χώρα
chōra
“country”
Definition
room, i.e. a space of territory (more or less extensive; often including its inhabitants)
feminine of a derivative of the base of G5490 (χάσμα) through the idea of empty expanse;
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
G:N-F
Greek Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
χώρα appears 28 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
We 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,
First 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.
Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.
Then they sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, across the lake from Galilee.
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