Strong's Greek · G5561

χώρα

chṓra

Definitionroom, i.e. a space of territory (more or less extensive; often including its inhabitants)
Derivationfeminine of a derivative of the base of G5490 (χάσμα) through the idea of empty expanse;
KJV usagecoast, county, fields, ground, land, region
Occurrences27 in the KJV · 27 verses

χώρα in Scripture

Matthew 2:12 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 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 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 And 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. Mark 5:1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. Mark 5:10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country. Luke 2:8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. Luke 3:1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, 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 And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. Luke 12:16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: Luke 15:13 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 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
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