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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 27 times in 27 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:12 - And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, the magi departed for their own country G5561 by another way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:16 -

THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SITTING IN DARKNESS SAW A GREAT LIGHT,

AND THOSE WHO WERE SITTING IN THE LAND G5561 AND SHADOW OF DEATH,

UPON THEM A LIGHT DAWNED.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:28 -

And when He came to the other side, into the region G5561 of the Gadarenes, two men who were demon-possessed met Him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so extremely violent that no one could pass by that way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:5 - And all the region G5561 of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

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Then they came to the other side of the sea, into the region G5561 of the Gerasenes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:10 - And he began pleading with Him earnestly not to send them out of the region G5561.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:8 -

In the same region G5561 there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night.

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Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region G5561 of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:26 -

Then they sailed to the region G5561 of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:16 - And He told them a parable, saying, “The land G5561 of a rich man was very productive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:13 - “And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country G5561, and there he squandered his estate living recklessly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:14 - “Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country G5561, and he began to be impoverished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:15 - “So he went and [fn]hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country G5561, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:12 - So He said, “A nobleman went to a distant country G5561 to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:21 - “Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those who are in the midst of [fn]the city must leave, and those who are in the countryside G5561 must not enter [fn]the city;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:35 - “Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields G5561, that they are white for harvest.

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Therefore Jesus no longer continued to walk openly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region G5561 near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.

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Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the region G5561 before the Passover to purify themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:1 -

Now Saul was in hearty agreement with putting him to death.

And on that day a great persecution [fn]began against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions G5561 of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:39 - “And we are witnesses of all the things He did both in the [fn]land G5561 of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They also put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree.

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Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and with one accord they came to him, and having won over Blastus the king’s chamberlain, they were asking for peace, because their country G5561 was fed by the king’s country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:49

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:49 - And the word of the [fn]Lord was being spread through the whole region G5561.

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And they passed through the [fn]Phrygian and Galatian region G5561, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in [fn]Asia;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:23 - And having spent some time there, he left and passed successively through the Galatian region G5561 and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20 - but kept declaring both to those of Damascus first, and also at Jerusalem and then throughout all the region G5561 of Judea, and even to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, practicing deeds appropriate to repentance.

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But when the fourteenth night came, as we were being carried about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors began to suspect that some land G5561 was approaching them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:4 - Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields G5561—that which has been withheld by you—cries out against you; and the outcries of those who did the harvesting have reached the ears of the [fn]Lord of [fn]Sabaoth.
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