χώρα in the New Testament

Definitions

Thayer

1) the space lying between two places or limits
2) a region or country, i.e. a tract of land
2a) the (rural) region surrounding a city or village, the country
2b) the region with towns and villages which surround a metropolis
3) land which is ploughed or cultivated, ground
Part of Speech: noun feminine

Strong

G5561
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.

Louw-Nida

GlossSection
a land1.60
b region1.79
c countryside1.87
d field1.95
e inhabitants11.64

Classical Greek Dictionaries

These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.

Perseus Digital Library

University of Chicago's Logion lexicon

Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen

Strong's dictionary

Crosswalk

Thayer's dictionary plus other information.

LaParola

From this site's dictionary (in Italian)

In the New Testament

SBL (also Westcott and Hort; Tischendorf; Byzantine)

3
2
1
14
5
3
Total28

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