chōris · without, apart from

What it means

chōris (χωρίς) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “without, apart from”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Shows that something is missing or left out: without it, or separate from it.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• without ×25
• apart from ×13
• besides ×2
• beyond ×1
• separately ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×1
• Luke×1
• John×3
• Romans×6
• 1 Corinthians×3
• 2 Corinthians×2
• Ephesians×1
• Philippians×1
• 1 Timothy×2
• Philemon×1
• Hebrews×14
• James×4

• Matthew 13:34

  All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and without a parable he was telling them nothing,

• Matthew 14:21

  And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

• Matthew 15:38

  And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

• Mark 4:34

  and he did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

• Luke 6:49

  But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation; the river burst against it, and at once it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.”

• John 1:3

  All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being

• John 15:5

  I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him, he bears much fruit, because without me you can do nothing.

• John 20:7

  and the face cloth that had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up separately in one place.

• Romans 3:21

  But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been made manifest, being testified to by the law and the prophets,

• Romans 3:28

  For we consider that a person is declared righteous by faith apart from works of the law.

• Romans 4:6

  just as David also speaks of the happiness of the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:

• Romans 7:8

  But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting; for apart from the law sin is dead.

• Romans 7:9

  And I was once alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin came to life again,

• Romans 10:14

  How then are they to call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him whom they have not heard? And how are they to hear without someone proclaiming?

• 1 Corinthians 4:8

  Already you are filled! Already you have become rich! Without us you have reigned! And I wish you had reigned, so that we also might reign with you!

• 1 Corinthians 11:11

  Nevertheless, neither is woman without man nor man without woman in the Lord;

• 2 Corinthians 11:28

  Apart from the external things, there is the daily pressure on me, the anxiety for all the assemblies.

• 2 Corinthians 12:3

  And I know such a man —whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know; God knows—

• Ephesians 2:12

  that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

• Philippians 2:14

  Do all things without grumbling and arguing,

• 1 Timothy 2:8

  So I want the men to pray in every place, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument.

• 1 Timothy 5:21

  I solemnly charge you before God and the Messiah Jesus and the chosen angels that you keep these things without prejudice, doing nothing out of partiality.

• Philemon 1:14

  but without your consent I wanted to do nothing, so that your good deed might not be as by compulsion but of free will.

• Hebrews 2:9

  But we see the one who was made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that apart from God he might taste death for everyone.

• Hebrews 4:15

  For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tested in every way just as we are, yet without sin.

• Hebrews 7:7

  And beyond all dispute, the lesser is blessed by the greater.

• Hebrews 7:20

  And inasmuch as it was not without an oath —for those others have become priests without an oath,

• Hebrews 9:7

  but into the second goes only the high priest, once a year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins of ignorance of the people.

• Hebrews 9:18

  Therefore not even the first covenant has been inaugurated without blood.

• Hebrews 9:22

  And according to the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

• Hebrews 9:28

  so also the Messiah, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await him, for salvation.

• Hebrews 10:28

  Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without compassion on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

• Hebrews 11:6

  And without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who draws near to God must believe that he exists and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

• Hebrews 11:40

  since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect apart from us.

• Hebrews 12:8

  But if you are without discipline, in which all have become sharers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.

• Hebrews 12:14

  Pursue peace with everyone, and sanctification, without which no one will see the Lord,

• James 2:18

  But someone will say: You have faith, and I have works. Show me your faith apart from works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

• James 2:20

  But do you want to know, O empty man, that faith apart from works is barren?

• James 2:26

  For just as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

And 3 more times.