Quick Definition
χορηγέω v. I furnish abundantly
Strong's Definition
from a compound of 5525 and 71; to be a dance-leader, i.e. (generally) to furnish
KJV Usage: give, minister
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χορηγέω, -@; fut. 3 pers. sing. χορηγήσει (2 Co. ix. 10 GLT Tr WH); 1 aor. opt. 3 pers. sing. χορηγήσαι (ib. Rec.) ; (χορηγός, the leader of a chorus; fr. χορός and ἄγω | ἡγέομαι]) ; fr. [Simon.], Xen., Plat. down; a to be a chorus-leader, lead a chorus. 2. to furnish the chorus at one’s own expense; to procure and supply all things necessary lo fit out the chorus (so very often in the Attic writ.). 3. in later writ. ([Aristot.], Polyb., Diod., Philo, Joseph., Plut., Ael., al.; 1 K. iv. 7; 1 Mace. xiv. 10; 2 Mace. iii. 3, ete.), to supply, furnish abundantly: ri, 2 Co. ix. 10; 1 Pet. iv. 11. [Comp.: ἐπεχορηyew. ]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χορηγέω chorēgeō 2x
to lead a chorus; at Athens, to defray the cost of a chorus; hence, to supply funds; to supply, furnish, 2 Cor. 9:10; 1 Pet. 4:11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χορηγέω, -ῶ
(< χορός, ἡγέομαι) [in LXX for כּוּל pilp. ;]
to lead a χορός (v. LS, s.v.).
to defray the cost of a χορός.
In late writers, metaph., c. acc. (v. M, Pr., 65), to supply, furnish abundantly: II Co 9:10, I Pe 4:11 (Polyb., al.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χορηγέω (for form cf. Moulton Gr. ii. p. 68), orig. “‘lead a chorus,” ‘‘supply a chorus,” is used in late Greek in the general sense ‘‘furnish,” ‘‘supply,” with the further idea of ‘‘lavishly,” ‘‘abundantly,” c. acc. as in 2 Cor 910 (see Proleg. p. 65). From the papyri we may cite BGU IV. 1051'° (marriage contract—time of Augustus) ἀπὸ τοῦ viv χορηγεῖν αὐτὸν τῇ Λυκαίνῃ τὰ δέοντα πάντα, similarly 76. 1099'"1, P Ryl II. 1535} (a Will—a.p. 138-161) αὐτὸς χορηγήσει τοῖς αὐτοῖς τὰς αὐτὰς ἐφ᾽ ὃν ἕκαστον αὐτῶν περίεστιν [χρόνον, ‘‘he himself shall supply to the said persons the said provisions as long as each of them survives” (Edd.), similarly 39. 38. and 76. 1817 (c. A.D. 203-4)
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
χορηγέω (chorēgeō) — to provide. χορηγ-έω, Boeotian dialect and Doric dialect χορ-ᾱγέω, [Refs], etc.:— lead a chorus, χορῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence metaphorically, take the lead in a matter, with genitive, τούτου τοῦ λόγου [Refs]
II. of the χορηγός, defray the cost of bringing out a chorus at the public festivals, absolutely, χορηγεῖν, τριηραρχεῖν, εἰσφέρειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently with a word to denote the occasion, Λήναια χορηγῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνδράσι χ. ἐς Διονύσια [Refs 5th c.BC+] (less frequently with the Article added, χ. τὰ Διονύσια τοῖς τραγῳδοῖς [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, to have choragi found for one, χορηγοῦσιν μὲν οἱ πλούσιοι, χορηγεῖται δὲ ὁ δῆμος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄριστα χορηγοῦνται οἱ παῖδες are well found by their choragus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. metaphorically, minister to, χ. ταῖς σεαυτοῦ ἡδοναῖς [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.3. metaphorically also,
II.3. a with accusative person, furnish abundantly with a thing, especially with supplies for war, χ. τὸ στρατόπεδον τοῖς ἐπιτηδείοις [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; χρήμασι πρός τι [Refs]:—passive, to be well supplied, τοῖς ἐκτὸς ἀγαθοῖς κεχορηγημένος [Refs 4th c.BC+] best furnished, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; __A πολλαῖς ἀφορμαῖς κεχ. πρός τι [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; διαφόρῳ φύσει, συνέσει, [Refs 1st c.BC+] __b with accusative of things (with or without dative person), supply, furnish, τοὺς Ἴβηρας οὓς χορηγεῖς μοι, i. e. the archers, [NT+5th c.BC+]; πάθη τὰ χορηγοῦντα βοήθειαν affording, i. e. admitting, a cure, [LXX+2nd c.AD+]:— middle in active sense, χορηγούμενός σοιτὸν φόρον [Refs 2nd c.AD+] — passive, τῶν ἐκ μιᾶς δαπάνης χορηγηθέντων (i.e. δείπνων) [Refs 4th c.BC+]