preposition

chōris

Greekχωρίς (chōris)

Strong’sG5565

apart from, without

stem chōri-42 times in the New Testamentin 13 of 27 books

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Matthew 13:34“without”Houteim panteim lalata tos Iēsus en parabolai toi ochloi, kai chōris parabolau oudenem lalate autoi;Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

Matthew 14:21“besides”tois de esthiarōtois ale anērois hōsei pentakischilioi chōris gunaikaiu kai paidieiu.About five thousand men were fed, besides women and children.

Matthew 15:38“besides”tois de esthiarōtois ale tetrakischilioi anērois chōris gunaikaiu kai paidieiu.A total of four thousand men were fed, besides women and children.

Mark 4:34“without”chōris de parabolau ouk lalate autoi, kata idian de toi idioi mathētoi epiluate panteim.He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.

Luke 6:49“without”tos de akouaratos kai mē poiaratos homoios atō anthrōpo oikodomarato oikian epi tan gēan chōris themeliou, ha prosrēgnuata tos potamos, kai euthuos sumpiptata, kai gineta tem rēgmem tau oikiau ekeinau megem.But the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell — and great was its destruction!”

John 1:3“without”panteim dia autou gineta, kai chōris autou gineta oude henem. hem ginatēThrough Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.

John 15:5“apart from”mis amō tas ampelas, vis teim klēmeim. tos menarōtos en mi kamis en auto houtos feratō karpon pollon, hoti chōris mu ouk dunevō poiarō oudenem.I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.

Romans 3:21“apart from”Nuni de chōris nomou dikaiosunas theou faneritē, marturirōtas hupo tou nomou kai toiu profētoiu,But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.

Romans 3:28“apart from”logizenō gar dikaiirō pistia anthrōpon chōris ergeiu nomou.For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

Romans 4:6“apart from”kathaper kai David legatō ton makarismon tou anthrōpou ho tos theos logizetō dikaiosunan chōris ergeiu;And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

Romans 7:8“apart from”aforman de lambaratas tas hamartas dia tau entolau katergazeta en mi pantan epithumian, chōris gar nomou hamartas nekras.But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

Romans 7:9“apart from”mis de zōame chōris nomou pote; ercharatau de tau entolau tas hamartas anazata,Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

Romans 10:14“without”Pōs oun epikaleleia eis hon ouk pisteuala? pōs de pisteualeia hou ouk akouala? pōs de akoualeia chōris kērussarōtou?How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?

1 Corinthians 4:8“without”Ēdē korennuirētois avō, ēdē ploutava, chōris nu basilava; kai ofelon ge basilava, hina kai nis vi sumbasilaneia.Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you!

1 Corinthians 11:11“independent”plēn oute gunaikas chōris anērou oute anēros chōris gunaikau en kurio;In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

1 Corinthians 11:11“independent”plēn oute gunaikas chōris anērou oute anēros chōris gunaikau en kurio;In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

2 Corinthians 11:28“besides”chōris teiu parektos tas epistasias mi tas kata hēmeran, tas merimnas pantaiu taiu ekklēsaiu.Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.

2 Corinthians 12:3“out of”kai oidamē ton toiouton anthrōpon eite en sōme eite chōris teu sōmeu ouk oidamē, tos theos oidatēAnd I know that this man— whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows—

Ephesians 2:12“without”hoti ave to kairo ekeino chōris Christou, apallotriirētois tau politeiau tou Israēl kai xenois taiu diathēkaiu tau epangeliau, elpian mē echarōtois kai atheois en to kosmo.remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

Philippians 2:14“without”Panteim poiavōr chōris gongusmoiu kai dialogismoiu,Do everything without complaining or arguing,

1 Timothy 2:8“without”Boulemō oun proseucherō toin anēroin en panto topo, epairarōtoin hosiain cheirain chōris orgau kai dialogismou.Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

1 Timothy 5:21“without”diamarturemō enōpion tou theou kai Christou Iēsu kai toiu eklektoiu angeloiu, hina houteim fulassaseia chōris prokrimeu, mēdenem poiarōtos kata prosklisian.I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to maintain these principles without bias, and to do nothing out of partiality.

Philemon 1:14“without”chōris de tau sau gnōmau oudenem thelama poiara, hina mē hōs kata anankan tem agathem su ateiō alla kata hekousiem;But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.

Hebrews 2:9“apart from”ton de brachu tinem para angeloin elattirēton blepanō Iēsun dia tem pathēmem tou thanatou doxa kai tima stefanirēton, hopōs chōris theou huper pantou geueteia thanatou.But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.

Hebrews 4:15“without”ouk gar echanō archierevon mē dunerōton sumpathara tai astheniai nu, peirazirēton de kata panteim kata homoiotan chōris hamartau.For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.

Hebrews 7:7“beyond”chōris de pantau antilogiau tem elassōnem hupo tou kreittōnou eulogitō.And indisputably, the lesser is blessed by the greater.

Hebrews 7:20“without”Kai kata hosem ouk chōris horkōmosiau tois men gar chōris horkōmosiau alō hierevois ginarētois,And none of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath,

Hebrews 7:20“without”Kai kata hosem ouk chōris horkōmosiau tois men gar chōris horkōmosiau alō hierevois ginarētois,And none of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath,

Hebrews 9:7“without”eis de tan deuteran hapax tou eniautou monos tos archierevos, ouk chōris haimeu, hem prosferatō huper heautou kai teiu tou laou agnoēmeiu,But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.

Hebrews 9:18“without”hothen oude tas prōtas chōris haimeu enkainizitē;That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.

Hebrews 9:22“without”kai schedōs en haime panteim katharizitō kata ton nomon, kai chōris haimatekchusiau ouk ginetō afesias.According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

Hebrews 9:28“not”houtōs kai tos Christos, hapax prosferiratos eis tem polloiu anaferara hamartain, ek deuterou chōris hamartau horiti toi auton apekdecherōtoi eis sōtērēan.so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.

Hebrews 10:28“without”athetaratos tinos nomon Mōusou chōris oiktirmoiu epi duo ē treis marturoi apothnēskatō;Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Hebrews 11:6“without”chōris de pistiau adunatem euarestara, pisteuara gar datō ton prosercherōton to theo hoti atō kai toi ekzētarōtoi auton misthapodotos ginetō.And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

Hebrews 11:40“apart from”tou theou peri nu kreittōnem tinem probleperatou, hina mē chōris nu teleiileia.God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.

Hebrews 12:8“without”ei de chōris avō paideiau hau metochois ginalē pantois, ara nothois kai ouk huiois avō.If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.

Hebrews 12:14“without”Eirēnan diōkavōr meta pantoiu, kai ton hagiasmon, hou chōris oudenos horeti ton kurion,Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

James 2:18“without”Alla legati tinos; Sis pistian echasō kamis ergeim echamō. deiknuasar mi tan pistian su chōris teiu ergeiu, kamis si deiknuami ek teiu ergeiu mu tan pistian.But someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.

James 2:20“without”thelasō de gnōskara, ō anthrōpor kenor, hoti tas pistias chōris teiu ergeiu argas atō?O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?

James 2:26“without”hōsper gar tem sōmem chōris pneumeu nekrem atō, houtōs kai tas pistias chōris ergeiu nekras atō.As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

James 2:26“without”hōsper gar tem sōmem chōris pneumeu nekrem atō, houtōs kai tas pistias chōris ergeiu nekras atō.As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

John 20:7“by itself”kai tem soudariem, hem ate epi tau kefalau autou, ouk meta teiu othonieiu keierōtem alla chōris entulissirētem eis henon topon;The cloth that had been around Jesus’ head was rolled up, lying separate from the linen cloths.