χώραchṓra
room, i.e. a space of territory (more or less extensive; often including its inhabitants)
Greek (New Testament) · G5561
Meanings
1. most frequently in classical Greek, a space, place.
2. land, i.e.
(a) a land, country, region: Matthew 12:2, Mark 5:10, Mark 6:55, Luke 2:8, Luke 15:13-15, Luke 19:12, John 11:54, Acts 13:49, Acts 27:27; χ. Γαλατική, Acts 16:6, Acts 18:23; Τραχωνίτιδος, Luke 3:1; τ. Ἰουδαίας, Acts 26:20; τ. Ἰουδαίων, Acts 10:39; plural, τῆς Ἰουδαίας κ. Σαμαρείας, Acts 8:1; Γεργεσηνῶν (Γερασηνῶν, Γαδαρηνῶν) Matthew 8:28, Mark 5:1, Luke 8:26; ἐν χ. καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτου, Matthew 4:16
(b) land, property: Luke 12:16
(c) the country, opposed to the town; so in plural, Luke 21:21, John 4:35, James 5:4.
Synonyms
ἄγρος, τόπος.
Same root
- χάσμαchásma · G5490a "chasm" or vacancy (impassable interval)
- περίχωροςperíchōros · G4066around the region, i.e. circumjacent (as noun, with G1093 (γῆ) implied vicinity)
- ἔρημοςérēmos · G2048
- χωρέωchōréō · G5562to be in (give) space, i.e. (intransitively) to pass, enter, or (transitively) to hold, admit (literally or figuratively)
- εὐρύχωροςeurýchōros · G2149spacious
- χωρίονchōríon · G5564a spot or plot of ground
- χωρίςchōrís · G5565at a space, i.e. separately or apart from (often as preposition)
- στενοχωρίαstenochōría · G4730narrowness of room, i.e. (figuratively) calamity
Where it appears
Appears 28 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 2:12 When it was time to leave, they returned to their own country by another route, for God had warned them in a dream not to return to Herod.
- Matthew 4:16 the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light. And for those who lived in the land where death casts its shadow, a light has shined.”
- Matthew 8:28 When Jesus arrived on the other side of the lake, in the region of the Gadarenes, two men who were possessed by demons met him. They came out of the tombs and were so violent that no one could go through that area.
- Mark 1:5 All of Judea, including all the people of Jerusalem, went out to see and hear John. And when they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River.
- Mark 5:1 So they arrived at the other side of the lake, in the region of the Gerasenes.
- Mark 5:10 Then the evil spirits begged him again and again not to send them to some distant place.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.