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Lexicon :: Strong's G5561 - chōra

Aa
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 28 times in 28 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:12 - And it was made clear to them by God in a dream that they were not to go back to Herod; so they went into their country by another way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:16 - The people who were in the dark saw a great light, and to those in the land of the shade of death did the dawn come up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:28 - And when he had come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, there came out to him from the place of the dead, two who had evil spirits, so violent that no man was able to go that way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:5 - And there went out to him all the people of Judaea, and all those of Jerusalem, and they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying that they were sinners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:1 - And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:10 - And he made strong prayers to him not to send them away out of the country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:55

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:55 - And went running through all the country round about, and took on their beds those who were ill, to where it was said that he was.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:8 - And in the same country there were keepers of sheep in the fields, watching over their flock by night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:1 - Now in the fifteenth year of the rule of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being ruler of Judaea, and Herod being king of Galilee, his brother Philip king of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias king of Abilene,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:26 - And they came to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:16 - And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:13 - And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:14 - And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:15 - And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:12 - So he said, A certain man of high birth went into a far-away country to get a kingdom for himself, and to come back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:21 - Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains; and those who are in the middle of the town go out; and let not those who are in the country come in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:35 - You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:54

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:54 - So Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near to the waste land, to a town named Ephraim, where he was for some time with the disciples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:55 - Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and numbers of people went up from the country to Jerusalem to make themselves clean before the Passover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:1 - And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the church in Jerusalem; and all but the Apostles went away into all parts of Judaea and Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:39 - And we are witnesses of all the things which he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they put to death, hanging him on a tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:20 - Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon: and they came to him, all together, and having made friends with Blastus, the controller of the king's house, they made a request for peace, because their country was dependent on the king's country for its food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:49

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:49 - And the word of the Lord went through all the country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:6 - And after they had gone through the land of Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit did not let them take the word into Asia;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:23 - And having been there for some time, he went through the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, making the disciples strong in the faith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20 - But I went about, first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, preaching a change of heart, so that they, being turned to God, might give, in their works, the fruits of a changed heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:27 - But when the fourteenth day came, while we were going here and there in the Adriatic sea, about the middle of the night the sailors had an idea that they were getting near land;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:4 - See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.
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