Greek verb · G5526
χορτάζω
chortazokhor-tad'-zo
to feed
16 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chortázō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5526is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5526
to fodder, i.e. (generally) to gorge (supply food in abundance)
The King James renders it: feed, fill, satisfy.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chortazo is rendered "to feed". It stands 16 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Four of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Matthew 5:6χορτασθήσονται.¶
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's sixteen uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- were satisfied6
- to be fed2
- to satisfy2
- do be filled1
- to be full1
- to be satisfied1
- were filled1
- will be filled1
- you will be filled1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 16, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐχορτάσθησαν6
- χορτασθῆναι3
- χορτάσαι2
- ἐχορτάσθητε1
- χορτάζεσθαι1
- χορτάζεσθε1
- χορτασθήσεσθε.¶1
- χορτασθήσονται.¶1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person plural6V-API-3P
- verb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)3V-APN
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-AAN
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-API-2P
- verb · future passive, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-FPI-2P
- verb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-FPI-3P
- verb · present middle, command · 2nd person plural1V-PMM-2P
- verb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PPN
Matthew
four uses
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
- χορτασθήσονται.¶chortasthesontaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will be filled
They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
- ἐχορτάσθησανechortasthesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were satisfied
The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”
- χορτάσαιchortasaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to satisfy
They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
- ἐχορτάσθησανechortasthesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were satisfied
Mark
four uses
They all ate and were satisfied,
- ἐχορτάσθησανechortasthesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were satisfied
“First let the children have their fill,” He said. “For it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
- χορτασθῆναιchortasthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be satisfied
His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?”
- χορτάσαιchortasaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to satisfy
The people ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
- ἐχορτάσθησανechortasthesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were satisfied
Luke
four uses
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
- χορτασθήσεσθε.¶chortasthesestheverb · future passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you will be filled
They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
- ἐχορτάσθησανechortasthesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were satisfied
He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.
- χορτασθῆναιchortasthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be fed
and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
- χορτασθῆναιchortasthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be fed
John
one use
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.
- ἐχορτάσθητεechortastheteverb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: were satisfied
Philippians
one use
I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. I am accustomed to any and every situation—to being filled and being hungry, to having plenty and having need.
- χορτάζεσθαιchortazesthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be full
James
one use
If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?
- χορτάζεσθεchortazestheverb · present middle, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do be filled
Revelation
one use
And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.
- ἐχορτάσθησανechortasthesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were filled
Where it leads
Studies that open this word1
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.