χωρέω
chōréō · G5562 · Greek · 10 occurrences
Meanings
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to move on, to advance
To move on from one place to another
ExamplesMatthew 15:17 “Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated?
John 8:37 “I know that you are Abraham’s descendants; yet you are seeking to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not willing for any to perish, but for all to come to repentance.
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to have room for, to be space for, to contain
To be a quantity of space
ExamplesMark 2:2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer space, not even near the door; and He was speaking the word to them.
John 2:6 Now there were six stone waterpots standing there for the Jewish custom of purification, containing two or three measures each.
John 21:25 But there are also many other things which Jesus did, which, if they were written in detail, I expect that even the world itself would not contain the books that would be written.
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to be able to accept, to receive
To be able to accept a message and respond accordingly
ExamplesMatthew 19:11 But He said to them, “Not all men can accept this statement, but only those to whom it has been given.
Matthew 19:12 “For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by people; and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept this, let him accept it.”
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to open one’s heart to, to be friendly to
(A figurative extension of meaning of χωρέω ‘to have room for,’) To be friendly disposed toward someone
Examples2 Corinthians 7:2 Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one.
How it’s used In 5 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
10 occurrences in 9 groups
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- γράφωto write 1
- ἐγώI, we 1
- λόγοςword, saying, message 1
- μετρητήςmeasure 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- εἰςto+ κοιλίαbelly, internal organs, womb 1
- εἰςto+ μετάνοιαrepentance 1
- ἐνin+ σύyou 1
With adverbsAdverbs
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- ἀνάeach 1
- μηκέτιno longer 1
- οὐnot 1
- οὐδέand not, nor, neither 1
What is done to itIt is the object
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- βούλομαιto want, to intend 1
- ἔπωto say 1
- νοέωto perceive 1
- οἴομαιto suppose 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 4 entries
- To move on, to advance15.13
- Matthew 15:17 has Jesus say, “everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated”.
- To be able to accept, to receive31.57
- Matthew 19:11 has Jesus answer, “Not all men can accept this statement, but only those to whom it has been given.”
- To open one’s heart to, to be friendly to34.13
- 2 Corinthians 7:2 has Paul plead, “Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one.”
- To have room for, to be space for, to contain80.4
- Mark 2:2 recounts that many were gathered together, “so that there was no longer space, not even near the door; and He was speaking the word to them”.
Word family 17 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon χώρω; future infinitive χωρήσειν (Jn 21:25 Tr WH); 1 aorist ἐχώρησα; (χῶρος, a place,…
1. properly, to leave a space (which may be occupied or filled by another), to make room, give place, yield (Homer, Iliad 12, 406; 16, 592; others); to retire, pass: of a thing, εἰς τί, Mt 15:17. metaphorically, to betake oneself, turn oneself: εἰς μετνοιαν, 2 Pet 3:9 (A. V. come; cf. μετάνοια, p. 406a).
2. to go forward, advance, proceed (properly, νύξ, Aeschylus Pers. 384); to make progress, gain ground, succeed (Plato, Eryx., p. 398 b.; legg. 3, p. 684 e.; (χωρεῖ τό κακόν, Aristophanes nub. 907, vesp. 1483; others); Polybius 10, 35, 4; 28, 15, 12; others): ὁ λόγος ὁ ἐμός οὐ χωρεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν, gaineth no ground among you or within you (R. V. hath not free course (with marginal reading hath no place) in you), Jn 8:37 (cf. Field, Otium Norv. pars 3:at the passage).
3. to have space or room for receiving or holding something (German fassen); properly: τί, a thing to fill the vacant space, Jn 21:25 (not Tdf.); of a space large enough to hold a certain number of people, Mk 2:2 (Gen 13:6 (cf. Plutarch, praec. ger. reipub. 8, 5, p. 804 b.)); of measures, which hold a certain quantity, John ii 6; 1 Kgs 7:24 (38); 2 Chr 4:5, and in Greek writings from Herodotus down. Metaphorically, to receive with the mind or understanding, to understand (τό Κατωνος φρωνημα, Plutarch, Cat. min. 64; ὅσον αὐτῷ ἡ ψυχή χωρεῖ, Aelian v. h. 3, 9); to be ready to receive, keep in mind, and practise: τόν λέγων τοῦτον, this saying, Mt 19:11f ((cf. Plutarch, Lycurgus, 13, 5)); τινα, to receive one into one's heart, make room for one in one's heart, 2 Cor 7:2. (Compare: ἀναχωρέω, ἀποχωρέω, ἐκχωρέω, ὑποχωρέω. Synonym: cf. ἔρχομαι.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 4 entries
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
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