Greek Word Study · Strong’s G5561
χώρα
chōra · “country”
Used 28 times across 6 books
Definition
χώρα, -ας, ἡ
[in LXX for אֶרֶץ, מְדִינָה, etc. ;]
1. most frequently in cl., a space, place.
2. land, i.e.
(a) a land, country, region: Mat.12:2, Mrk.5:10 6:55, Luk.2:8 15:13-15 19:12, Jhn.11:54, Act.13:49 27:27; χ. Γαλατική, Act.16:6 18:23; Τραχωνίτιδος, Luk.3:1; τ. Ἰουδαίας, Act.26:20; τ. Ἰουδαίων, Act.10:39; pl., τῆς Ἰουδαίας κ. Σαμαρείας, Act.8:1; Γεργεσηνῶν (Γερασηνῶν, Γαδαρηνῶν) Mat.8:28, Mrk.5:1, Luk.8:26; ἐν χ. καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτου, Mat.4:16;
(b) land, property: Luk.12:16;
(with) the country, opposite to the town; so in pl., Luk.21:21, Jhn.4:35, Jas.5:4.†
SYN.: ἄγρος, τόπος (cf. DCG, i, 591a; LS, see word χώρα, ad init.).
[in LXX for אֶרֶץ, מְדִינָה, etc. ;]
1. most frequently in cl., a space, place.
2. land, i.e.
(a) a land, country, region: Mat.12:2, Mrk.5:10 6:55, Luk.2:8 15:13-15 19:12, Jhn.11:54, Act.13:49 27:27; χ. Γαλατική, Act.16:6 18:23; Τραχωνίτιδος, Luk.3:1; τ. Ἰουδαίας, Act.26:20; τ. Ἰουδαίων, Act.10:39; pl., τῆς Ἰουδαίας κ. Σαμαρείας, Act.8:1; Γεργεσηνῶν (Γερασηνῶν, Γαδαρηνῶν) Mat.8:28, Mrk.5:1, Luk.8:26; ἐν χ. καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτου, Mat.4:16;
(b) land, property: Luk.12:16;
(with) the country, opposite to the town; so in pl., Luk.21:21, Jhn.4:35, Jas.5:4.†
SYN.: ἄγρος, τόπος (cf. DCG, i, 591a; LS, see word χώρα, ad init.).
Where it appears
Matthew3
Mark4
Luke9
John3
Acts8
James1
In the text
Matthew 2:12And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.Matthew 4:16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.Matthew 8:28And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.Mark 1:5And there went out unto him all the land of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.Mark 5:1And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.Mark 5:10And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.Mark 6:55And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.Luke 2:8And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.Luke 3:1Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,Luke 8:26And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
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