is used both as an adverb and as a preposition. As an adverb it signifies "separately, by itself," Joh 20:7, of the napkin which had been around the Lord's head in the tomb; as a preposition (its more frequent use), "apart from, without, separate from." It is rendered "apart from" in the RV of Joh 15:5, Rom 3:21, Rom 3:28, Rom 4:6, 2Co 12:3, Heb 9:22, Heb 9:28, Heb 11:40, Jam 2:18, Jam 2:20, Jam 2:26. See BESIDE, WITHOUT.
Note: The opposite of choris is sun, "with." A synonymous preposition, aneu, denotes "without," Mat 10:29, 1Pe 3:1, 1Pe 4:9.
<2,,2596 2398,kat' idian> lit., "according to one's own," i.e., privately, alone, is translated "apart" in Mat 14:13, Mat 14:23, Mat 17:1, Mat 17:19, Mat 20:17, Mar 1:6-32 (AV, "privately"); Mar 9:2.
<3,,2651,kata monas> see ALONE.
