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χώρα G5561
G5561 is the Greek word χώρα, transliterated chṓra. The King James Version most often renders it country.
What it means
room, i.e. a space of territory (more or less extensive; often including its inhabitants).
Where it comes from
feminine of a derivative of the base of G5490 (χάσμα) through the idea of empty expanse.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 24 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: coast, county, fields, ground, land, region.
Verses using χώρα
All 24 verses, quoted in full.
Matthew 2:12 · KJV
And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
Matthew 4:16 · KJV
The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Matthew 8:28 · KJV
And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
Mark 1:5 · KJV
And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
Mark 5:1 · KJV
And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
Luke 2:8 · KJV
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
Luke 3:1 · KJV
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
Luke 8:26 · KJV
And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
Luke 12:16 · KJV
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
Luke 15:13 · KJV
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
Luke 15:14 · KJV
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
Luke 15:15 · KJV
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Luke 19:12 · KJV
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
Luke 21:21 · KJV
Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
John 4:35 · KJV
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
John 11:54 · KJV
Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
John 11:55 · KJV
And the Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
Acts 8:1 · KJV
And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Acts 10:39 · KJV
And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
Acts 12:20 · KJV
And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king’s country.
Acts 16:6 · KJV
Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
Acts 18:23 · KJV
And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.
Acts 26:20 · KJV
But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
James 5:4 · KJV
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
Common questions
What does Strong's G5561 mean?
G5561 is the Greek word χώρα (chṓra), meaning room, i.e. a space of territory (more or less extensive; often including its inhabitants).
How is G5561 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it country (12 times), region (3 times), land (3 times), fields (2 times), ground (1 time), among others.
How many times does G5561 appear in the Bible?
χώρα (chṓra) is tagged in 24 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does G5561 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: feminine of a derivative of the base of G5490 (χάσμα) through the idea of empty expanse.
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