Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NKJV

NKJV

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 28 times in 28 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:12 - Then, being divinely warned in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed for their own country another way.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:16 - The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light,
And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death
Light has dawned.”[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:28 - When He had come to the other side, to the country of the Gergesenes,[fn] there met Him two demon-possessed men, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one could pass that way.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:5 - Then all the land of Judea, and those from Jerusalem, went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:1 - Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes.[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:10 - Also he begged Him earnestly that He would not send them out of the country.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:55

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:55 - ran through that whole surrounding region, and began to carry about on beds those who were sick to wherever they heard He was.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:8 - Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:1 - Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:26 - Then they sailed to the country of the Gadarenes,[fn] which is opposite Galilee.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:16 - Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:13 - “And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:14 - “But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in want.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:15 - “Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:12 - Therefore He said: “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:21 - “Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those who are in the midst of her depart, and let not those who are in the country enter her.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:35

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:54

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:54 - Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there remained with His disciples.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:55 - And the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went from the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:1 - Now Saul was consenting to his death. At that time a great persecution arose against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:39 - “And we are witnesses of all things which He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom they[fn] killed by hanging on a tree.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:20 - Now Herod had been very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; but they came to him with one accord, and having made Blastus the king’s personal aide their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food by the king’s country.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:49

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:49 - And the word of the Lord was being spread throughout all the region.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:6 - Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:23 - After he had spent some time there, he departed and went over the region of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20 - “but declared first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and do works befitting repentance.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:27 - Now when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven up and down in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors sensed that they were drawing near some land.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:4 - Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.[fn]
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NKJV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NKJV
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