Greek verb · G5562
χωρέω
choreokho-reh'-o
to make room, give way, retire, pass; to go forward, advance, progress (Plat., Polyb., al.) ὁ λόγος ὁ ἐμὸς οὐ χωρεῖ. ἐ
10 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chōréō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5562is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5562
to be in (give) space, i.e. (intransitively) to pass, enter, or (transitively) to hold, admit (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: come, contain, go, have place, (can, be room to) receive.
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
choreo is rendered "to make room, give way, retire, pass; to go forward, advance, progress (Plat., Polyb., al.) ὁ λόγος ὁ ἐμὸς οὐ χωρεῖ. ἐ". It stands 10 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Four of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to make room, give way, retire, pass".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 15:17“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?
Matthew 15:17χωρεῖ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's ten uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to make room, give way, retire, pass, and to go forward, advance, progress (Plat., Polyb., al.) ὁ λόγος ὁ ἐμὸς οὐ χωρεῖ. ἐ.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to make room, give way, retire, passbefore εἰς, Mat.15:17; metaphorically (EV, come), εἰς μετάνοιαν, 2Pe.3:9. | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 15:17“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is… |
| to go forward, advance, progress (Plat., Polyb., al.) ὁ λόγος ὁ ἐμὸς οὐ χωρεῖ. ἐ | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 19:11“Not everyone can accept this word,” He replied, “but only those to whom it has been given. |
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 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 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
- χωρεῖ2
- χωρεῖν2
- χωρῆσαι2
- χωρείτω.¶1
- Χωρήσατε1
- χωροῦσαι1
- χωροῦσιν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-AAN
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-PAN
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person plural1V-AAM-2P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PAI-3P
- verb · present active, command · 3rd person singular1V-PAM-3S
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine plural1V-PAP-NPF
Matthew
four uses
“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?
- χωρεῖchoreiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: goes
“Not everyone can accept this word,” He replied, “but only those to whom it has been given.
- χωροῦσινchorousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: receive
For there are eunuchs who were born that way; others were made that way by men; and still others live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”
- χωρεῖνchoreinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to receive
- χωρείτω.¶choreitoverb · present active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should receive
Mark
one use
they gathered in such large numbers that there was no more room, not even outside the door, as Jesus spoke the word to them.
- χωρεῖνchoreinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to have space
John
three uses
Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.
- χωροῦσαιchorousaiverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: having space
I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.
- χωρεῖchoreiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: receives a place
There are many more things that Jesus did. If all of them were written down, I suppose that not even the world itself would have space for the books that would be written.
- χωρῆσαιchoresaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to have space
2 Corinthians
one use
Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.
- Χωρήσατεchoresateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do make room for
2 Peter
one use
The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
- χωρῆσαιchoresaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to come
Where it leads
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.