χωρέω chōreō

Greek word for “to make room for” · Strong’s G5562 · used 10 times in 9 verses

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Meaning

χωρέω, -ῶ; I. Intrans.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for chōreō in context, with how often each is used:

• receive 2
• have space 2
• goes 1
• should receive 1
• having space 1
• receives a place 1
• do make room for 1
• come 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 19 (2), Matthew 15 (1), Mark 2 (1), John 2 (1), John 8 (1), John 21 (1), 2 Corinthians 7 (1), 2 Peter 3 (1)

Forms

• χωρεῖ 2
• χωρεῖν 2
• χωρῆσαι 2
• χωροῦσιν 1
• χωρείτω 1
• χωροῦσαι 1
• Χωρήσατε 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with chōreō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• κοιλία koilia “belly/womb/stomach” 2
• λόγος logos “word” 3
• ὅστις hostis, hētis “who/which” 2
• πολύς polus “much” 2
• κατά kata “according to” 2

Key verses

The verses using chōreō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 15:17 — Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
• Matthew 19:11 — But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.
• Matthew 19:12 — For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs,…
• Mark 2:2 — And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto…
• John 2:6 — And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
• John 8:37 — I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
• John 21:25 — And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain…
• 2 Corinthians 7:2 — Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
• 2 Peter 3:9 — The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.