χώρα

χώρα, -ας, ἡ

[in LXX for אֶרֶץ, מְדִינָה, etc. ;]

1. most frequently in cl., a space, place.

2. land, i.e.

(a) a land, country, region: Matt 12,2, Mark 5,10; 6,55, Luk 2,8; 15,13-15; 19,12, Joh 11,54, ApG 13,49; 27,27; χ. Γαλατική, ApG 16,6; 18,23; Τραχωνίτιδος, Luk 3,1 τ. Ἰουδαίας, ApG 26,20 τ. Ἰουδαίων, ApG 10,39 pl., τῆς Ἰουδαίας κ. Σαμαρείας, ApG 8,1 Γεργεσηνῶν (Γερασηνῶν, Γαδαρηνῶν) Matt 8,28, Mark 5,1, Luk 8,26; ἐν χ. καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτου, Matt 4,16

(b) land, property: Luk 12,16

(with) the country, opposite to the town; so in pl., Luk 21,21, Joh 4,35, Jak 5,4.†

SYN.: ἄγρος, τόπος (cf. DCG, i, 591a; LS, see word χώρα, ad init.).