Passive, Indicative
Strong’s number: G5557 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 5:40
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΡΥΣΟΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΧΡΥΣΩΣΕΝ — he gilded, he overlaid with gold, he adorned with gold
- ΚΕΧΡΥΣΩΜΕΝΑΣ — gilded, adorned with gold, plated with gold
- ΚΕΧΡΥΣΩΜΕΝΗ — gilded, adorned with gold, made golden
- ΚΕΧΡΥΣΩΜΕΝΟΝ — gilded, gold-plated, adorned with gold, a gilded thing
- ΚΕΧΡΥΣΩΜΕΝΩΝ — of having been gilded, of having been adorned with gold, of having been overlaid with gold
- ΚΕΧΡΥΣΩΤΟ — it had been gilded, it had been overlaid with gold, it had been adorned with gold
- ΠΕΡΙΕΧΡΥΣΩΣΕΝ — gilded all around, overlaid with gold all around, plated with gold all around
- ΧΡΟΥΣΟΥΝ — they were gilding, they were overlaying with gold, to gild, to overlay with gold
- ΧΡΥΣΟΩ — to gild, to adorn with gold, to make golden
- ΧΡΥΣΩΣΕΙΣ — you will overlay with gold, you will gild, you will adorn with gold
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