χώρα chōra · G5561

country

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.). (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

χώρα, ; Ionic dialect χώρη, ἡ, ={χῶρος}, space or room in which a thing is, defined as partly occupied space, distinguished from κενόν and τόπος, [] = country[]; χώραν τινὶ καταλιπεῖν leave room for it, []; 2 generally, place, spot, στρέψεσθ᾽ ἐκ χώρης ὅθι.. []; χώραν ἐκ χώρας μεταβάλλειν move from place to place, []; field in a ceiling, []; ἡ πρώτη χ. the first field (on the chest of Cypselus), []; socket or cavity of a joint, []; of the eye, []; as euphemism for the genital organs, []; 3 the …

Where it's used 28 times

Matthew 2:12 · Matthew 4:16 · Matthew 8:28 · Mark 1:5 · Mark 5:1 · Mark 5:10 · Mark 6:55 · Luke 2:8 · Luke 3:1 · Luke 8:26 · Luke 12:16 · Luke 15:13 · Luke 15:14 · Luke 15:15 · Luke 19:12 · Luke 21:21 · John 4:35 · John 11:54 · John 11:55 · Acts 8:1 · Acts 10:39 · Acts 12:20 · Acts 13:49 · Acts 16:6 · Acts 18:23 · Acts 26:20 · Acts 27:27 · James 5:4

Source: TBESG G5561; TFLSJ G5561

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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