Strong's Lexicon
G5526 — χορτάζω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
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
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