What does χώρα · μακρός mean in the Bible?
χώρα · μακρός is a Greek phrase meaning "far country, distant land".
Greek · G5561, G3117
χώραν μακράν
Country · long (in place (distant) or time (neuter plural))
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χώραG5561country
Pronunciationchṓra
Open lexicon entry →μακρόςG3117long (in place (distant) or time (neuter plural))
Pronunciationmakrós
Open lexicon entry →What does χώραν μακράν (chōran makran) mean in the Bible?
χώρα · μακρός is a Greek phrase meaning "far country, distant land".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5561, G3117?
G5561, G3117 is connected to 28 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. far country, distant land
Source Gloss
far country, distant land
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 6 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns6Aligned forms28Case patternAccusative (17)Number patternSingular (24)
Nominative · Singular · FeminineMark 1:5 · Luke 12:162×
Genitive · Singular · FeminineMark 5:10 · Luke 3:1 · Luke 15:15 · John 11:55 · Acts 13:495×
Dative · Singular · FeminineMatt 4:16 · Luke 2:8 · Acts 10:393×
Dative · Plural · FeminineLuke 21:211×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineMatt 2:12 · Matt 8:28 · Mark 5:1 · Mark 6:55 · Luke 8:26 · Luke 15:13 · Luke 15:14 · Luke 19:12 · John 11:54 · Acts 12:20 · Acts 16:6 · Acts 18:23 · Acts 26:20 · Acts 27:2714×
Accusative · Plural · FeminineJohn 4:35 · Acts 8:1 · Jas 5:43×
Word Origins
χώραν μακράν is built from this root: