noun · masculine
choros
Greekχορός (choros)
Strong’sG5525
a dance, dancing
stem chor-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
χορός, -οῦ, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for מָחוֹל, מְחֹלָה;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5525 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkhor-os'
a ring, i.e. round dance ("choir"
Fromof uncertain derivation;
King Jamesdancing.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | choros | chorois |
| object accusative | choron | choroin |
| direct address vocative | choror | choroir |
| of, belonging to genitive | chorou | choroiu1×χορῶν |
| to, for dative | choro | choroi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
choro is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
choroiu“dancing”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Luke 15:25“dancing”Ate de tos huios autou tos presbuteros en agro; kai hōs ercherōtos engizata ta oikia, akouata sumfōniau kai choroiu,Meanwhile the older son was in the field, and as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing.