UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: without, not with, no relationship to, apart from, independent of

Semantic entry: 89.120

Semantic domains: Relations

Subdomains: Dissociation

Definition: a marker of negatively linked elements{N:001}

Notes: It would be wrong to restructure RV JHN 1:3 · LV JHN 1:3 · Read together 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 RV JHN 1:3 · LV JHN 1:3 · Read together 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 RV CO1 11:11 · LV CO1 11:11 · Read together CO1 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 RV CO1 11:11 · LV CO1 11:11 · Read together CO1 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 RV CO1 11:11 · LV CO1 11:11 · Read together CO1 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 RV ROM 4:6 · LV ROM 4:6 · Read together 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.’

Sense 2: separately, by itself

Semantic entry: 63.31

Semantic domains: Whole, Unite, Part, Divide

Subdomains: Separate

Definition: to something which occurs separately or by itself