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Strong's G5565 χωρίς (choris)

Choris means “beside” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H5565 — cemakyahu (“Semachiah”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G5565
Language Greek
Linked Usages 56
Books 23

Strong's G5565 Quick Answer

Strong's G5565 χωρίς (choris) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. choris (kho-rece') adv. 1. at a space, i.e. separately or apart from (often as preposition) [adverb from G5561] It has 56 linked Bible usages across 23 books. Visible English usage signals include without, beside, and itself. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
choris (kho-rece') adv. 1. at a space, i.e. separately or apart from (often as preposition) [adverb from G5561]
Usage
56 linked usages
Books
23 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
without, beside, and itself

Meaning and Definition

choris (kho-rece') adv. 1. at a space, i.e. separately or apart from (often as preposition) [adverb from G5561] KJV: beside, by itself, without Root(s): G5561

Original Word
χωρίς
Transliteration
choris
Derivation
Root: χώρα R1: 5561
Morphology
adverb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5565. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

without

Usage: 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)

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How Strong's G5565 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render choris, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

without Matthew 13:34 34× beside Matthew 14:21 itself John 20:7

How Strong's G5565 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is New Testament with 38 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G5565 (χωρίς) appears 18 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G5565 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G5565 in the New Testament

38 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 13:34 KJV

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

Matthew 14:21 KJV

And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.

Matthew 15:38 KJV

And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.

Strong's G5565 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

10 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 26:1 Septuagint / Brenton

And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine, which was in the time of Abraham; and Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Philistines to Gerar.

Genesis 46:26 Septuagint / Brenton

And all the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, who came out of his loins, besides the wives of the sons of Jacob, even all the souls were sixty-six.

Genesis 47:22 Septuagint / Brenton

except only the land of the priests; Joseph bought not this, for Pharaoh gave a portion in the way of gift to the priests; and they ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them; therefore they sold not their land.

Strong's G5565 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

7 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 4:17 Septuagint / Brenton

These also make garments for men; these bring glory unto men; and without women cannot men be.

1 Esdras 5:41 Septuagint / Brenton

So of Israel, from them of twelve years old and upward, beside menservants and maidservants, they were all in number forty thousand, two thousand three hundred and sixty.

Judith 7:2 Septuagint / Brenton

Then their strong men removed their camps in that day, and the army of the men of war was a hundred and seventy thousand footmen, and twelve thousand horsemen, beside the baggage, and other men that were afoot among them, a very great multitude.

Strong's G5565 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 16:1 Septuagint / Brenton

From the days of the slaughter and destruction and death of the giants, from the souls of whose flesh the spirits, having gone forth, shall destroy without incurring judgement -thus shall they destroy until the day of the consummation, the great judgement in which the age shall be

Usage Excerpts

First 56 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5565.

Genesis 26:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine, which was in the time of Abraham; and Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Philistines to Gerar.
Genesis 46:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, who came out of his loins, besides the wives of the sons of Jacob, even all the souls were sixty-six.
Genesis 47:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
except only the land of the priests; Joseph bought not this, for Pharaoh gave a portion in the way of gift to the priests; and they ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them; therefore they sold not their land.
Genesis 47:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph appointed it to them for an ordinance until this day; to reserve a fifth part for Pharaoh, on the land of Egypt, except only the land of the priests, that was not Pharaoh’s.
Leviticus 9:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought the sacrifice and filled his hands with it, and laid it on the altar, besides the morning whole burnt offering.
Numbers 6:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the law of the votary who shall have vowed to the Lord his gift to the Lord, concerning his vow, besides what he may be able to afford according to the value of his vow, which he may have vowed according to the law of separation.
Numbers 17:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those that died on account of Korah.
3 Kingdoms 5:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
there were three thousand six hundred masters who wrought in the works.
3 Kingdoms 10:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Besides the tributes of them that were subjects, both merchants and all the kings of the country beyond the river, and of the princes of the land.
Ezra 2:65 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.
Matthew 13:34 New Testament, KJV
All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
Matthew 14:21 New Testament, KJV
And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.
Matthew 15:38 New Testament, KJV
And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
Mark 4:34 New Testament, KJV
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
Luke 6:49 New Testament, KJV
But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
John 1:3 New Testament, KJV
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
John 15:5 New Testament, KJV
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
John 20:7 New Testament, KJV
And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
Romans 3:21 New Testament, KJV
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
Romans 3:28 New Testament, KJV
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Romans 4:6 New Testament, KJV
Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
Romans 7:8 New Testament, KJV
But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
Romans 7:9 New Testament, KJV
For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Romans 10:14 New Testament, KJV
How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
1 Corinthians 4:8 New Testament, KJV
Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
1 Corinthians 11:11 New Testament, KJV
Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 11:28 New Testament, KJV
Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
Ephesians 2:12 New Testament, KJV
That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Philippians 2:14 New Testament, KJV
Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
1 Timothy 2:8 New Testament, KJV
I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
1 Timothy 5:21 New Testament, KJV
I 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 1:14 New Testament, KJV
But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
Hebrews 4:15 New Testament, KJV
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Hebrews 7:7 New Testament, KJV
And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
Hebrews 7:20 New Testament, KJV
And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:
Hebrews 7:21 New Testament, KJV
(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
Hebrews 9:7 New Testament, KJV
But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
Hebrews 9:18 New Testament, KJV
Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
Hebrews 9:22 New Testament, KJV
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Hebrews 9:28 New Testament, KJV
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Hebrews 10:28 New Testament, KJV
He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
Hebrews 11:6 New Testament, KJV
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Hebrews 11:40 New Testament, KJV
God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
Hebrews 12:8 New Testament, KJV
But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Hebrews 12:14 New Testament, KJV
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
James 2:18 New Testament, KJV
Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
James 2:20 New Testament, KJV
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
James 2:26 New Testament, KJV
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
1 Esdras 4:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
These also make garments for men; these bring glory unto men; and without women cannot men be.
1 Esdras 5:41 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So of Israel, from them of twelve years old and upward, beside menservants and maidservants, they were all in number forty thousand, two thousand three hundred and sixty.
Judith 7:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then their strong men removed their camps in that day, and the army of the men of war was a hundred and seventy thousand footmen, and twelve thousand horsemen, beside the baggage, and other men that were afoot among them, a very great multitude.
Judith 8:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And she fasted all the days of her widowhood, save the eves of the Sabbaths, and the Sabbaths, and the eves of the new moons, and the new moons, and the feasts and solemn days of the house of Israel.
4 Maccabees 2:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A man, therefore, who regulates his course by the law, even if he be a lover of money, straightaway puts force upon his own disposition; lending to the needy without interest, and canceling the debt of the incoming Sabbath.
4 Maccabees 5:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And you will be acting, I think, still more senselessly, if you follow vain conceits about the truth.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Yea, and without these might they have fallen down with one blast, Being persecuted of vengeance, And scattered abroad through the breath of thy power: But thou hast ordered all things in measure and number and weight.
1 Enoch 16:1 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
From the days of the slaughter and destruction and death of the giants, from the souls of whose flesh the spirits, having gone forth, shall destroy without incurring judgement -thus shall they destroy until the day of the consummation, the great judgement in which the age shall be

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5565, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 3 usages, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
John 3 usages, New Testament
Romans 6 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 2 usages, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
Philippians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Timothy 2 usages, New Testament
Philemon 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 13 usages, New Testament
James 3 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G5565 FAQ

What does choris (χωρίς) mean?

Choris (Strong's G5565) is a Greek word most simply glossed "beside". choris (kho-rece') adv. 1. at a space, i.e. separately or apart from (often as preposition) [adverb from G5561]

How many times is choris (χωρίς) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 56 linked usages for Strong's G5565 across 23 books.

Where can I study choris (χωρίς) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5565 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate choris (χωρίς)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as without, beside, and itself. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G5565 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 10 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G5565, with linked reader references where each row is available.