What does χωρίον (chōríon) mean in the Bible?
χωρίον (chōríon) is a Greek word meaning "a spot or plot of ground".
Greek · G5564
χωρίον
A spot or plot of ground
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χωρίον G5564
Pronunciation chōríon
What does χωρίον (chōríon) mean in the Bible?
χωρίον (chōríon) is a Greek word meaning "a spot or plot of ground".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5564?
The BSB source-word alignment has 10 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a place (2), field (2), land (2), a field (1), an estate (1).
Where does χωρίον (chōríon) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 26:36. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (7), John (1), Mark (1), Matthew (1).
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 a place 2× Matthew 26:36, Mark 14:32
field 2× Acts 1:19
land 2× Acts 5:3, Acts 5:8
a field 1× Acts 1:18
an estate 1× Acts 28:7
lands 1× Acts 4:34
plot of ground 1× John 4:5
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 26:36 χωρίον to a place Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Mark 14:32 χωρίον to a place Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular John 4:5 χωρίου to plot of ground Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Acts 1:18 χωρίον to a field Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Acts 1:19 χωρίον to field Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Acts 1:19 Χωρίον to Field Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Acts 4:34 χωρίων to lands Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural Acts 5:3 χωρίου to land Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Acts 5:8 χωρίον to land Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Acts 28:7 χωρία to an estate Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 26:36
Aligned rows 10
Books represented 4
Matthew 1 Mark 1 John 1 Acts 7
Source forms
χωρίον 5x chōrion Matthew 26:36, Mark 14:32, Acts 1:18, Acts 1:19
χωρίου 2x chōriou John 4:5, Acts 5:3
χωρία 1x chōria Acts 28:7
Χωρίον 1x Chōrion Acts 1:19
χωρίων 1x chōriōn Acts 4:34
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 6x Matthew 26:36, Mark 14:32, Acts 1:18, Acts 1:19
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 2x John 4:5, Acts 5:3
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural 1x Acts 4:34
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural 1x Acts 28:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a spot or plot of ground
Strong's G5564
Lexical occurrences 10 verses Greek text appearances 10 times Word forms 4 forms 10 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a spot or plot of ground
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
10 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 26:36 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
χωρίον cwrion
a place, piece of land, field
Read verse Mark 14:32 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
χωρίον cwrion
a place, piece of land, field
Read verse John 4:5 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
χωρίου cwriou
a place, piece of land, field
Read verse Acts 1:18 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
χωρίον cwrion
a place, piece of land, field
Read verse Acts 1:19 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
χωρίον cwrion
a place, piece of land, field
Read verse Acts 1:19 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
χωρίον cwrion
a place, piece of land, field
Read verse Acts 4:34 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
χωρίων cwriwn
a place, piece of land, field
Read verse Acts 5:3 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
χωρίου; cwriou
a place, piece of land, field
Read verse Acts 5:8 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
χωρίον cwrion
a place, piece of land, field
Read verse Acts 28:7 Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
χωρία cwria
a place, piece of land, field
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 4 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 4 Aligned forms 10 Case pattern Accusative (6) Number pattern Singular (8)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Acts 28:7 1×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter John 4:5 · Acts 5:3 2×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Acts 4:34 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 26:36 · Mark 14:32 · Acts 1:18 · Acts 1:19 · Acts 5:8 6×
Word Origins
χωρίον is built from this root:
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