G5561 χώρα
Strong's Greek Concordance · 27 KJV occurrences
χώρα
chṓra
Definition
room, i.e. a space of territory (more or less extensive; often including its inhabitants)
KJV Renderings
coast, county, fields, ground, land, region
Derivation / Etymology
feminine of a derivative of the base of G5490 (χάσμα) through the idea of empty expanse;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 27)
- Matthew 2:12And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
- Mark 1:5And there went out unto him all the land of Judæa, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
- Luke 2:8And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
- Luke 15:13And 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 19:12He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
- John 11:54Jesus 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.
- Acts 12:20¶ 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 18:23And 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.