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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 - When it was time to leave, they returned to their own country by another route, for God had warned them in a dream not to return to Herod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:16 - the people who sat in darkness
have seen a great light.
And for those who lived in the land where death casts its shadow,
a light has shined.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:28 - When Jesus arrived on the other side of the lake, in the region of the Gadarenes,[fn] two men who were possessed by demons met him. They lived in a cemetery and were so violent that no one could go through that area.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:5 - All of Judea, including all the people of Jerusalem, went out to see and hear John. And when they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:1 - So they arrived at the other side of the lake, in the region of the Gerasenes.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:10 - Then the evil spirits begged him again and again not to send them to some distant place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:8 - That night there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby, guarding their flocks of sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:1 - It was now the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius, the Roman emperor. Pontius Pilate was governor over Judea; Herod Antipas was ruler[fn] over Galilee; his brother Philip was ruler[fn] over Iturea and Traconitis; Lysanias was ruler over Abilene.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:26 - So they arrived in the region of the Gerasenes,[fn] across the lake from Galilee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:16 - Then he told them a story: “A rich man had a fertile farm that produced fine crops.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:13 - “A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money in wild living.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:14 - About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over the land, and he began to starve.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:15 - He persuaded a local farmer to hire him, and the man sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:12 - He said, “A nobleman was called away to a distant empire to be crowned king and then return.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:21 - Then those in Judea must flee to the hills. Those in Jerusalem must get out, and those out in the country should not return to the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:35 - You know the saying, ‘Four months between planting and harvest.’ But I say, wake up and look around. The fields are already ripe[fn] for harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:54

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:54 - As a result, Jesus stopped his public ministry among the people and left Jerusalem. He went to a place near the wilderness, to the village of Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:55 - It was now almost time for the Jewish Passover celebration, and many people from all over the country arrived in Jerusalem several days early so they could go through the purification ceremony before Passover began.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:1 - Saul was one of the witnesses, and he agreed completely with the killing of Stephen. A great wave of persecution began that day, sweeping over the church in Jerusalem; and all the believers except the apostles were scattered through the regions of Judea and Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:39 - “And we apostles are witnesses of all he did throughout Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a cross,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:20 - Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they sent a delegation to make peace with him because their cities were dependent upon Herod’s country for food. The delegates won the support of Blastus, Herod’s personal assistant,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:49

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:49 - So the Lord’s message spread throughout that region.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:6 - Next Paul and Silas traveled through the area of Phrygia and Galatia, because the Holy Spirit had prevented them from preaching the word in the province of Asia at that time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:23 - After spending some time in Antioch, Paul went back through Galatia and Phrygia, visiting and strengthening all the believers.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20 - I preached first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that all must repent of their sins and turn to God—and prove they have changed by the good things they do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:27 - About midnight on the fourteenth night of the storm, as we were being driven across the Sea of Adria,[fn] the sailors sensed land was near.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:4 - For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The wages you held back cry out against you. The cries of those who harvest your fields have reached the ears of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
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