Without
χωρίςStrong’s G5565chōris
Appears in 38 verses of the New Testament
In short
Chōris is the Greek word usually translated “apart from”, “without” and “besides”. It appears in 38 verses of the New Testament.
“I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.”
Meaning
Usually translated “apart from”, “without” and “besides”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- apart from 20
- without 14
- besides 3
- by itself 1
- out of 1
- separate from 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 12
- Romans 6
- Matthew 3
- John 3
- James 3
- 1 Corinthians 2
13 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Timothy 5:21In contextI charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
- Philemon 1:14In contextBut without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
- Matthew 13:34All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
- Matthew 14:21And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.
- Matthew 15:38And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
- Mark 4:34But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
All 38 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
χωρίς chōris · without
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.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “without” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WITHOUT, preposition
- Not with; as without success.
- In a state of destitution or absence from.
- In a state of destitution or absence from.
- Beyond; not within.
All definitions and other forms of “without”
- Supposing the negation or omission of.
- Independent of; not by the use of.
- On the outside of; as without the gate; without doors.
- With exemption from.
- Unless; except.
WITHOUT, adverb
- Not on the inside; not within.
- Out of doors.
- Externally; not in the mind.“WITHOUT were fightings, within were fears” 2 Corinthians 7:5
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.