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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.)
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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 130 times in 124 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 10:20–Job 32:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:20 - These were the sons of Cham in their tribes according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:31 - These were the sons of Sem in their tribes, according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:28 - And Arrhan died in the presence of Tharrha his father, in the land in which he was born, in the country of the Chaldees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 - And Tharrha took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Arrhan, the son of his son, and Sara his daughter-in-law, the wife of Abram his son, and led them forth out of the land of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Chanaan, and they came as far as Charrhan, and he dwelt there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:7 - And he said to him, I am God that brought thee out of the land of the Chaldeans, so as to give thee this land to inherit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:3 - (LXX 32:4) And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:40 - These are the names of the chiefs of Esau, in their tribes, according to their place, in their countries, and in their nations; chief Thamna, chief Gola, chief Jether,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:57 - And all countries came to Egypt to buy of Joseph, for the famine prevailed in all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:9 - And Joseph remembered his dream, which he saw; and he said to them, Ye are spies; to observe the marks of the land are ye come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:27 - And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the water returned to its place toward day; and the Egyptians fled [fn]from the water, and the Lord shook off the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:23 - But if the bright spot should remain in its place and not spread, it is the scar of the ulcer; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:28 - But if the bright spot remain stationary, and be not spread in the skin, but the sore should be dark, it is a scar of inflammation; and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is the mark of the inflammation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:37 - But if the scurf remain before him in its place, and a dark hair should have arisen in it, the scurf is healed: he is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:1 - And the children of Ruben and the children of Gad had [fn]a multitude of cattle, very great; and they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Galaad; and the place was a place for cattle:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:18 - And it came to pass when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord were gone up out of Jordan, and set their feet upon the land, that the water of Jordan returned impetuously to its place, and went as before over all its banks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:12 - In this day the manna failed, after they had eaten of the corn of the land, and the children of Israel no longer had manna; and they took the fruits of the land of the Phœnicians in that year.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:6 - And the hand of the Lord was heavy upon Azotus, and he brought evil upon them, and it burst out upon them into the ships, and mice sprang up in the midst of their country, and there was a [fn]great and indiscriminate mortality in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:4 - (LXX 7:41) and there were three chambers, and space against space in three rows.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:5 - (LXX 7:42) And all the doors and spaces formed like chambers were square, and from door to door was a correspondence in three rows.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:29 - (LXX 7:16) And upon their borders between the projections were lions, and oxen, and cherubs: and on the projections, even so above, and also below were the places of lions and oxen, hanging work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:10 - As the Lord thy God lives, there is not a nation or kingdom, whither my lord has not sent to seek thee; and if they said, He is not here, then has he set fire to the kingdom and its territories, because he has not found thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:14 - (LXX 21:14) And Achaab said, Whereby? And he said, Thus saith the Lord, By the young men of the heads of the districts. And Achaab said, Who shall [fn]begin the battle? and he said, Thou.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:15 - (LXX 21:15) And Achaab [fn]numbered the young men the heads of the districts, and they were two hundred and thirty: and afterwards he numbered the people, even every [fn]man fit for war, seven thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:17 - (LXX 21:17) And the young men the heads of the districts went forth [fn]first; and they send and report to the king of Syria, saying, There are men come forth out of Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:19 - (LXX 21:19) and let not the young men the heads of the districts go forth of the city. And the force that was behind them

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:33 - Have the gods of the nations at all delivered each their own land out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 - And it came to pass at the return of the year, at the time of the going forth of kings to war, that Joab gathered the whole force of the army, and they ravaged the land of the children of Ammon; and he came and besieged Rabba. But David abode in Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabba and destroyed it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:5 - And in that time there is no peace to one going out, or to one coming in, for the terror of the Lord is upon all that inhabit the lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:13 - Know ye not what I and my fathers have done to all the nations of the countries? Could the gods of the nations of all the earth at all rescue their people out of my hand?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:1 - And these are the people of the land that went up, of the number of prisoners who were removed, whom Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon carried away to Babylon, and they returned to Juda and Jerusalem, every man to his city;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:15 - that examination may be made in thy fathers' book of record; and thou shalt find, and thou shalt know that that city is rebellious, and does harm to kings and countries, and there are in the midst of it from very old time refuges for runaway slaves: therefore this city has been made desolate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:8 - Be it known to the king, that we went into the land of Judea, to the house of the great God; and it is building with choice stones, and they are laying timbers in the walls, and that work is prospering, and goes on favourably in their hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:16 - And all the silver and gold, whatsoever thou shalt find in all the land of Babylon, with the freewill-offering of the people, and the priests that offer freely for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:3 - And they said to me, The remnant, even those that are left of the captivity, are there in the land, in great distress and reproach: and the walls of Jerusalem are thrown down, and its gates are burnt with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:6 - Now these are the children of the country, that came up from captivity, of the number which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon carried away, and they returned to Jerusalem and to Juda, every man to his city;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:7 - Thou art the Lord God, thou didst choose Abram, and broughtest him out of the land of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraam:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:3 - Now these are the chiefs of the province who dwelt in Jerusalem, and in the cities of Juda; every man dwelt in his possession in their cities: Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nathinim, and the children of the servants of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1 - (LXX 1:1s) And it came to pass after these things in the days of Artaxerxes,—(this Artaxerxes ruled over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India)—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:22 - and sent into all his kingdom through the several provinces, according to their language, in order that men might be feared in their own houses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - And let the king appoint local governors in all the provinces of his kingdom, and let them select fair and chaste young damsels and bring them to the city Susa, into the women's apartment, and let them be consigned to the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women; and let things for purification and other attendance be given to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12 - So the king's recorders were called in the first month, on the thirteenth day, and they wrote as Aman commanded to the captains and governors in every province, from India even to Ethiopia, to a hundred and twenty-seven provinces; and to the rulers of the nations according to their several languages, in the name of king Artaxerxes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:14 - And the copies of the letters were published in every province; and an order was given to all the nations to be ready against that day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - And in every province where the letters were published, there was crying and lamentation and great mourning on the part of the Jews: they spread for themselves sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - So the scribes were called in the first month, which is Nisan, on the three and twentieth day of the same year; and orders were written to the Jews, whatever the king had commanded to the local governors and chiefs of the satraps, from India even to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven satraps, according to the several provinces, according to their dialects.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17 - in every city and province wherever the ordinance was published: wherever the proclamation took place, the Jews had joy and gladness, feasting and mirth: and many of the Gentiles were circumcised, and became Jews, for fear of the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19 - On this account then it is that the Jews dispersed in every foreign land keep the fourteenth of Adar as a holy day with joy, sending portions each to his neighbour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:27 - And Mardochæus established it, and the Jews took upon themselves, and upon their seed, and upon those that were joined to them to observe it, neither would they on any account behave differently: but these days were to be a memorial kept in every generation, and city, and family, and province.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:1 - There was a certain man in the land of Ausis, whose name was Job; and that man was true, blameless, righteous, and godly, abstaining from everything evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:11 - Now his three friends having heard of all the evil that was come upon him, came to him each from his own country: Eliphaz the king of the Thæmans, Baldad sovereign of the Saucheans, Sophar king of the Minæans: and they came to him with one accord, to comfort and to visit him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:2 - Then Elius the son of Barachiel, the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram, of the country of Ausis, was angered: and he was very angry with Job, because he justified himself before the Lord.

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