epichorēgeō (to supply)

Meaning

Usually translated “supplying”, “being supplied” and “do supplement”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

supplying 2
being supplied 1
do supplement 1
will be supplied 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

2 Peter 2
2 Corinthians 1
Galatians 1
Colossians 1

4 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture

2 Peter 1:11In contextFor so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 9:10Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
Galatians 3:5He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Colossians 2:19And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

Greek dictionary

ἐπιχορηγέω epichorēgeō · to supply

ἐπι-χορηγέω, -ῶ [in LXX: Sir.25:22, 2Ma.4:9 A * ;] to supply, provide: with accusative of thing(s), 2Pe.1:5; id. with dative of person(s), 2Co.9:10, Gal.3:5; pass., Col.2:19, 2Pe.1:11 (cf. χορηγέω, and see MM, Exp., xiv).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “supply” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SUPPLY', noun

Sufficiency for wants given or furnished. The poor have a daily supply of food; the army has ample supplies of provisions and munitions of war. Customs, taxes and excise constitute the supplies of revenue.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.