UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: to move on, to advance

Semantic entry: 15.13

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Move, Come/Go

Definition: to move on from one place to another

Notes: In translating RV MAT 15:17 · LV MAT 15:17 · Read together MAT 15:17 it may be necessary to add an element which suggests swallowing, since something which enters a person’s mouth does not automatically go into the stomach. Accordingly, it may be necessary to translate ‘anything that goes into a person’s mouth and is swallowed goes on then into his stomach.’ It would also be possible to say ‘anything that goes into one’s throat goes on then into a person’s stomach.’|In RV JHN 8:37 · LV JHN 8:37 · Read together JHN 8:37 χωρέω[a] appears to be used figuratively in the statement ὁ λόγος ὁ ἐμὸς οὐ χωρεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν ‘my word makes no progress in you,’ but it is also possible to interpret χωρέω in this context as referring to an adequate place, for example, ‘my word finds no room in you’ (see 80.4: χωρέω).

Sense 2: to have room for, to be space for, to contain

Semantic entry: 80.4

Semantic domains: Space

Subdomains: Space, Place

Definition: to be a quantity of space

Sense 3: to be able to accept, to receive

Semantic entry: 31.57

Semantic domains: Hold a View, Believe, Trust

Subdomains: Accept As True

Definition: to be able to accept a message and respond accordingly

Notes: It is possible to understand χωρέω in RV MAT 19:11 · LV MAT 19:11 · Read together MAT 19:11 as meaning ‘to be able to understand.’

Sense 4: to open one’s heart to, to be friendly to

Semantic entry: 34.13

Semantic domains: Association

Subdomains: Associate

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of χωρέω [source selector 000001][b] ‘to have room for,’ 80.4: χωρέω) to be friendly disposed toward someone