To separate/leave
χωρίζωStrong’s G5563chōrizō
Appears in 12 verses of the New Testament
In short
Chōrizō is the Greek word usually translated “should separate”, “depart” and “having departed”. It appears in 12 verses of the New Testament.
“For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;”
Meaning
Usually translated “should separate”, “depart” and “having departed”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- should separate 2
- to depart 2
- having departed 1
- will separate 1
- to separate 1
- is to be separated 1
- she shall be separated 1
- separates himself 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 3
- 1 Corinthians 3
- Romans 2
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- Philemon 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 19:6Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
- Mark 10:9What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
- Acts 1:4And, 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.
- Acts 18:1After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
- Acts 18:2And 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.
- Romans 8:35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Greek dictionary
χωρίζω chōrizō · to separate/leave
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).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “depart” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DEPART, verb intransitive
- To go or move from.“DEPART from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire” Matthew 25:41
- To go from; to leave; to desist, as from a practice.
- To leave; to deviate from; to forsake; not to adhere to or follow; as, we cannot depart from our rules.“I have not departed from thy judgments” Psalms 119:102
- To desist; to leave; to abandon; as, he would not depart from his purpose, resolution, or demand.
All definitions and other forms of “depart”
- To be lost; to perish; to vanish; as, his glory has departed.
- To die; to decease; to leave this world.“Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word” Luke 2:29
- To cease.
- To deviate; to vary from.
- To vary; to deviate from the title or defense in pleading.
- To part with.
DEPART, verb transitive
To divide or separate; to part.
DEPART, noun
- The act of going away; death.
- Division; separation.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.