Lexicon / G5562
χωρέω
chōreō
  • to make room for
  • to make room, give way, retire, pass
  • come
  • to go forward, advance, progress
  • hath not free course
  • hath no place

STEPBible TBESG

Glosses: to make room for

χωρέω, -ῶ

[in LXX: Gen.13:6 (נָשָׂא), 3Ki.7:26 7:38 (כּוּל hi.), 2Ch.4:5 (חָזַק hi.), Wis.7:23-24, al. ;]

__I. Intrans.

__1. to make room, give way, retire, pass: before εἰς, Mat.15:17; metaphorically (EV, come), εἰς μετάνοιαν, 2Pe.3:9.

__2. to go forward, advance, progress (Plat. Polyb. al.) ὁ λόγος ὁ ἐμὸς οὐ χωρεῖ. ἐν ὑμῖν, Jhn.8:37 (R, txt. hath not free course; R, mg. hath no place, for WH. cf. Field, Notes, 94 f.).

__II. Trans. to have space for holding, to hold: Mrk.2:2 (cf. Ge, l.with), Jhn.21:25; of measures (1Ki, 2Ch, ll. with), Jhn.2:6. Metaphorical, of having or making room in mind or heart: Mat.19:11-12 (EV, receive), 2Co.7:2 (R, txt. open your hearts; mg. make room) (cf. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, ἐκ-, ὑπο-χωρέω).†

(AS)

Abbott-Smith

Glosses: to make room, give way, retire, pass; come; to go forward, advance, progress; hath not free course; hath no place

to make room, give way, retire, pass; come; to go forward, advance, progress; hath not free course; hath no place; to have space for holding, to hold; receive; open your hearts; make room