ΠΕΡΙΧΡΥΣΟΥΣ, περιχρυσους
PERICHRYSOUS, perichrysous
Sounds Like: peh-ree-KHROO-soos
Translations: gilded all around, overlaid with gold, covered with gold
From the root: ΧΡΥΣΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'gilded all around' or 'overlaid with gold'. It describes something that has been covered or adorned with gold on all sides. It is a compound word formed from the prefix 'περί' (peri), meaning 'around' or 'about', and 'χρυσός' (chrysos), meaning 'gold'. It would be used to describe an object, like a gate or an idol, that is completely covered in gold.
Inflection: Accusative, Plural, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G4038 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 5:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΡΥΣΟΣ.
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.
- ΜΕΝΧΡΥΣΟΙΣ — golden, made of gold, gold-adorned
- ΣΟΙΣ — golden, of gold
- ΤΑΣΧΡΥΣΑΣ — the golden, golden
- ΧΡΥ — golden, made of gold
- ΧΡΥΣΑ — golden, gold, things made of gold, golden things
- ΧΡΥΣΑΙ — golden, of gold
- ΧΡΥΣΑΙΑ — golden, made of gold, a golden
- ΧΡΥΣΑΙΣ — golden, of gold, made of gold
- ΧΡΥΣΑΝ — golden, of gold, a golden
- ΧΡΥΣΑΣ — golden, of gold
- ΧΡΥΣΕΑΣ — golden, of gold
- ΧΡΥΣΕΙΑ — golden, of gold, a golden thing
- ΧΡΥΣΕΙΟΥΣ — golden, of gold
- ΧΡΥΣΕΟΝ — golden, of gold, made of gold, a golden thing, a thing of gold
- ΧΡΥΣΗ — golden, a golden, made of gold
- ΧΡΥΣΗΝ — golden, of gold, a golden
- ΧΡΥΣΗΝʼ — golden, a golden (thing)
- ΧΡΥΣΗΣ — golden, of gold, a golden (thing)
- ΧΡΥΣΙΟΥΣ — golden, made of gold, a golden thing
- ΧΡΥΣΙΩ — to gold, for gold, with gold, by gold
- ΧΡΥΣΟΙ — golden, made of gold
- ΧΡΥΣΟΙΣ — golden, of gold, made of gold, with gold, by gold
- ΧΡΥΣΟΝ — gold, a gold
- ΧΡΥΣΟΣ — gold, a gold
- ΧΡΥΣΟΥ — of gold, gold
- ΧΡΥΣΟΥΣ — golden, of gold, made of gold
- ΧΡΥΣΩ — gold, a gold, (to) gold, (with) gold, (in) gold
- ΧΡΥΣΩΝ — of gold, of golden things, golden things, golden objects
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