χρηματίζω
(< χρῆμα), [in LXX: Je 33 (26):236 (29):2337 (30):243 (36):2, 4 A (דּבר pi.), 32:16 (25:30) (שׁאג), III Ki 18:27, Jb 40:3 (8) *;]
1. to transact business, hence, to consult, deliberate (Thuc., Dem., al.); hence in later writers,
2. to make answer (esp. of offcial pronouncements by magistrates, etc.; in π. of the royal reply to an ἔντευξις, q.v.; cf. Deiss., BS, 122); of an answer by an oracle (Diod., Plut., al.); in FlJ, LXX and NT, of divine communications, to instruct, admonish, warn: pass. (Bl., § 54, 3), Mt 2:22, He 8:511:712:25; c. inf. (Bl., § 69,4; 70, 3; 72, 5), Mt 2:12, Lk 2:26, Ac 10:22
3. to assume a name (as in business), be called (Polyb., al.): Ac 11:26, Ro 7:3 (gnomic fut.; cf. Burton, § 69).†