χώρα

chōra
country
Strong’s G5561Noun, feminine28 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Translated as

region14
country4
land2
a country2
fields2
the region1
ground1
countries1

In the text

Abbott-Smith

χώρα, -ας, ἡ
[in LXX for אֶרֶץ, מְדִינָה, etc. ;]
1. most frequently in cl., a space, place.
2. land, i.e.
(a) a land, country, region: Mat.12:2, Mrk.5:10 6:55, Luk.2:8 15:13-15 19:12, Jhn.11:54, Act.13:49 27:27; χ. Γαλατική, Act.16:6 18:23; Τραχωνίτιδος, Luk.3:1; τ. Ἰουδαίας, Act.26:20; τ. Ἰουδαίων, Act.10:39; pl., τῆς Ἰουδαίας κ. Σαμαρείας, Act.8:1; Γεργεσηνῶν (Γερασηνῶν, Γαδαρηνῶν) Mat.8:28, Mrk.5:1, Luk.8:26; ἐν χ. καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτου, Mat.4:16;
(b) land, property: Luk.12:16;
(with) the country, opposite to the town; so in pl., Luk.21:21, Jhn.4:35, Jas.5:4.†
SYN.: ἄγρος, τόπος (cf. DCG, i, 591a; LS, see word χώρα, ad init.).
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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.