Help QuickNav Adv. Options
ESV

ESV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G5561 - chōra

Choose a new font size and typeface
χώρα
Transliteration
chōra (Key)
Pronunciation
kho'-rah
Listen
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of the base of χάσμα (G5490) through the idea of empty expanse
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

Strong’s Definitions

χώρα chṓra, kho'-rah; feminine of a derivative of the base of G5490 through the idea of empty expanse; room, i.e. a space of territory (more or less extensive; often including its inhabitants):—coast, county, fields, ground, land, region. Compare G5117.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's G5561 in the following manner: country (15x), region (5x), land (3x), field (2x), ground (1x), coast (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's G5561 in the following manner: country (15x), region (5x), land (3x), field (2x), ground (1x), coast (1x).

  1. the space lying between two places or limits

  2. a region or country i.e. a tract of land

    1. the (rural) region surrounding a city or village, the country

    2. the region with towns and villages which surround a metropolis

  3. land which is ploughed or cultivated, ground

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χώρα chṓra, kho'-rah; feminine of a derivative of the base of G5490 through the idea of empty expanse; room, i.e. a space of territory (more or less extensive; often including its inhabitants):—coast, county, fields, ground, land, region. Compare G5117.
STRONGS G5561:
χώρα, χώρας, ἡ (ΧΑΩ (cf. Curtius, § 179), to lie open, be ready to receive), from Homer down, the Sept. for אֶרֶץ, מְדִינָה 'a province';
1. properly, the space lying between two places or limits.
2. a region or country; i. e. a tract of land: ἡ χώρα ἐγγύς τῆς ἐρήμου, John 11:54; (in an elliptical phrase, ἡ ἀστραπή (ἡ) ἀστράπτουσα ἐκ τῆς ὑπό τόν οὐρανόν εἰς τήν ὑπ' οὐρανόν λάμπει, A. V. part... part, Luke 17:24 (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 64, 5); on the ellipsis of χώρα in other phrases (ἐξ ἀναντιας, ἐν δεξιά, etc.), see Winers Grammar, the passage cited; Buttmann, 82 (72)); land as opposed to the sea, Acts 27:27; land as inhabited, a province or country, Mark 5:10; (Mark 6:55 L marginal reading T Tr WH); Luke 15:13-15; Luke 19:12; Acts 13:49; with a genitive of the name of the region added: Τραχωνίτιδος, Luke 3:1; τῆς Ἰουδαίας, Acts 26:20; ((or an equivalent adjective)) Γαλατικη, Acts 16:6; Acts 18:23; τῶν Ἰουδαίων, Acts 10:39; plural τῆς Ἰουδαίας καί Σαμαρείας (A. V. regions), Acts 8:1; ἐν χώρα καί σκιά θανάτου, in a region of densest darkness (see σκιά, a), Matthew 4:16; τίνος, the country of one, Matthew 2:12; χώρα for its inhabitants, Mark 1:5; Acts 12:20; the (rural) region environing a city or village, the country, Luke 2:8; Γεργεσηνῶν, Γερασηνῶν, Γαδαρηνῶν, Matthew 8:28; Mark 5:1; Luke 8:26; the region with towns and villages which surrounds the metropolis, John 11:55.
3. land which is plowed or cultivated, ground: Luke 12:16; plural, Luke 21:21 (R. V. country); John 4:35 (A. V. fields); James 5:4 (A. V. fields). (Synonym: see τόπος, at the end.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
2:12; 4:16; 8:28
Mark
1:5; 5:1; 5:10; 6:55
Luke
2:8; 3:1; 8:26; 12:16; 15:13; 15:14; 15:15; 17:24; 19:12; 21:21
John
4:35; 11:54; 11:55
Acts
8:1; 10:39; 12:20; 13:49; 16:6; 18:23; 26:20; 27:27
James
5:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5561 matches the Greek χώρα (chōra),
which occurs 132 times in 125 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 10:20–Job 32:2)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:20 - These are the sons of Ham, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:31 - These are the sons of Shem, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:28 - Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his kindred, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 - Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife, and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:7 - And he said to him, “I am the LORD who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:3 - And Jacob sent[fn] messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:40 - These are the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their clans and their dwelling places, by their names: the chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:57

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:57 - Moreover, all the earth came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:9 - And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamed of them. And he said to them, “You are spies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:27 - So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal course when the morning appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the LORD threw[fn] the Egyptians into the midst of the sea.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:23 - But if the spot remains in one place and does not spread, it is the scar of the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:28 - But if the spot remains in one place and does not spread in the skin, but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is the scar of the burn.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:37 - But if in his eyes the itch is unchanged and black hair has grown in it, the itch is healed and he is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:1 - Now the people of Reuben and the people of Gad had a very great number of livestock. And they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place was a place for livestock.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:18 - And when the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up from the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up on dry ground, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and overflowed all its banks, as before.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:12 - And the manna ceased the day after they ate of the produce of the land. And there was no longer manna for the people of Israel, but they ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:6 - The hand of the LORD was heavy against the people of Ashdod, and he terrified and afflicted them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territory.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:4 - There were window frames in three rows, and window opposite window in three tiers.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:5 - All the doorways and windows[fn] had square frames, and window was opposite window in three tiers.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:29 - and on the panels that were set in the frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the frames, both above and below the lions and oxen, there were wreaths of beveled work.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:10 - As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you. And when they would say, ‘He is not here,’ he would take an oath of the kingdom or nation, that they had not found you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:14 - And Ahab said, “By whom?” He said, “Thus says the LORD, By the servants of the governors of the districts.” Then he said, “Who shall begin the battle?” He answered, “You.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:15 - Then he mustered the servants of the governors of the districts, and they were 232. And after them he mustered all the people of Israel, seven thousand.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:17 - The servants of the governors of the districts went out first. And Ben-hadad sent out scouts, and they reported to him, “Men are coming out from Samaria.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:19 - So these went out of the city, the servants of the governors of the districts and the army that followed them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:33 - Has any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 - In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led out the army and ravaged the country of the Ammonites and came and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. And Joab struck down Rabbah and overthrew it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:5 - In those times there was no peace to him who went out or to him who came in, for great disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:13 - Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of other lands? Were the gods of the nations of those lands at all able to deliver their lands out of my hand?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:1 - Now these were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried captive to Babylonia. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:15 - in order that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will find in the book of the records and learn that this city is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and that sedition was stirred up in it from of old. That was why this city was laid waste.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:8 - Be it known to the king that we went to the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. It is being built with huge stones, and timber is laid in the walls. This work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:16 - with all the silver and gold that you shall find in the whole province of Babylonia, and with the freewill offerings of the people and the priests, vowed willingly for the house of their God that is in Jerusalem.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:3 - And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:6 - These were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried into exile. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his town.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:7 - You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:3 - These are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem; but in the towns of Judah everyone lived on his property in their towns: Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon’s servants.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1 - Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:22 - He sent letters to all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, that every man be master in his own household and speak according to the language of his people.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the citadel, under custody of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women. Let their cosmetics be given them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12 - Then the king’s scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and an edict, according to all that Haman commanded, was written to the king’s satraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the officials of all the peoples, to every province in its own script and every people in its own language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king’s signet ring.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:14 - A copy of the document was to be issued as a decree in every province by proclamation to all the peoples to be ready for that day.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - And in every province, wherever the king’s command and his decree reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting and weeping and lamenting, and many of them lay in sackcloth and ashes.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - The king’s scribes were summoned at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day. And an edict was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded concerning the Jews, to the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces from India to Ethiopia, 127 provinces, to each province in its own script and to each people in its own language, and also to the Jews in their script and their language.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17 - And in every province and in every city, wherever the king’s command and his edict reached, there was gladness and joy among the Jews, a feast and a holiday. And many from the peoples of the country declared themselves Jews, for fear of the Jews had fallen on them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19 - Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the rural towns, hold the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day for gladness and feasting, as a holiday, and as a day on which they send gifts of food to one another.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:27 - the Jews firmly obligated themselves and their offspring and all who joined them, that without fail they would keep these two days according to what was written and at the time appointed every year,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:1 - There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:11 - Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to show him sympathy and comfort him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:2 - Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself rather than God.

Search Results Continued...

1. Currently on page 1/3 (Gen 10:20–Job 32:2) Gen 10:20–Job 32:2

2. LOAD PAGE 2 Job 42:17–Eze 22:4

3. LOAD PAGE 3 Eze 22:15–Mic 5:5

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
ESV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
ESV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.