Lexical Definition

‎χορός‎ chorós (khor-os') a dance ^G:N-M
of uncertain derivation

dancing.

• a ring, i.e. round dance ("choir"

Abbott-Smith

χορός, -οῦ, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for מָחוֹל, מְחֹלָה ;]
a dance: pl., Lk 15:26.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

χορός, ὁ,

dance, αἰεὶ δ᾽ ἡμῖν δαίς τε φίλη κίθαρίς τε χοροί τε [Refs 8th c.BC+]: later of the dance as a public religious ceremony, Διόνυσον τιμώσας χοροῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χοροὺς ἀνῆγον αἱ πόλεις (i.e. εἰς τὴν Δῆλον) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πεν- ἀνδρῶν χ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κύκλιος χ. (see. κύκλιος); θυσίῃσί σφεα (i.e. Δαμίην καὶ Αὐξησίην) καὶ χοροῖσι γυναικηΐοισι κερτόμοισι ἱλάσκοντο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τραγικοὶ χοροί, at Sicyon, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence of the chorus in the Attic drama, οἱ χ. τῶν τραγῳδῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. τραγικός, κωμικός, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also χ. τρυγικός, τρυγῳδικός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; arranged in six rows, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὃς οὐκ ἔδωκ᾽ αἰτοῦντι Σοφοκλέει χορόν (of the archon to whom the poet applied) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χορὸν λαβεῖν, ἔχειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. συλλέξαι, χοροὺς ἀθροίζειν (i.e. from the tribe), [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__II choir, band of dancers and singers, h. Ven.[NT+5th c.BC+]
__II.2 generally, choir, troop, ἰχθύων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, ἄστρων αἰθέριοι χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. σκευῶν row of dishes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. δονάκων row of reeds, i. e. Pan's pipe, [Refs 5th c.AD+]; χ. ὀδόντων a row of teeth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] for the front teeth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν σοφίαν ποῦ χοροῦ τάξομε; in what class shall we place it? [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III place for dancing, ἐν δὲ χ. ποίκιλλε.. Ἀμφιγυήεις [Refs 8th c.BC+]; at Sparta the ἀγορά was called χορός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: see below (Acc. to [χορός">Refs 5th c.AD+] ={κύκλος},{στέφανος}, and therefore properly denotes a ring-dance.)

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Luke.15.25}