Word

ἐπιχορηγέω

epichorēgéō · G2023 · Greek · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

to provide for, to support, to supply the needs of, provision, support

To make available whatever is necessary to help or supply the needs of someone

Examples
2 Corinthians 9:10 Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness;
Galatians 3:5 So then, does He who provides you with the Spirit and works miracles among you, do it by works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?
Colossians 2:19 and not holding firmly to the head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth which is from God.
to add

To provide something in addition to what already exists

Examples
2 Peter 1:5 Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge,

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

5 occurrences in 3 groups

Not stated (participle) 3
εἴσοδοςcoming 1
Not stated: you (more than one) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

πνεῦμαspirit 1
σπόροςseed 1
ἀρέτηoutstanding goodness 1

To or for whomIndirect object

3 occurrences in 2 groups

σύyou 2
σπείρωto sow 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 3 groups

διάthrough+ σύνδεσμοςbindings 1
διάthrough+ ἁφήligament 1
ἐνin+ πίστιςfaith, trust, faithfulness 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 2 groups

οὕτωso, thus, in this way 1
πλουσίωςrichly, abundantly 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 2 groups

πληθύνωto grow 1
χορηγέωto provide for 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

To provide for, to support, to supply the needs of, provision, support35.31: In Galatians 3:5, Paul asks whether God, “who provides you with the Spirit and works miracles among you,” does so by works of the Law or by hearing with faith — the sense of supplying what is needed.
To add59.74: In 2 Peter 1:5, believers are urged, “applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence,” building one quality upon another — the sense of adding to what is already present.

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

χορός chorós · G5525 · to dance, dancing · 1×ἐπιχορηγέωepichorēgéō · G2023ἐπιχορηγία epichorēgía · G2024 · provision, support · 2×χορηγέω chorēgéō · G5524 · to provide for, to support, to supply the needs of · 2×Πρόχορος Próchoros · G4402 · before the dance; Prochorus, a Christian · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐπιχορήγω; 1 aorist imperative ἐπιχορηγήσατε; passive (present ἐπιχορηγοῦμαι); 1 future…

ἐπιχορήγω; 1 aorist imperative ἐπιχορηγήσατε; passive (present ἐπιχορηγοῦμαι); 1 future ἐπιχορηγηθήσομαι; (see χορηγέω); to supply, furnish, present (German darreichen): τίνι τί, 2 Cor 9:10; Gal 3:5; equivalent to to show or afford by deeds: τήν ἀρετήν, 2 Pet 1:5; in passive, εἴσοδος, furnished, provided, 2 Pet 1:11; passive to be supplied, ministered unto, assisted (so the simple χορηγεῖσθαι in Xenophon, rep. Athen. 1, 13; Polybius 3, 75, 3; 4, 77, 2; 9, 44, 1; Sir. 44:6; 3Macc. 6:40): Col 2:19, where Vulg.sabministratum. (Rare in secular writings as Dionysius Halicarnassus 1, 42; Phalaris, epistle 50; (Diogenes Laërtius 5, 67; (Alex. Aphr. probl. 1, 81).)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Provide For, Support4 occurrences Add, Subtract1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0