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χωρὶς γυναικῶν καὶ παιδίων

Without · a woman; specially, a wife · child

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χωρίς G5565 without
Pronunciation chōrís
Emphasizes exclusion or absence; distinguishes what lies outside or apart from something else entirely.
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γυνή G1135 a woman; specially, a wife
Pronunciation gynḗ
Denotes woman or wife; vocative form conveys respect and affection rather than reproof or severity.
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παιδίον G3813 child
Pronunciation paidíon
Diminutive form emphasizing youth and innocence; used metaphorically for spiritual immaturity or dependence on God.
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What does χωρὶς γυναικῶν καὶ παιδίων (chōris gynaikōn kai paidiōn) mean in the Bible?

χωρίς · γυνή · παιδίον is a Greek word meaning "besides women and children".

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Meaning

besides women and children
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Matt 13:34 · Matt 14:21 · Matt 15:38 · Mark 4:34 · Luke 6:49 · John 1:3 · John 15:5 · Rom 3:21 · Rom 3:28 · Rom 4:6 · Rom 7:8 · Rom 7:9 · Rom 10:14 · 1 Cor 4:8 · 1 Cor 11:11 · 2 Cor 11:28 41×
John 20:7 1×
42 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 14 — Pursue Love, Desire Gifts, and Let All Things Be Done for Edification and Order John 15 — The True Vine, Abiding Fruitfulness, Christlike Love, and the World’s Hatred John 16 — The Spirit’s Convicting Witness, the Disciples’ Sorrow Turned to Joy, and Christ’s Victory over the World John 19 — The Crucified King: Behold the Man, Behold Your King, It Is Finished, and the Pierced Son John 20 — The Risen Lord: Empty Tomb, Eyewitness Faith, Peace, Mission, Spirit, Thomas, and the Purpose of the Gospel John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness Mark 10 — The Way of the Servant King: Marriage, Children, Wealth, Cross, Ransom, and Sight Mark 15 — The Crucified King: Condemnation, Mockery, Death, Confession, and Burial Mark 9 — Glory, Unbelief, Suffering, Humility, and Radical Discipleship Matthew 11 — The Messiah Question, the Rejected Generation, and Rest for the Weary Matthew 14 — The Death of John, the Compassion of Jesus, and the Son of God over Bread, Sea, and Fear Matthew 18 — Kingdom Humility, Care for the Little Ones, Discipline, and Forgiveness in Christ’s Community Matthew 19 — Marriage from Creation, Children Received, Riches Renounced, and the Reward of Following Christ Matthew 2 — The Messiah Worshiped, Threatened, Preserved, and Called Out of Egypt

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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