χορηγέω
chorēgéō · G5524 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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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
Examples2 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;
1 Peter 4:11 Whoever speaks is to do so as one who is speaking actual words of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
How it’s used In 3 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
2 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἐπιχορηγέωto provide for 1
- θεόςGod 1
- ἄρτοςbread, loaf 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ὅςwho, which, that 1
- σπόροςseed 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἰσχύςstrength 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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Near synonyms 2 words
- παρέχω paréchō · G3930 · to continue to be, to keep on being, to cause to happen
- παρέχω shares the core sense of furnishing and providing with χορηγέω, though παρέχω is more general while χορηγέω often carries connotations of generous or abundant supply.
- δίδωμι dídōmi · G1325 · to give, giving, to make
- δίδωμι (διδόναι) is a broad term for giving that can overlap with χορηγέω's sense of furnishing or supplying, though it lacks the specific nuance of providing generous support.
In the other Testament 2 words
- כּוּל kûwl · H3557 · to hold, to contain, to accommodate
- כּוּל denotes the act of containing, sustaining, and providing for someone's needs, closely matching χορηγέω's sense of furnishing and supplying provision.
- נָתַן nâthan · H5414 · to give, to grant a covenant
- נָתַן is a general verb for giving and providing that can serve as a translation equivalent for χορηγέω's sense of furnishing and supplying needs.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To provide for, to support, to supply the needs of, provision, support35.31
- 2 Corinthians 9:10 says, “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.”
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon χορήγω; future 3 person singular χορηγήσει (2 Cor 9:10 G L T Tr WH); 1 aorist optative 3…
1. to be a chorus-leader, lead a chorus.
2. "to furnish the chorus at one's own expense; to procure and supply all things necessary to fit out the chorus" (so very often in the Attic writings).
3. in later writings ((Aristotle), Polybius, Diodorus, Philo, Josephus, Plutarch, Aelian, others; 1 Kgs 4:7; 1 Kgs 4:1 Macc. 14:10; 2 Macc. 3:3, etc.), to supply, furnish abundantly: τί, 2 Cor 9:10; 1 Pet 4:11. (Compare: ἐπιχορηγέω.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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