Strong's Concordance chóra: a space, place, land Original Word: χώρα, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: chóra Phonetic Spelling: (kho'-rah) Definition: a space, place, land Usage: (a) a country or region, (b) the land, as opposed to the sea, (c) the country, distinct from town, (d) plur: fields. HELPS Word-studies 5561 xṓra – country-land (the ordinary word for field); a wide-open area; "a larger tract than agros (68), . . . In two cases it refers to a rich man's estates; and in Jn 4:35, the Lord directs the attention of the disciples to a broad area or series of fields" (WS, 362). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definition a space, place, land NASB Translation country (15), fields (2), land (4), region (6), regions (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5561: χώραχώρα, χώρας, ἡ (ΧΑΩ (cf. Curtius, § 179), to lie open, be ready to receive), from Homer down, the Sept. for אֶרֶץ, מְדִינָה 'a province'; 1. properly, the space lying between two places or limits. 2. a region or country; i. e. a tract of land: ἡ χώρα ἐγγύς τῆς ἐρήμου, John 11:54; (in an elliptical phrase, ἡ ἀστραπή (ἡ) ἀστράπτουσα ἐκ τῆς ὑπό τόν οὐρανόν εἰς τήν ὑπ' οὐρανόν λάμπει, A. V. part ... part, Luke 17:24 (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 64, 5); on the ellipsis of χώρα in other phrases (ἐξ ἀναντιας, ἐν δεξιά, etc.), see Winers Grammar, the passage cited; Buttmann, 82 (72)); land as opposed to the sea, Acts 27:27; land as inhabited, a province or country, Mark 5:10; ( 3. land which is plowed or cultivated, ground: Luke 12:16; plural, Luke 21:21 (R. V. country); John 4:35 (A. V. fields); James 5:4 (A. V. fields). (Synonym: see τόπος, at the end.) Feminine of a derivative of the base of chasma through the idea of empty expanse; room, i.e. A space of territory (more or less extensive; often including its inhabitants) -- coast, county, fields, ground, land, region. Compare topos. see GREEK topos see GREEK chasma Englishman's Concordance Matthew 2:12 N-AFSGRK: εἰς τὴν χώραν αὐτῶν NAS: the magi left for their own country by another KJV: into their own country another way. INT: into the country of them Matthew 4:16 N-DFS Matthew 8:28 N-AFS Mark 1:5 N-NFS Mark 5:1 N-AFS Mark 5:10 N-GFS Mark 6:55 N-AFS Luke 2:8 N-DFS Luke 3:1 N-GFS Luke 8:26 N-AFS Luke 12:16 N-NFS Luke 15:13 N-AFS Luke 15:14 N-AFS Luke 15:15 N-GFS Luke 19:12 N-AFS Luke 21:21 N-DFP John 4:35 N-AFP John 11:54 N-AFS John 11:55 N-GFS Acts 8:1 N-AFP Acts 10:39 N-DFS Acts 12:20 N-AFS Acts 13:49 N-GFS Acts 16:6 N-AFS Acts 18:23 N-AFS Strong's Greek 5561 |
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