to make room for
choreo describes having or making capacity, receiving a saying, or reaching a stated destination or outcome.
The dominant usage concerns capacity or accommodation: vessels hold a measure, a crowded house has no room, the world could not contain written books, and a word finds no place in its hearers. It also describes accepting a saying and, in two clauses, movement toward a stated place or outcome.
Senses in use
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Capacity, accommodation, or inward reception · dominant
In John 2:6, the present participle occurs with jars described by the APB as “holding two or three measures”; in Mark 2:2, the infinitive occurs where there was no longer “room.” John 21:25 similarly places the future infinitive in the statement that the world itself would not have room for the books, while John 8:37 says the word finds no place in its hearers; 2 Corinthians 7:2 uses an aorist imperative as an appeal for accommodation.
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Accepting a stated saying · common
In Matthew 19:11, the present plural form is used in the reply that not everyone can accept “this saying.” Matthew 19:12 repeats the present infinitive and then an imperative for the person able to accept it.
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Proceeding to a place or outcome · occasional
In Matthew 15:17, the present form occurs in the explanation of what enters the mouth and passes into the stomach. In 2 Peter 3:9, the aorist infinitive stands in the contrast between perishing and all coming to repentance; the APB’s wording confirms the clause’s outcome, though it does not align individual English words to the Greek form.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB presents the relevant clauses with “holding,” “room,” “finds no place,” “accept,” and “come to repentance.” These are whole-verse presentations rather than fixed word-for-word renderings of the Greek term.