Strong's Lexicon

G5526

G5526 — χορτάζω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekchortazoverbOccurrences: 16

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G5526
Word:χορτάζω
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:from G5528
Language:Greek
Occurrences:16
Transliteration:chortazo
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:khor-tad'-zo
Meaning:1. to fodder 2. (generally) to gorge (supply food in abundance)
KJV Renderings:feed, fill, satisfy

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

χορτάζω: 1 aorist ἐχόρτασα; 1 aorist passive, ἐχορτασθην; future passive, χορτασθήσομαι; (χόρτος, which see); first in Hesiod (Works, 450);

a. to feed with herbs, grass, hay, to fill or satisfy with food, to fatten; animals (so uniformly in the earlier Greek writings (cf. Lightfoot on Php 4:12; Winer’s Grammar, 23)): ὄρνεα ἐκ τῶν σαρκῶν, passive, Rev 19:21 (here A. V. were filled).

b. in later (cf. Sturz, Dial. Maced. and Alex., p. 200ff) and Biblical Greek, to fill or satisfy men (the Sept. for ùÈÑáÇò and äÄùÀÒáÄÌéòÇ ; with some degree of contempt in Plato, de rep. 9, p. 586 a. κεκυφοτες εἰς γῆν καί εἰς τραπέζας βοσκονται χορταζόμενοι καί ὀχευοντες). α. properly: τινα, Mat 15:33; passive, Mat 14:20; Mat 15:37; Mar 6:42; Mar 7:27; Mar 8:8; Luk 9:17; Joh 6:26; Jas 2:16; opposed to πεινᾶν, Php 4:12; τινα τίνος (like πίμπλημι (cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 30, 8 b.)): ἄρτων, with bread, Mar 8:4 (Psalm 131:15 ()); τινα ἀπό with a genitive of the thing (cf. Buttmann, § 132, 12), passive, Luk 16:21 (Psa 103:13 ()); (τινα ἐκ with the genitive of the thing (Buttmann, as above), passive, Luk 15:16 Tr marginal reading WH). β. metaphorically: τινα, to fulfill or satisfy the desire of anyone, Mat 5:6; Luk 6:21 (Psa 106:9 ()).

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

χορτάζω (feed)

Matthew 5:6

KJV: Blessed they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled
GK: μακάριοι οι πεινώντες και διψώντες την δικαιοσύνην ότι αυτοί χορτασθήσονται

Matthew 14:20

KJV: And they did all eat and were filled and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full
GK: και έφαγον πάντες και εχορτάσθησαν και ήραν το περισσεύον των κλασμάτων δώδεκα κοφίνους πλήρεις

Matthew 15:33

KJV: And his disciples say unto him Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness as to fill so great a multitude
GK: και λέγουσιν αυτώ οι μαθηταί αυτού πόθεν ημίν εν ερημία άρτοι τοσούτοι ώστε χορτάσαι όχλον τοσούτον

Matthew 15:37

KJV: And they did all eat and were filled and they took up of the broken that was left seven baskets full
GK: και έφαγον πάντες και εχορτάσθησαν και ήραν το περισσεύον των κλασμάτων επτά σπυρίδας πλήρεις

Mark 6:42

KJV: And they did all eat and were filled
GK: και έφαγον πάντες και εχορτάσθησαν

Mark 7:27

KJV: But Jesus said unto her Let the children first be filled for it is not meet to take the children’s bread and to cast unto the dogs
GK: ο δε Ιησούς είπεν αυτή άφες πρώτον χορτασθήναι τα τέκνα ου γαρ καλόν εστι λαβείν τον άρτον των τέκνων και βαλείν τοις κυναρίοις

Mark 8:4

KJV: And his disciples answered him From whence can a man satisfy these with bread here in the wilderness
GK: και απεκρίθησαν αυτώ οι μαθηταί αυτού πόθεν τούτους δυνήσεταί τις ώδε χορτάσαι άρτων επ΄ ερημίας

Mark 8:8

KJV: So they did eat and were filled and they took up of the broken that was left seven baskets
GK: έφαγον δε και εχορτάσθησαν και ήραν περισσεύματα κλασμάτων επτά σπυρίδας

Luke 6:21

KJV: Blessed that hunger now for ye shall be filled Blessed that weep now for ye shall laugh
GK: μακάριοι οι πεινώντες νυν ότι χορτασθήσεσθε μακάριοι οι κλαίοντες νυν ότι γελάσετε
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