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Strong's G5562 · Greek

χωρέω

choreo · kho-reh'-o

from 5561; to be in (give) space, i.e. (intransitively) to pass, enter, or (transitively) to hold, admit (literally or figuratively)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

χωρέω (G5562)

10 χωρέω , -ῶ [in LXX: Ge 13:6 ( נשׂא ), III Ki 7:26 , 38 ( כּוּל hi.), II Ch 4:5 ( חזק hi.), Wi 7:23, 24 , al. ;] Intrans., to make room, give way, retire, pass : seq. εἰς , Mt 15:17 ; metaph. (EV, come ), εἰς μετάνοιαν , II Pe 3:9 . to go forward, advance, progress (Plat., Polyb., al.) ὁ λόγος ὁ ἐμὸς οὐ χωρεῖ. ἐν ὑμῖν , Jo 8:37 (R, txt., hath not free course ; R, mg., hath no place , for wh. cf. Field, Notes , 94 f.). Trans., to have space for holding, to hold : Mk 2:2 (cf. Ge, l.c. ), Jo 21:25 ; of measures ( III Ki , II Ch, ll. c. ), Jo 2:6 . Metaph., of having or making room in mind or heart: Mt 19:11, 12 (EV, receive ), II Co 7:2 (R, txt., open your hearts ; mg., make room ) (cf. ἀνα- , ἀπο- , ἐκ- , ὑπο-χωρέω ).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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