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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 go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:16 - the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:28 - When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes,[fn] two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:5 - The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:1 - They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:10 - And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:8 - And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:1 - In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene—

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:26 - They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes,[fn] which is across the lake from Galilee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:16 - And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:13 - “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:14 - After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:15 - So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:12 - He said: “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:21 - Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:35 - Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:54

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:54 - Therefore Jesus no longer moved about publicly among the people of Judea. Instead he withdrew to a region near the wilderness, to a village called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:55 - When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, many went up from the country to Jerusalem for their ceremonial cleansing before the Passover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:1 - And Saul approved of their killing him. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:39 - “We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a cross,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:20 - He had been quarreling with the people of Tyre and Sidon; they now joined together and sought an audience with him. After securing the support of Blastus, a trusted personal servant of the king, they asked for peace, because they depended on the king’s country for their food supply.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:49

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:49 - The word of the Lord spread through the whole region.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:6 - Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:23 - After spending some time in Antioch, Paul set out from there and traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20 - First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:27 - On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic[fn] Sea, when about midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:4 - Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.
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