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Lexicon :: Strong's G5561 - chōra

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χώρα
Transliteration
chōra (Key)
Pronunciation
kho'-rah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of the base of χάσμα (G5490) through the idea of empty expanse
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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.
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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 9 times in 9 verses in 'Luk' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:8 - And G2532 there were G2258 in G1722 the same G846 country G5561 shepherds G4166 abiding in the field, G63 G2532 keeping G5442 watch G5438 over G1909 their G846 flock G4167 by night. G3571

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:1 - Now G1161 in G1722 the fifteenth G4003 year G2094 of the reign G2231 of Tiberius G5086 Caesar, G2541 Pontius G4194 Pilate G4091 being governor G2230 of Judaea, G2449 and G2532 Herod G2264 being tetrarch G5075 of Galilee, G1056 and G1161 his G846 brother G80 Philip G5376 tetrarch G5075 of Ituraea G2484 and G2532 of the region G5561 of Trachonitis, G5139 and G2532 Lysanias G3078 the tetrarch G5075 of Abilene, G9

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:26 - And G2532 they arrived G2668 at G1519 the country G5561 of the Gadarenes, G1046 which G3748 is G2076 over against G495 Galilee. G1056

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:16 - And G1161 he spake G2036 a parable G3850 unto G4314 them, G846 saying, G3004 The ground G5561 of a certain G5100 rich G4145 man G444 brought forth plentifully: G2164

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:13 - And G2532 not G3756 many G4183 days G2250 after G3326 the younger G3501 son G5207 gathered G4863 ➔ all G537 together, G4863 and took his journey G589 into G1519 a far G3117 country, G5561 and G2532 there G1563 wasted G1287 his G846 substance G3776 with riotous G811 living. G2198

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:14 - And G1161 when he G846 had spent G1159 all, G3956 there arose G1096 a mighty G2478 famine G3042 in G2596 that G1565 land; G5561 and G2532 he G846 began G756 to be in want. G5302

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:15 - And G2532 he went G4198 and joined himself G2853 to G1520 a citizen G4177 of that G1565 country; G5561 and G2532 he sent G3992 him G846 into G1519 his G846 fields G68 to feed G1006 swine. G5519

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:12 - He said G2036 therefore, G3767 A certain G5100 nobleman G444 G2104 went G4198 into G1519 a far G3117 country G5561 to receive G2983 for himself G1438 a kingdom, G932 and G2532 to return. G5290

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:21 - Then G5119 let them G5343 ➔ which are in G1722 Judaea G2449 flee G5343 to G1519 the mountains; G3735 and G2532 let them G1633 ➔ which are in G1722 the midst G3319 of it G846 depart out; G1633 and G2532 let G1525 ➔ not G3361 them that are in G1722 the countries G5561 enter G1525 thereinto. G1519 G846
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