Quick Definition
apart from, without
Strong's Definition
at a space, i.e. separately or apart from (often as preposition)
Derivation: adverb from G5561 (χώρα);
KJV Usage: beside, by itself, without
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χωρίς (ΧΑΩ, see χώρα (cf. Curtius, § 192)), adverb, from Homer down;
1. separately, apart: Joh_20:7.
2. as a preposition with the genitive (Winers Grammar, § 54, 6);
a. wilhout any person or thing (making no use of, having no association with, apart from, aloof from, etc.): 1 Cor. (iv. 8); ; Php_2:14; 1Ti_2:8; 1Ti_5:21; Heb. ( Treg. marginal reading); ; παραβολῆς, without making use of a parable, Mat_13:34; Mar_4:34; ὁρκωμοσίας, Heb_7:20(21),; χωρίς αἵματος, Heb_9:7; Heb_9:18; ἁιματεχυσιας, Heb_9:22; without i. e. being absent or lacking: Rom_7:8 f. (R. V. apart from); Heb_11:6; Heb_12:8; Heb_12:14; Jas_2:18 (Rec. ἐκ),20,26 (in these three examples R. V. apart from); without connection and fellowship with one, Joh_15:5 (R. V. apart from); destitute of the fellowship and blessings of one: χωρίς Χριστοῦ (cf. Winers Grammar, § 54, 2 a.;. R. V. separate from Christ), Eph_2:12; without the intervention (participation or cooperation) of one, Joh_1:3; Rom_3:21 (; ); χωρίς θεμελίου, without laying a foundation, Luk_6:49; χωρίς τῆς σής γνώμης, without consulting you (cf. γνώμη, at the end (Polybius 3, 21, 1, 2. 7)), Phm_1:14; 'without leaving room for': χωρίς ἀντιλογίας, Heb_7:7; οἰκτίρμων, . χωρίς τοῦ σώματος, freed from the body, 2Co_12:3 L T Tr WH (Rec. ἐκτός, which seeb. α.); χωρίς ἁμαρτίας, without association with sin, i. e. without yielding to sin, without becoming stained with it, Heb_4:15; not to expiate sin, Heb_9:28.
b. besides: Mat_14:21; Mat_15:38; 2Co_11:28. (Synonym: cf. ἄνευ.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χωρίς chōris 41x
can function as an improper prep.,
apart, Joh_20:7 ;
apart from, parted from, Joh_15:5 ; Jas_2:18 ; Jas_2:20 ; Jas_2:26 ;
alien from, Eph_2:12 ;
apart from, on a distinct footing from, 1Co_11:11 ;
apart from, distinct from, without the intervention of, Rom_3:21 ; Rom_3:28 ; Rom_4:6 ;
apart from the company of, independently of, 1Co_4:8 ; Heb_11:40
without the presence of, Heb_9:28 ;
without the agency of, Joh_1:3 ; Rom_10:14 ;
without the employment of, Mat_13:34 ; Mar_4:34 ; Heb_7:20-21 ; Heb_9:7 ; Heb_9:18 ; Heb_9:22 ;
without, Luk_6:49 ; Php_2:14 ; 1Ti_2:8 ; 1Ti_5:21 ; Phm_1:14 ; Heb_10:28 ; Heb_11:6 ; Heb_12:8 ; Heb_12:14 ;
clear from, Heb_7:7 ;
irrespectively of, Rom_7:8-9 ;
without reckoning, besides, Mat_14:21 ; Mat_15:38 ; 2Co_11:28 ;
with the exception of, Heb_4:15
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χωρίς ,
adv. ,
1. separately, apart: Joh_20:7 .
2. As prep ., c . gen .,
(a) separate from, apart from, without (practically equiv. to ἄνευ ; v. Field, Notes , 103): Mat_13:34 , Mar_4:34 , Luk_6:49 , Joh_1:3 ; Joh_15:5 , Rom_3:21 ; Rom_3:28 ; Rom_4:6 ; Rom_7:8-9 ; Rom_10:14 ; Rom_10:1 Co_4:8 ; 1Co_11:11 , 2Co_12:3 , Eph_2:12 , Php_2:14 , 1Ti_2:8 ; 1Ti_5:21 , Phm_1:14 , Heb_4:15 ; Heb_7:7 ; Heb_7:20 ; Heb_9:7 ; Heb_9:18 ; Heb_9:22 ; Heb_9:28 ; Heb_10:25 ; Heb_11:6 ; Heb_11:40 ; Heb_12:8 ; Heb_12:14 (οὗ χωρίς ; v. Bl., § 82, 3), Jas_2:18 ; Jas_2:20 ; Jas_2:26 ;
(b) besides: Mat_14:21 ; Mat_15:38 , 2Co_11:28 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χωρίς [page 696]
1. as adv. separately, Joh. 20:7 : Bauer ( HZNT ad l. ) aptly compares Ignat. Trall. 11 οὐ δύναται οὖν κεφαλὴ χωρὶς γεννηθῆναι ἄνευ μελῶν , now it is not possible that a head should be born separately without members. For an ex. from the Κοινή cf. the medical receipt P Oxy VIII. 1088 .41 (early i/A.D.) λῆα ποιήσας καὶ χωρὶς ἕκαστον ἀναπλάσας μεθ᾽ ὕδατος , pound and work them up separately with water (Ed.).
2. as prep. c. gen. apart from, without : (a) of persons P Oxy VI. 932 .10 (late ii/A.D.) τὰ χοιρίδια χωρὶς μοῦ μὴ πώλι , do not sell the young pigs without me (Edd.), and BGU III. 920 .4 (A.D. 180 181) χωρὶς κυρίου κατὰ τὰ Ῥωμαί [ων ἔθη . (b) of things P Tebt I. 61 ( a ) .186 (B.C. 118 117) χωρὶς σπέρματος καὶ τῆς ἄλλης δα (πάνης ), P Oxy IX. 1211 .11 (medical receipt ii/A.D.) πᾶν ἄρωμα χωρὶς λιβάνου , every spice except frankincense. (c) of abstract nouns (cf. Phm. 1:14, and the equivalent P Tebt I. 104 .28 (B.C. 92) ἄνευ τῆς Φιλίσκου γνώ [μ ]ης ) P Oxy II. 237 vii. 26 (A.D. 186) χωρὶς λόγου , ib. VIII. 1128 .21 (A.D. 173) χωρὶς ὑπερθέσεως , without delay, and ib. VIII. 1130 .19 (A.D. 484) χωρὶς ἐνγραφοῦς ἐντάγιον = -ίου ), without a written deed.
3. = besides : (a) the object being excluded-P Oxy VIII. 1124 .16 (A.D. 26) χωρὶς τῶν προκειμένων , apart from the amounts aforesaid, P Ryl II. 138 .13 (A.D. 34) χωρὶς δὲ τούτου κατέλαβα τοῦτον . . ., over and beyond this I detected him. . . (Edd.), P Amh II. 85 .9 (A.D. 78) χωρὶς τῆς κατ᾽ ἄρουραν ἀρταβιήας excluding the tax of an artaba on each aroura (Edd.), ib. 86 .10 (A.D. 78) χωρὶς γνησίων δημοσίων , excluding public charges proper (Edd.), P Oxy I. 101 .12 (A.D. 142) σπεῖραι καὶ ξυλαμῆσαι οἷς ἐὰν αἱρῆται χωρὶς ἰσάτεως καὶ ὀχομενίου , the lessee may sow and gather whatever crops he chooses with the exception of woad and coriander (?) (Edd.), ib. IV. 724 .6 (A.D. 155) apprenticeship to a shorthand writer at a certain salary χωρὶς ἑορτικῶν , excluding holidays.
(b) the object being included, as in Mat. 14:21; Mat. 15:38, 2Co. 11:28 : P Oxy II. 249 .7 (supplementary property return A.D. 80) ἀπογράφομαι . . χωρὶς τῶν προαπεγραψάμην . . ., I register in addition to what I have previously registered. . ., P Ryl II. 175 .22 (A.D. 168) χωρὶς ἄλλων ὧν ὀφείλουσι , apart from other sums which they owe (Edd.), and BGU II. 393 .13 (A.D. 168) ἄλλο δὲ οὐδὲ ἁπλῶς τελέσω τῷ καθόλου χωρὶς τῶν προκειμένων .
4. For χωρίς c. inf. cf. P Lond 1166 14 (A.D. 42) ( = III. p. 105) χωρὶς τοῦ παράσχεσθαι τοὺς ὁμολοῦντας ( l. ὁμολογοῦντας ) τὴν καῦσιν with reference to the heating of baths, and BGU III. 859 .17 (ii/A.D.) ἐπελε [ύ ]σεσθαι τρόπῳ μηδενὶ . . . χωρὶς τοῦ μένειν κύρια καὶ τὰ προγεγρ (αμμένα ).
With 1Co. 14:5 ἐκτὸς εἰ μὴ διερμηνεύῃ (cf. 1Co. 15:2, 1Ti. 5:19), cf. C. and B. ii. p. 391, No. 254 χωρὶς εἰ μή τι πάθῃ ἡ θυγάτηρ μου .
Mayser Gr. p. 245 cites a shortened form χῶρι from P Amh II. 113 .22 (A.D. 157) χῶρι ἄλλων , but the same document shows χωρίς a few lines further down, 36 χω [ρὶ ]ς ἄλλων .
As in the case of all the prepositions, the monographs of Kuhring, Rossberg, and Regard (see Abbreviations I. General) should be consulted.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
χωρίς "separately, asunder, apart, by oneself or by themselves", Hom. ; κεῖται χ. ὁ νεκρός Hdt. ; χ. θέσθαι to set "apart", keep "in reserve", Thuc. ; χ. οἰκεῖν to live "apart", Dem. ; μή με χ. αἰτιῶ accuse me not "without evidence", Soph. ; χ. ποιεῖν "to distinguish", Isocr. ; χωρὶς δέ . . , and "separately, besides", Thuc. : — "separately, one by one", Lys. ; χωρὶς ἤ "except", χ. ἢ ὅτι "except" that, Hdt. ; χ. ἢ ὅκοσοι "except" so many as, id=Hdt. metaph. "of different nature, kind", or "quality", Soph. , Eur. as prep. c. gen. "without", Aesch. , Soph. , etc.; χ. Ζηνός "without" his "help or will", Lat. sine Diis, Soph. "separate from, apart or aloof from, far from", χ. ἀνθρώπων στίβου id=Soph. ; ἡ ψυχὴ χ. τοῦ σώματος Plat. "independent of, without reckoning, not to mention, besides", Hdt. , Aesch. "differently from, otherwise than", Plat. , Dem.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
χωρίς
adv.,
__1. separately, apart: Jhn.20:7.
__2. As prep., with genitive,
__(a) separate from, apart from, without (practically equiv. to ἄνευ; see Field, Notes, 103): Mat.13:34, Mrk.4:34, Luk.6:49, Jhn.1:3 15:5, Rom.3:21, 28 4:6 7:8-9 10:14, 1Co.4:8 11:11, 2Co.12:3, Eph.2:12, Php.2:14, 1Ti.2:8 5:21, Phm 14, Heb.4:15 7:7, 20 9:7, 18 9:22, 28 10:25 11:6, 40 12:8, 14 (οὗ χωρίς; see Bl., § 82, 3), Jas.2:18, 20 2:26;
__(b) besides: Mat.14:21 15:38, 2Co.11:28.†
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