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.). (AS)
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G5561 — χώρα
chōra · country · Greek
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Matthew 2:12 · χώρανAnd having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.Matthew 4:16 · χώρᾳthe people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”Matthew 8:28 · χώρανWhen Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, He was met by two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.Mark 1:5 · χώραPeople went out to him from all of Jerusalem and the countryside of Judea. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.Mark 5:1 · χώρανOn the other side of the sea, they arrived in the region of the Gerasenes.Mark 5:10 · χώρας.And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of that region.Mark 6:55 · χώρανand ran through that whole region, carrying the sick on mats to wherever they heard He was.Luke 2:8 · χώρᾳAnd there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.Luke 3:1 · χώραςIn the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,Luke 8:26 · χώρανThen they sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, across the lake from Galilee.Luke 12:16 · χώρα.Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.Luke 15:13 · χώρανAfter a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.Luke 15:14 · χώρανAfter he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.Luke 15:15 · χώραςSo he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.Luke 19:12 · χώρανSo He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.Luke 21:21 · χώραιςThen let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city.John 4:35 · χώραςDo you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.John 11:54 · χώρανAs a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.John 11:55 · χώραςNow the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.Acts 8:1 · χώραςAnd Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.Acts 10:39 · χώρᾳWe are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,Acts 12:20 · χώρανNow Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.Acts 13:49 · χώρας.And the word of the Lord spread throughout that region.Acts 16:6 · χώρανAfter the Holy Spirit had prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia.Acts 18:23 · χώρανAfter Paul had spent some time in Antioch, he traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.Acts 26:20 · χώρανFirst to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.Acts 27:27 · χώραν·On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.James 5:4 · χώραςLook, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.