What does χώρα (chṓra) mean in the Bible?
χώρα (chṓra) is a Greek word meaning "country".
Greek · G5561
χώρα
Country
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χώρα G5561
Pronunciation chṓra
What does χώρα (chṓra) mean in the Bible?
χώρα (chṓra) is a Greek word meaning "country".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5561?
The BSB source-word alignment has 28 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include region (10), country (7), land (3), fields (2), . . . (1).
Where does χώρα (chṓra) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 2:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (9), Acts (8), Mark (4), John (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It region 10× Matthew 8:28, Mark 5:1, Mark 5:10, Mark 6:55
country 7× Matthew 2:12, Luke 15:13, Luke 15:14, Luke 15:15
land 3× Matthew 4:16, Acts 10:39, Acts 27:27
fields 2× John 4:35, James 5:4
. . . 1× Acts 8:1
an area 1× John 11:54
countryside 1× Mark 1:5
ground 1× Luke 12:16
nearby 1× Luke 2:8
vvv 1× Luke 3:1
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 2:12 χώραν to country Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Matthew 4:16 χώρᾳ to land Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Matthew 8:28 χώραν to region Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Mark 1:5 χώρα to countryside Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Mark 5:1 χώραν to region Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Mark 5:10 χώρας to region Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Mark 6:55 χώραν to region Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Luke 2:8 χώρᾳ to nearby Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Luke 3:1 χώρας to vvv Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Luke 8:26 χώραν to region Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 2:12
Aligned rows 28
Books represented 6
Matthew 3 Mark 4 Luke 9 John 3 Acts 8 James 1
Source forms
χώραν 14x chōran Matthew 2:12, Matthew 8:28, Mark 5:1, Mark 6:55
χώρας 8x chōras Mark 5:10, Luke 3:1, Luke 15:15, John 4:35
χώρᾳ 3x chōra Matthew 4:16, Luke 2:8, Acts 10:39
χώρα 2x chōra Mark 1:5, Luke 12:16
χώραις 1x chōrais Luke 21:21
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 14x Matthew 2:12, Matthew 8:28, Mark 5:1, Mark 6:55
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 5x Mark 5:10, Luke 3:1, Luke 15:15, John 11:55
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 3x John 4:35, Acts 8:1, James 5:4
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 3x Matthew 4:16, Luke 2:8, Acts 10:39
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 2x Mark 1:5, Luke 12:16
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural 1x Luke 21:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. country
Strong's G5561
Lexical occurrences 28 verses Greek text appearances 27 times 16 shown below Word forms 6 forms 28 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
country
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 of 27 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 2:12 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
χώραν cwran
region, land, fields
Read verse Matthew 4:16 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
χώρᾳ cwra
region, land, fields
Read verse Matthew 8:28 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
χώραν cwran
region, land, fields
Read verse Mark 1:5 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
χώρα, cwra
region, land, fields
Read verse Mark 5:1 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
χώραν cwran
region, land, fields
Read verse Mark 5:10 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
χώρας. cwrav
region, land, fields
Read verse Luke 2:8 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
χώρᾳ cwra
region, land, fields
Read verse Luke 3:1 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
χώρας, cwrav
region, land, fields
Read verse Luke 8:26 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
χώραν cwran
region, land, fields
Read verse Luke 12:16 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
χώρα· cwra
region, land, fields
Read verse Luke 15:13 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
χώραν cwran
region, land, fields
Read verse Luke 15:14 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
χώραν cwran
region, land, fields
Read verse Luke 15:15 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
χώρας cwrav
region, land, fields
Read verse Luke 19:12 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
χώραν cwran
region, land, fields
Read verse Luke 21:21 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
χώραις cwraiv
region, land, fields
Read verse John 4:35 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
χώρας, cwrav
region, land, fields
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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 patterns 6 Aligned forms 28 Case pattern Accusative (17) Number pattern Singular (24)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Mark 1:5 · Luke 12:16 2×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Mark 5:10 · Luke 3:1 · Luke 15:15 · John 11:55 · Acts 13:49 5×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 4:16 · Luke 2:8 · Acts 10:39 3×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Luke 21:21 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 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 27:27 14×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine John 4:35 · Acts 8:1 · Jas 5:4 3×
Word Origins
χώρα is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain