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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". χώρα, -ας, ἡ [in LXX for אֶרֶץ, מְדִינָה, etc.

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Meaning

country
Extended definition
1most frequently in cl., a space, place.
2land, i.e.
aa 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;
bland, property: Luk.12:16; __(with) the country, opposite to the town; so in pl., Luk.21:21, Jhn.4:35, Jas.5:4.
Synonymsἄγρος, τόπος (cf. DCG, i, 591a; LS, see word χώρα, ad init.).
Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

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×
28 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

πολίτης · χώρα G4177, G5561
one of the citizens of that country
χώρα · μακρός G5561, G3117
far country, distant land
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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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