- Original: χώρα
- Transliteration: Chora
- Phonetic: kho'-rah
- Definition:
1. the space lying between two places or limits
2. a region or country i.e. a tract of land
a. the (rural) region surrounding a city or village, the country
b. the region with towns and villages which surround a metropolis
3. land which is ploughed or cultivated, ground
- Origin: from a derivative of the base of
G5490 through the idea of empty expanse
- TDNT entry: None
- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine
- Strong's: Feminine of a derivative of the base of
G5490 through the idea of empty expanse;
room that is a space of territory (more or less extensive; often including its inhabitants): - coast county fields grounds land region. Compare
G5117 .
Total KJV Occurrences: 20
• another, 1
Mat 2:12
• coasts, 1
Act 26:20
• country, 9
Mat 8:28; Mar 5:1; Mar 5:10;
Luke 2:8;
Luke 8:26; Joh 11:54; Act 12:20; Act 18:23; Act 27:27
• fields, 1
Jam 5:4
• land, 2
Mar 1:5; Act 10:39
• region, 4
Mat 4:16;
Luke 3:1; Act 13:49; Act 16:6
• regions, 1
Act 8:1
• up, 1
Joh 11:55