Chōra χώρα

Chōra (Greek χώρα, Strong's G5561) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “country”. It occurs 28 times in 28 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Chōra, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• 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.And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.
• 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.the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”
• 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.When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, He was met by two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.

Mark

• Mark 1:5
  And there went out unto him all the land of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.People went out to him from all of Jerusalem and the countryside of Judea. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
• Mark 5:1
  And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.On the other side of the sea, they arrived in the region of the Gerasenes.
• Mark 5:10
  And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of that region.
• Mark 6:55
  And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.and ran through that whole region, carrying the sick on mats to wherever they heard He was.

Luke

• Luke 2:8
  And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.
• Luke 3:1
  Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
• Luke 8:26
  And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.Then they sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, across the lake from Galilee.
• Luke 12:16
  And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
• 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.After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild 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.After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.
• Luke 15:15
  And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.
• Luke 19:12
  He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.
• Luke 21:21
  Then let them which are in Judea 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.Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city.

John

• John 4:35
  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.Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.
• John 11:54
  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.As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.
• John 11:55
  And the Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.

Acts

• Acts 8:1
  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 Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
• Acts 10:39
  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: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,
• 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.Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.
• Acts 13:49
  And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.And the word of the Lord spread throughout that region.
• Acts 16:6
  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,After the Holy Spirit had prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia.
• Acts 18:23
  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.After Paul had spent some time in Antioch, he traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
• Acts 26:20
  But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.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.
• Acts 27:27
  But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.

James

• James 5:4
  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.Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).