Quick Definition
χωρίζω v. I separate, depart
Strong's Definition
from 5561; to place room between, i.e. part; reflexively, to go away
KJV Usage: depart, put asunder, separate
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἀποχωρίζομαι · διαχωρίζομαι · χωρίς
63.29 · Whole, Unite, Part, Divide · Separate
to separate, to isolate one from another to separate objects by introducing considerable space or isolation
34.78 · Association · Marriage, Divorce
to divorce, to separate to dissolve the marriage bond Expressions for divorce are often based on terms meaning literally ‘to send away,’ ‘to separate from,’ or ‘to leave one another.’ However, in a number of languages idiomatic expressions are employed, for example ‘to send him off with his clothes,’ ‘to untie the knot between them,’ or ‘to throw away her hearthstones.’
Some persons have attempted to make an important distinction between ἀφίημι in 1CO 7:11 and χωρίζω in 1CO 7:15 on the assumption that ἀφίημι implies legal divorce, while χωρίζω only relates to separation. Such a distinction, however, seems to be quite artificial.
MAT 19:6 · MRK 10:9 · 1CO 7:10 · 1CO 7:11 · 1CO 7:15 · 1CO 7:15
15.49 · Linear Movement · Leave, Depart, Flee, Escape, Send
to depart, to leave to separate from, as the result of motion away from
85.41 · Existence in Space · Put, Place
to remove at a distance, to separate considerably to cause to be at a distance
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χωρίζω ; fut. χωρίσω [B. 37 (33)]; 1 aor. inf. χωρίσαι; pres. mid. χωρίζομαι ; pf. pass. ptep. κεχωρισμένος ; 1 aor. pass. ἐχωρίσθην; (χωρίς, q-v-); fr. Hdt. down; to separate, divide, part, pul asunder: τί, opp. to συζεύγνυμι, Mt. xix. , 6; Mk. x. 93; τινὰ ἀπό τινος, Ro. viii. 35, 39, (Sap. i. 3);' pf. pass. ptep. Heb. vii. 26. Mid. and 1 aor. pass. with a reflex. signif. to separate one’s self from, to depart; a. to leave a husband or wife: of divorce, 1 Co. vii. 11, 15; ἀπὸ ἀνδρός. ib. 10 (a woman κεχωρισμένη ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνδρός, Polyb. 32, 12, 6 [al.]). b. to depart, go away: [absol. Philem. 15 (euphemism for ἔφυγε), R. V. was parted from thee]; foll. by ἀπό with a gen. of the place, Acts i. 4; ἐκ with a gen. of the place, Acts xviii. 1 sq. ([W. § 36,6a.]; εἰς with an ace. of the place, 2 Mace. v. 21; xii. 12; Polyb., Diod., al.). [Come.: ἀπο-, δια- χωρίζω.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χωρίζω chōrizō 13x
to divide, separate, Mt. 19:6; Mk. 10:9; Rom. 8:35, 39; to dissociate one’s self, to part, 1 Cor. 7:10, 11, 15; to withdraw, depart, Acts 1:4; 18:1, 2; Phlm. 15; to be aloof, Heb. 7:26*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χωρίζω
[in LXX: II Ch 12:8, al. (בּדל ni., etc.), Wi 1:3, II Mac 5:21, al. ;]
to separate, divide, put asunder: c. acc. rei, opp. to συζεύγνυμι Mt 19:6, Mk 10:9; c. acc. pers., seq. ἀπό (Wi 1:3), Ro 8:35, 39; pf. pass ptcp., He 7:26.
In late writers, mid. and 1 aor pass., to separate oneself, depart: Phm 15; seq. ἀπό Ac 1:4, ἐκ, Ac 18:1-2; of divorce (polyb., al.), I Co 7:10, 11, 15 (cf. ἀπο-, δια-χωρίζω).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χωρίζω 1406® (A.D. 213-217) ἀπαλλάξεται καὶ εἰς ἄτιμον χώραν [καταστή ῬΊσεται, ‘he shall be deprived of his rank and set in a position of dishonour” (Edd.), 24. VI. goo8 (A.D. 322) τοὺς ἐξ ἔθους ταύτην τὴν χώραν ἀποπληροῦντας, “those who customarily discharge such services’’ (Edd.), 7b. XIV. 1626° (A.D. 325) χώραν μίαν paBSovxov, “the single post of paBSotxos,’’ 2%. VIII. 11348 (A.D. 421) ἀποπληρῶν χώραν προνοητοῦ, ‘discharging the function of an agent” (Ed.). MGr χώρα: see K. Dieterich in Rhein. Museum NF. lix. (1904), p. 226 ff.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
χωρίζω (chōrizō) — to separate/leave. χωρ-ίζω, perfect passive κεχώρισμαι, 3rd.pers. plural Ionic dialect κεχωρίδαται [Refs 5th c.BC+]: (χωρίς).
I. in local sense, separate, divide, χ. ἀλλήλων λόχους [Refs 5th c.BC+]; exclude, τὴν πτέρνην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with infinitive added, [τὴν τάξιν] ἐπὶ τῷ μέσῳ ἐχώρισεν ἕπεσθαι [Refs]; οἱ χωρίζοντες the Separators, a name given to those Grammarians (Xenon and Hellanicus accusative to [Refs 5th c.AD+] who ascribed the Iliad and Odyssey to different authors, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, to be separated, severed, or divided, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. separate in thought, distinguish, ἡδύ τε καὶ δίκαιον [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, to be different, κεχωρίδαται πολλὸν τῶν.. ἄλλων ἀνθρώπων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νόμοι κεχωρισμένοι τῶν ἄλλων ἀνθρώπων laws apart from others, far different, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to συγκεχυμένος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. passive, κεχωρισμένη ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνδρός divorced, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; θᾶσσον.. οἰστοῦ.. χωρίζεται, of a wife, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV. later in passive, depart, go away, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]