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

__(b) land, property: Luk.12:16;

__(with) the country, opposite to the town; so in pl. Luk.21:21, Jhn.4:35, Jas.5:4.†

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

a space, place; land; a land, country, region; land, property; the country