Quick Definition
χωρίς Adv apart from, without
Strong's Definition
adverb from 5561; at a space, i.e. separately or apart from (often as preposition)
KJV Usage: beside, by itself, without
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
prep. (with gen.), advb. | χωρίζω
89.120 · Relations · Dissociation
without, not with, no relationship to, apart from, independent of a marker of negatively linked elements It would be wrong to restructure JHN 1:3 to read ‘he made everything in all creation,’ for in the Scriptures God is spoken of as the Creator, but the creation was done ‘through the Word.’ If one must restructure JHN 1:3, it may be possible to say ‘he was involved in everything that was created’ or ‘he took part in creating everything.’
In 1CO 11:11 χωρίς does not specify the particular relationship but only indicates the lack of relationship or involvement. This, of course, is negated by οὔτε, so that one may translate this portion of 1CO 11:11 as ‘nor is woman without some relationship to man, nor is man without relationship to woman.’ In view of the overall context, one may then render the passage simply as ‘woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.’ In some languages, however, it may be necessary of ‘wife’ and ‘husband,’ since terms for ‘man’ or ‘woman’ may be wrongly interpreted in a strictly erotic sense.
Because of the double negation of 1CO 11:11, in some languages it may be necessary to employ a positive equivalent, for example, ‘for woman is dependent on man and man is dependent on woman’ or ‘a wife is dependent on her husband and a husband is dependent on his wife.’
The expression ‘apart from any works’ in ROM 4:6 may be rendered in some languages as ‘and what a person does, does not count’ or ‘and this is not because of what one does.’
MAT 13:34 · MAT 14:21 · MAT 15:38 · MRK 4:34 · LUK 6:49 · JHN 1:3 · JHN 15:5 · ROM 3:21 · ROM 3:28 · ROM 4:6 · ROM 7:8 · ROM 7:9 · ROM 10:14 · 1CO 4:8 · 1CO 11:11 · 1CO 11:11 · 2CO 11:28 · 2CO 12:3 · EPH 2:12 · PHP 2:14 · 1TI 2:8 · 1TI 5:21 · PHM 1:14 · HEB 4:15 · HEB 7:7 · HEB 7:20 · HEB 7:20 · HEB 9:7 · HEB 9:18 · HEB 9:22 · HEB 9:28 · HEB 10:28 · HEB 11:6 · HEB 11:40 · HEB 12:8 · HEB 12:14 · JAS 2:18 · JAS 2:20 · JAS 2:26 · JAS 2:26
63.31 · Whole, Unite, Part, Divide · Separate
separately, by itself to something which occurs separately or by itself
1 It appears impossible to find a significant distinction between ἄνευ and ἄτερ. It may be that χωρίς[a] differs from ἄνευ and ἄτερ in focusing upon a greater degree of separation or lack of involvement.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χωρίς, (XAQ, see χώρα [cf. Curtius § 192]), adv., fr. Hom. down ; 1. separately, apart: Jn. xx. 7. 2. as a prep. with the zen. [W. § 54, 6]; a. without any pers. or thing (making no use of, having no association with, apart from, aloof from, ete.) : 1 Co. [iv. 8]; xi. 11; Phil. ii. 14; 1 Tim. ii. 8; v. 21; Heb. [ii. 9 Treg. mrg.]; sxi. 40; παραβολῆς, without making use of a parable, Mt. ‘xiii. 34; Mk. iv. 34; ὁρκωμοσίας, Heb. vii. 20 (21), 21; +x: αἵματος, Heb. ix. 7, 18; αἱματεκχυσίας, Heb. ix. 22; without i. e. being absent or wanting: Ro. vii. 8sq. [R.V. apart from]; Heb. xi. 6; xii. 8,14; Jas. ii. 18 (Rec. ἐκ)» 20, 26, [in these three exx. R. V. apart from]; without connection and fellowship with one, Jn. xv. 5 [R.V. apart from]; destitute of the fellowship and blessings of one: χωρὶς Χριστοῦ [cf. W. 8 54,2 ἃ.; R. V. separate Srom Christ], Eph. ii. 12; without the intervention (participation or co-operation) of one, Jn. i. 3; Ro. iii. 21, [28; iv. 6; x. 14]; x. θεμελίου, without laying a foundation, Lk. vi. 49; x. τῆς σῆς γνώμης, without consulting you, [cf. γνώμη, fin. (Polyb. 3, 21, 1. 2. 7)], Philem. 14; ‘without leaving room for’: x. ἀντιλογίας, Heb. vii. 7; οἰκτιρμῶν, X. 28. x. τοῦ σώματος, freed from the body, 2 Co. xii. 3 L T Tr WH (Ree. ἐκτός, q.v. b. a-); χωρὶς ἁμαρτίας, without association with sin, i. 6. without yielding to sin, without becoming stained with it, Heb. iv. 15; not to expiate sin, Heb. ix. 28. b. besides: Mt. xiv. 21; xv. 38; 2 Co. xi. 28. (Syn. ef. ἄνευ.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χωρίς chōris 41x
can function as an improper prep., apart, Jn. 20:7; apart from, parted from, Jn. 15:5; Jas. 2:18, 20, 26; alien from, Eph. 2:12; apart from, on a distinct footing from, 1 Cor. 11:11; apart from, distinct from, without the intervention of, Rom. 3:21, 28; 4:6; apart from the company of, independently of, 1 Cor. 4:8; Heb. 11:40 without the presence of, Heb. 9:28; without the agency of, Jn. 1:3; Rom. 10:14; without the employment of, Mt. 13:34; Mk. 4:34; Heb. 7:20, 21; 9:7, 18, 22; without, Lk. 6:49; Phil. 2:14; 1 Tim. 2:8; 5:21; Phlm. 14; Heb. 10:28; 11:6; 12:8, 14; clear from, Heb. 7:7; irrespectively of, Rom. 7:8, 9; without reckoning, besides, Mt. 14:21; 15:38; 2 Cor. 11:28; with the exception of, Heb. 4:15
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χωρίς adv., separately, apart: Jo 20:7.
As prep., c. gen.,
separate from, apart from, without (practically equiv. to ἄνευ; v. Field, Notes, 103): Mt 13:34, Mk 4:34, Lk 6:49, Jo 1:3 15:5, Ro 3:21, 28 4:6 7:8, 9 10:14, I Co 4:8 11:11, II Co 12:3, Eph 2:12, Phl 2:14, I Ti 2:8 5:21, Phm 14, He 4:15 7:7, 20 9:7, 18 9:22, 28 10:28 11:6, 40 12:8, 14 (οὗ χωρίς; v. Bl., § 82, 3), Ja 2:18, 20, 26;
besides: Mt 14:21 15:38, II Co 11:28.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χωρίς I. as δᾶν. “‘separately,’’ Jn 207: Bauer (A@ZNT ad 1.) aptly compares Ignat. Zra//. 11 οὐ δύναται οὖν κεφαλὴ χωρὶς γεννηθῆναι ἄνευ μελῶν, ‘now it is not possible that a head should be born separately without members.” For an ex. from the Kowwy cf. the medical receipt P Oxy VIII. 10884! (early i/A.D.) λῆα ποιήσας Kal χωρὶς ἕκαστον ἀναπλάσας μεθ᾽ ὕδατος, ‘ pound and work them up separately with water ’’ (Ed.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
χωρίς (chōris) — without. χωρίς, adverb, also χωρί, which see: (see. χῆρος):— separately, apart, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χίλια τάλαντα.. χ. θέσθαι set them apart, in reserve, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. οἰκεῖν live apart, have an independent establishment, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; χ. γενόμενοι being separated, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μή με χ. αἰτιῶ without evidence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. ποιῆσαι distinguish, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. βλέπειν look two ways, squint, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to κοινῇ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to κοινόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. δέ.. and separately, and besides, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; separately, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λέγειν χ. περὶ ἑκάστου Legal cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; περὶ τὸ ἓν καὶ χ. about the one and without [the one] [Refs 4th c.BC+]; otherwise, χ. δὲ μηδαμῶς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. ἢ ὁκόσοι except so many as.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also χ. εἰ μή (condemned by Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+]
2. metaphorically, of different nature, kind, or quality, [Refs 7th c.BC+]
II. as preposition with genitive, without, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; without the help or will of, χ. Ζηνός [Refs 5th c.BC+]: after its case, πόνου χ. [Refs]
II.2. separate from, apart from, χ. ἀθανάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. independently of, without reckoning, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. δὲ τῆς δόξης οὐδὲ δίκαιόν μοι δοκεῖ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4. differently from, otherwise than, χ. μυρηρῶν τευχέων πνέων [Refs 5th c.BC+]