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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 after being warned G5537 by God in a dream G3677 not to return G344 to Herod G2264, the magi left G402 for their own country G5561 by another G243 way G3598.

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THE PEOPLE G2992 WHO WERE SITTING G2521 IN DARKNESS G4653 SAW G3708 A GREAT G3173 LIGHT G5457,

AND THOSE G3588 WHO WERE SITTING G2521 IN THE LAND G5561 AND SHADOW G4639 OF DEATH G2288,

UPON THEM A LIGHT G5457 DAWNED G393.”

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And when He came G2064 to the other G4008 side G4008 into the country G5561 of the Gadarenes G1046, two G1417 demon-possessed G1139 men confronted G5221 Him as they were coming G1831 out G1831 of the tombs G3419. They were so extremely G3029 violent G5467 that no G3361 one G5100 could G2480 pass G3928 by that way G3598.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:5 - And all G3956 the country G5561 of Judea G2449 was going G1607 out G1607 to him, and all G3956 the people G2415 of G2415 Jerusalem G2415; and they were being baptized G907 by him in the Jordan G2446 River G4215, confessing G1843 their sins G266.

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They came G2064 to the other G4008 side G4008 of the sea G2281, into the region G5561 of the Gerasenes G1086.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:10 - And he begged G3870 Him earnestly G4183 not to send G649 them out G649 of the region G5561.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:55 - and ran G4063 about G4063 that entire G3650 country G5561 and began G757 carrying G4064 here G4064 and G4064 there G4064 on their pallets G2895 those G3588 who were sick G2560, [fn]to wherever G3699 they heard G191 He was.

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In the same G846 region G5561 there were some shepherds G4166 staying G63 out G63 in G63 the G63 fields G63 and keeping G5442 watch G5438 over G1909 their flock G4167 at night G3571.

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Now G1161 in the fifteenth G4003 year G2094 of the reign G2231 of Tiberius G5086 Caesar G2541, when Pontius G4194 Pilate G4091 was G2230 governor G2230 of Judea G2449, and Herod G2264 was tetrarch G5075 of Galilee G1056 and his brother G80 Philip G5376 was tetrarch G5075 of the region G5561 of Ituraea G2484 and Trachonitis G5139, and Lysanias G3078 was tetrarch G5075 of Abilene G9,

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Then G2532 they sailed G2668 to the country G5561 of the Gerasenes G1086, which G3748 is opposite G495 Galilee G1056.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:16 - And He told G3004 them a parable G3850, saying G3004, “The land G5561 of a rich G4145 man G444 was very G2164 productive G2164.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:13 - “And not many G4183 days G2250 later G3326, the younger G3501 son G5207 gathered G4863 everything G3956 together G4863 and went G589 on G589 a G589 journey G589 to a distant G3117 country G5561, and there G1563 he squandered G1287 his estate G3776 in [fn]wild G811 living G2198.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:14 - “Now G1161 when he had [fn]spent G1159 everything G3956, a severe G2478 famine G3042 occurred G1096 in that country G5561, and he began G757 doing G5302 without G5302.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:15 - “So G2532 he went G4198 and [fn]hired G2853 himself out G2853 to one G1520 of the citizens G4177 of that country G5561, and he sent G3992 him into his fields G68 to feed G1006 pigs G5519.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:12 - So G3767 He said G3004, “A nobleman G2104 G444 went G4198 to a distant G3117 country G5561 to receive G2983 a kingdom G932 for himself G1438, and then to return G5290.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:21 - “Then G5119 those G3588 who G3588 are in Judea G2449 must flee G5343 to the mountains G3735, and those G3588 who G3588 are inside G3319 [fn]the city G846 must leave G1633, and those G3588 who G3588 are in the country G5561 must not enter G1525 [fn]the city G846;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:35 - “Do you not say G3004, ‘There are still G2089 four G5072 months G5072, and then comes G2064 the harvest G2326’? Behold G2400, I tell G3004 you, raise G1869 your eyes G3788 and observe G2300 the fields G5561, that they are white G3022 for harvest G2326.

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Therefore G3767 Jesus G2424 no G3765 longer G3765 continued to walk G4043 publicly G3954 among G1722 the Jews G2453, but went G565 away G565 from G1564 there G1564 to the region G5561 near G1451 the wilderness G2048, into a city G4172 called G3004 Ephraim G2187; and there G2546 He stayed G3306 with the disciples G3101.

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Now G1161 the Passover G3957 of the Jews G2453 was near G1451, and many G4183 went G305 up G305 to Jerusalem G2414 from the country G5561 prior G4253 to the Passover G3957, in G2443 order G2443 to G2443 [fn]purify G48 themselves G1438.

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Now G1161 Saul G4569 approved G4909 of putting G336 [fn]Stephen to G336 death G336.

And on that day G2250 a great G3173 persecution G1375 [fn]began G1096 against G1909 the church G1577 in Jerusalem G2414, and they were all G3956 scattered G1289 throughout G2596 the regions G5561 of Judea G2449 and Samaria G4540, except G4133 for the apostles G652.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:39 - “We are witnesses G3144 of all G3956 the things G3956 that He did G4160 both G5037 in the [fn]country G5561 of the Jews G2453 and in Jerusalem G2419. They also G2532 put G337 Him to G337 death G337 by hanging G2910 Him on [fn]a cross G3586.

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Now G1161 he was very G2371 angry G2371 with the people of Tyre G5183 and Sidon G4606; and with one G3661 mind G3661 they came G3918 to him, and having won G3982 over G3982 Blastus G986 the king’s G935 chamberlain G1909 G2846, they were asking G154 for peace G1515, because G1223 their country G5561 was supported G5142 with grain from the king’s G937 country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:49

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:49 - And the word G3056 of the Lord G2962 was being spread G1308 through G1223 the whole G3650 region G5561.

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They passed G1330 through G1330 the [fn]Phrygian G5435 and Galatian G1054 region G5561, after being forbidden G2967 by the Holy G40 Spirit G4151 to speak G2980 the word G3056 in [fn]Asia G773;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:23 - And after spending G4160 some G5100 time G5550 there, he left G1831 and passed G1330 successively G2517 through G1330 the Galatian G1054 region G5561 and Phrygia G5435, strengthening G4741 all G3956 the disciples G3101.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20 - but continually proclaimed G518 to those G3588 in Damascus G1154 first G4413, and in Jerusalem G2414, and then all G3956 the region G5561 of Judea G2449, and even to the Gentiles G1484, that they are to repent G3340 and turn G1994 to God G2316, performing G4238 deeds G2041 consistent G514 with repentance G3341.

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But when G5613 the fourteenth G5065 night G3571 came G1096, as we were being driven G1308 about G1308 in the Adriatic G99 Sea, about G2596 midnight G3319 G3571 the sailors G3492 began to suspect G5282 that [fn]they were approaching G4317 some G5100 land G5561.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:4 - Behold G2400, the pay G3408 of the laborers G2040 who mowed G270 your fields G5561, and which has been withheld G650 by you, cries G2896 out G2896 against you; and the outcry G995 of those G3588 who did G2325 the G2325 harvesting G2325 has reached G1525 the ears G3775 of the Lord G2962 [fn]of armies G4519.
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