χωρίς
chōris
without
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word "χωρίς" (chōris) is a preposition that means "without." It is used 41 times in the Bible to indicate the absence or lack of something. This word is often used to convey a sense of separation or exclusion, emphasizing that something is not present or is being left out. In its usage, "χωρίς" can be used in various contexts, such as describing a physical absence (e.g., "without a garment") or a moral absence (e.g., "without faith"). It can also be used to emphasize the exclusivity of a particular group or condition (e.g., "without sin"). The word's range of usage suggests that it is a versatile and important component of the Greek language, allowing speakers to convey nuanced shades of meaning. The significance of "χωρίς" lies in its ability to highlight the contrast between what is contracting and what is not. By emphasizing the absence of something, the word draws attention to the importance of what is present. This can be seen in its use in biblical contexts, where it is often used to describe the relationship between God and humanity, or between believers and unbelievers.
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Occurrences in Scripture
41 total occurrences across the text
According to the law, nearly everything is cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.
Matthew 13:34Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,
Matthew 14:21Those who ate were about five thousand men, in addition to women and children.
Matthew 15:38Those who ate were four thousand men, in addition to women and children.
Mark 4:34Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
Luke 6:49But he who hears, and doesn’t do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”
John 1:3All things were made through him. Without him, nothing was made that has been made.
John 15:5I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
John 20:7and the cloth that had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself.
Romans 3:21But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets;
Romans 3:28We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
Romans 4:6Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,
Romans 7:8But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
Romans 7:9I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Romans 10:14How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher?
1 Corinthians 4:8You are already filled. You have already become rich. You have come to reign without us. Yes, and I wish that you did reign, that we also might reign with you.
1 Corinthians 11:11Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 11:11Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 11:28Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily: anxiety for all the assemblies.
2 Corinthians 12:3I know such a man (whether in the body, or outside of the body, I don’t know; God knows),
Ephesians 2:12that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Philippians 2:14Do all things without complaining and arguing,
1 Timothy 2:8I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting.
1 Timothy 5:21I command you in the sight of God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.
Hebrews 9:28so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.
Philemon 1:14But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.
Hebrews 4:15For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.
Hebrews 7:7But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.
Hebrews 7:20Inasmuch as he was not made priest without the taking of an oath
Hebrews 7:20Inasmuch as he was not made priest without the taking of an oath
Hebrews 9:7but into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offers for himself, and for the errors of the people.
Hebrews 9:18Therefore even the first covenant has not been dedicated without blood.
Hebrews 10:28A man who disregards Moses’ law dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses.
Hebrews 11:6Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
Hebrews 11:40God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
Hebrews 12:8But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then you are illegitimate, and not children.
Hebrews 12:14Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
James 2:18Yes, a man will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
James 2:20But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
James 2:26For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
James 2:26For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.