Strong's Lexicon
G5561 — χώρα
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5561 |
|---|---|
| Word: | χώρα |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | feminine of a derivative of the base of G5490 through the idea of empty expanse |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 28 |
| Transliteration: | chora |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kho'-rah |
| Meaning: | 1. room, i.e. a space of territory {more or less extensive; often including its inhabitants} |
| KJV Renderings: | coast, county, fields, ground, land, region |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χώρα, χώρας, ἡ (ΧΑΩ (cf. Curtius, § 179), to lie open, be ready to receive), from Homer down, the Sept. for àÆøÆõ, îÀãÄéðÈä ’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, Joh 11:54; (in an elliptical phrase, ἡ ἀστραπή (ἡ) ἀστράπτουσα ἐκ τῆς ὑπό τόν οὐρανόν εἰς τήν ὑπ’ οὐρανόν λάμπει, A. V. part ... part, Luk 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, Act 27:27; land as inhabited, a province or country, Mar 5:10; ( L marginal reading T Tr WH); Luk 15:13-15; Luk 19:12; Act 13:49; with a genitive of the name of the region added: Τραχωνίτιδος, Luk 3:1; τῆς Ἰουδαίας, Act 26:20; ((or an equivalent adjective)) Γαλατικη, Act 16:6; Act 18:23; τῶν Ἰουδαίων, Act 10:39; plural τῆς Ἰουδαίας καί Σαμαρείας (A. V. regions), Act 8:1; ἐν χώρα καί σκιά θανάτου, in a region of densest darkness (see σκιά, a), Mat 4:16; τίνος, the country of one, Mat 2:12; χώρα for its inhabitants, Mar 1:5; Act 12:20; the (rural) region environing a city or village, the country, Luk 2:8; Γεργεσηνῶν, Γερασηνῶν, Γαδαρηνῶν, Mat 8:28; Mar 5:1; Luk 8:26; the region with towns and villages which surrounds the metropolis, Joh 11:55.
3. land which is plowed or cultivated, ground: Luk 12:16; plural, Luk 21:21 (R. V. country); Joh 4:35 (A. V. fields); Jas 5:4 (A. V. fields). (Synonym: see τόπος, at the end.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
χώρα (coast)
Matthew 2:12
- KJV: And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod they departed into their own country another way
- GK: και χρηματισθέντες κατ΄ όναρ μη ανακάμψαι προς Ηρώδην δι΄ άλλης οδού ανεχώρησαν εις την χώραν αυτών
Matthew 4:16
- KJV: The people which sat in darkness saw great light and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up
- GK: ο λαός ο καθήμενος εν σκότει είδε φως μέγα και τοις καθημένοις εν χώρα και σκιά θανάτου φως ανέτειλεν αυτοίς
Matthew 8:28
- KJV: And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes there met him two possessed with devils coming out of the tombs exceeding fierce so that no man might pass by that way
- GK: και ελθόντι αυτώ εις το πέραν εις την χώραν των Γεργεσηνών υπήντησαν αυτώ δύο δαιμονιζόμενοι εκ των μνημείων εξερχόμενοι χαλεποί λίαν ώστε μη ισχύειν τινά παρελθείν διά της οδού εκείνης
Mark 1:5
- KJV: And there went out unto him all the land of Judæa and they of Jerusalem and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan confessing their sins
- GK: και εξεπορεύετο προς αυτόν πάσα η Ιουδαία χώρα και οι Ιεροσολυμίται και εβαπτίζοντο πάντες εν τω Ιορδάνη ποταμώ υπ΄ αυτού εξομολογούμενοι τας αμαρτίας αυτών
Mark 5:1
- KJV: And they came over unto the other side of the sea into the country of the Gadarenes
- GK: και ήλθον εις το πέραν της θαλάσσης εις την χώραν των Γαδαρηνών
Mark 5:10
- KJV: And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country
- GK: και παρεκάλει αυτόν πολλά ίνα μη αυτούς αποστείλη έξω της χώρας
Luke 2:8
- KJV: And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field keeping watch over their flock by night
- GK: και ποιμένες ήσαν εν τη χώρα τη αυτή αγραυλούντες και φυλάσσοντες φυλακάς της νυκτός επί την ποίμνην αυτών
Luke 3:1
- KJV: Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene
- GK: εν έτει δε πεντεκαιδεκάτω της ηγεμονίας Τιβερίου Καίσαρος ηγεμονεύοντος Ποντίου Πιλάτου της Ιουδαίας και τετραρχούντος της Γαλιλαίας Ηρώδου Φιλίππου δε του αδελφού αυτού τετραρχούντος της Ιτουραίας και Τραχωνίτιδος χώρας και Λυσανίου της Αβιληνής τετραρχούντος
Luke 8:26
- KJV: And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes which is over against Galilee
- GK: και κατέπλευσαν εις την χώραν των Γαδαρηνών ήτις εστίν αντιπέραν της Γαλιλαίας