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χώρα

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
χώρα, -ας, ἡ
Greek transliteration: 
chōra
Simplified transliteration: 
chora
Numbers
Strong's number: 
5561
GK Number: 
6001
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
28
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-1a
Gloss: 
country, land, region; countryside, field
Definition: 
space, room; a country, region, tract, province,

, Mk. 5:10; Lk. 2:8; a district, territory, suburbs, Mt. 8:28; meton. the inhabitants of a country, region, etc., Mk. 1:5; Acts 12:20; the country, as opposed to the city or town, Lk. 21:21; a field, farm, Lk. 12:16; Jn. 4:35

Greek-English Concordance for χώρα

Matthew 2:12 And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they left for their own country (chōran | χώραν | acc sg fem) by another way.
Matthew 4:16 the people living in darkness have seen a great light, and on those living in the region (chōra | χώρᾳ | dat sg fem) and shadow of death, a light has dawned.”
Matthew 8:28 And when he came to the other side, to the region (chōran | χώραν | acc sg fem) of the Gadarenes, there met him two demoniacs coming out from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass by that way.
Mark 1:5 And were going out to him all the Judean countryside (chōra | χώρα | nom sg fem) and all Jerusalem all were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins. their
Mark 5:1 So they went to the other side of the lake to the region (chōran | χώραν | acc sg fem) of the Gerasenes.
Mark 5:10 And he kept begging earnestly not to send them send out of the region (chōras | χώρας | gen sg fem).
Mark 6:55 ran throughout that whole area (chōran | χώραν | acc sg fem), and began to bring the ill on mats to wherever they heard he was.
Luke 2:8 There were shepherds in that region (chōra | χώρᾳ | dat sg fem) who were living out in the fields and keeping night-watch over their flock.
Luke 3:1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governing Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee and Philip his brother tetrarch of the region (chōras | χώρας | gen sg fem) of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,
Luke 8:26 Then they came to land in the region (chōran | χώραν | acc sg fem) of the Gerasenes, which is across the lake from Galilee.
Luke 12:16 Then he told a parable to them, saying: “The land (chōra | χώρα | nom sg fem) of a certain rich man produced a good crop.
Luke 15:13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered up everything and left for a journey to a distant country (chōran | χώραν | acc sg fem), and there he squandered his property by living recklessly.
Luke 15:14 When he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that country (chōran | χώραν | acc sg fem), and he began to be in need.
Luke 15:15 So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country (chōras | χώρας | gen sg fem), and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
Luke 19:12 So he said, “A certain noble went to a distant country (chōran | χώραν | acc sg fem) to acquire royal power for himself and then to return.
Luke 21:21 Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those in the midst of the city must evacuate, and those in the country (chōrais | χώραις | dat pl fem) must not enter it,
John 4:35 Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest’? But I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields (chōras | χώρας | acc pl fem); they are white, ready for harvest.
John 11:54 Jesus therefore no longer walked about openly among the Jews, but went from there to the region (chōran | χώραν | acc sg fem) near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and he stayed there with his disciples.
John 11:55 Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country (chōras | χώρας | gen sg fem) prior to the Passover to purify themselves.
Acts 8:1 Now Saul was in agreement with his execution. There arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions (chōras | χώρας | acc pl fem) of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Acts 10:39 And we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country (chōra | χώρᾳ | dat sg fem) of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom also they put to death by hanging him on a tree.
Acts 12:20 Now Herod was very angry with the Tyrinians and the Sidonians, and with one accord they came to him and when they had persuaded Blastus, who was in charge of the bed-chamber of the king, they asked for peace because their country’s (chōran | χώραν | acc sg fem) food-supply was provided by the king’s country.
Acts 13:49 So the word of the Lord was being spread throughout the whole region (chōras | χώρας | gen sg fem).
Acts 16:6 And they went through the Phrygian and Galatian region (chōran | χώραν | acc sg fem), having been prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message in Asia.
Acts 18:23 After spending some time there, he departed and made his way from place to place through the Galatian country (chōran | χώραν | acc sg fem) and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
Acts 26:20 but I declared to those in Damascus first, then also to those in Jerusalem and through all the region (chōran | χώραν | acc sg fem) of Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing works worthy of repentance.
Acts 27:27 And when it was the fourteenth night, as we were being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land (chōran | χώραν | acc sg fem).
James 5:4 Look, the wages you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields (chōras | χώρας | acc pl fem) are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.