Strong G5563χωρίζω

to separate/leave

Transliteration
chōrizō
Pronunciation
kho-rid'-zo
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G5561; to place room between that is part; reflexively to go away: - depart put asunder separate.

Detailed definition

χωρίζω
[in LXX: 2Ch.12:8, al. (בָּדַל ni., etc.), Wis.1:3, 2Ma.5:21, al.;]
1. to separate, divide, put asunder: with accusative of thing(s), opposite to συζεύγνυμι Mat.19:6, Mrk.10:9; with accusative of person(s), before ἀπό (Wis.1:3), Rom.8:35, 39; pf. pass ptcp., Heb.7:26.

2. In late writers, mid. and 1 aor pass., to separate oneself, depart: Phm 15; before ἀπό Act.1:4, ἐκ, Act.18:1-2; of divorce (polyb., al.), 1Co.7:10-11 7:15 (cf. ἀπο-, δια-χωρίζω).†
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In the Bible

Strong G5563 appears in 12 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • depart7
  • separate3
  • let2
  • put2
  • he1
  • should1

First verses

  1. Matthew 19:6
    Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
  2. Mark 10:9
    What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
  3. Acts 1:4
    And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
  4. Acts 18:1
    After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
  5. Acts 18:2
    And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.
  6. Romans 8:35
    Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
  7. Romans 8:39
    Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  8. 1 Corinthians 7:10
    And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
  9. 1 Corinthians 7:11
    But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
  10. 1 Corinthians 7:15
    But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
  11. Philemon 1:15
    For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;
  12. Hebrews 7:26
    For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
χωρ-ίζω,
perfect passive κεχώρισμαι, 3rd.pers. plural Ionic dialect κεχωρίδαται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.140, 151, +others)]: (χωρίς).
I in local sense, separate, divide, χ. ἀλλήλων λόχους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 108)]; exclude, τὴν πτέρνην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 11, etc.: τί τινος, frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, χ. τὴν ψυχὴν τοῦ σώματος “R.” 609d, compare “Phlb.” 55e; ἀπὸ τοῦ σώματος τὴν ψ. “Phd.” 67c, compare “Plt.” 268c, etc.; πάντα κατὰ φυλάς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 9.8)]; with infinitive added, [τὴν τάξιν] ἐπὶ τῷ μέσῳ ἐχώρισεν ἕπεσθαι [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 6.5.11)]; οἱ χωρίζοντες the Separators, a name given to those Grammarians (Xenon and Hellanicus accusative to [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Chrestomathia - Homeri Opera” p.102 Allen))] who ascribed the Iliad and Odyssey to different authors, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Scholia A 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.356, 649, 11.692, 21.416)]:—passive, to be separated, severed, or divided, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.151, 3.12, +others)]; τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1002, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 31b; σοφόν.. πάντων κεχωρισμένον 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 108.)]
II separate in thought, distinguish, ἡδύ τε καὶ δίκαιον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 663a; ἀπὸ τῶν ὠφελίμων τὰ καθ᾽ αὑτά 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1096b14; χ. καὶ διασπᾶν [prev. author] “PA” 642b18; especially in Logic, τὸν ἴδιον τῆς οὐσίας ἑκάστου λόγον ταῖς.. οἰκείαις διαφοραῖς χ. [prev. author] “Top.” 108b6, compare 132a13)]:— passive, to be different, κεχωρίδαται πολλὸν τῶν.. ἄλλων ἀνθρώπων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.140: less frequently with _dative_, κεχώρισται οὗτος ὁ χειμών.. τοῖσι ἐν ἄλλοισι χωρίοισι γινομένοισι χειμῶσι [prev. author] 4.28; ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 14.49)]; νόμοι κεχωρισμένοι τῶν ἄλλων ἀνθρώπων laws apart from others, far different, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.172, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 31.23.11; γνῶμαι κεχωρισμέναι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.11)]; opposed to συγκεχυμένος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 524c; κεχώρισται πλεῖστον τό τ᾽ εἶναι καὶ τὸ τοῦτον φάσκειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.26.)]
III passive, κεχωρισμένη ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνδρός divorced, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 31.26.6)]; θᾶσσον.. οἰστοῦ.. χωρίζεται, of a wife, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1063.13.)]
IV later in passive, depart, go away, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.94.9, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.65, Heraclitus Paradoxographus “de incredibilibus - Mythographi Graeci” 8; ἐκ θρόνων 2nd c.BC: Ezekiel Poeta Judaeus “Exagoge - Mnemosyne” 76.)]