- χώρα
- χώρα, ας, ἡ (Hom.+) country, land.① (dry) land in contrast to the sea, land (Isocr. 7, 1; Diod S 3, 40, 2; 20, 61, 4 [opp. θάλασσα]) Ac 27:27.② a portion of land area, district, region, placeⓐ gener. Mk 6:55; Lk 2:8; 15:14f; Ac 13:49. χώρα μακρά Lk 15:13; 19:12. ἡ χώρα ἐγγὺς τῆς ἐρήμου J 11:54. ἔξω τῆς χώρας out of that region Mk 5:10.ⓑ The district is more definitely described ὁ κύριος τῆς χώρας ταύτης the lord of this country Hs 1:4a (TestJob 3:7). Sharper definiteness is brought about by a gen. of the ruler 1:4b; of the inhabitants αὐτῶν (Jos., Ant. 5, 318; Just., A I, 53, 9) Mt 2:12; GJs 21:4 (cp. TestJob 41:2 ἐαυτῶν) Ac 12:20; 1 Cl 12:2, mentioned by name (Josh 5:12; 1 Ch 20:1; Is 7:18; EpArist 107; Just., A I, 34, 2) τῶν Γαδαρηνῶν Mt 8:28; cp. Mk 5:1; Lk 8:26; Ac 10:39; of the provincial name (1 Macc 8:3) ἡ χώρα τῆς Ἰουδαίας Ac 26:20; cp. ἐν χώρᾳ Βηθλεέμ GJs 18:1 (AscIs 3:1, 5); also by a geograph. adj. (Just., D. 79, 2 τῇ Ἀιγυπτίᾳ χώρᾳ) ἡ Γαλατικὴ χώρα Ac 16:6; 18:23; cp. Lk 3:1; 1 Cl 25:3 and Mk 1:5 (here we have ἡ Ἰουδαία χώρα [Jos., Ant. 11, 4] by metonymy for the inhabitants).③ the open country in contrast to the city, country (Isocr. et al.; Diod S 18, 18, 9 πόλιν κ. χώραν; Appian, Iber. 10 §39; PTebt 416, 11; EpArist 108f; SibOr 3, 707) εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἐκ τῆς χώρας J 11:55. κατὰ χώρας καὶ πόλεις κηρύσσοντες 1 Cl 42:4 (cp. TestLevi 13:7). Those who were dispersed by the persecution at Jerusalem διεσπάρησαν κατὰ τὰς χώρας τῆς Ἰουδαίας κ. Σαμαρείας Ac 8:1. Cp. 11:2 D.④ land used for farming, field, cultivated land (X. et al.; Sir 43:3; TestAbr A 2 p. 78, 13 [Stone p. 4]; p. 79, 1 [St. p. 6]; Jos., Ant. 7, 191; prob. also Cat. Cod. Astr. IX/2 p. 135, 1) pl. Lk 21:21; J 4:35; Js 5:4. Sing. land, farm (Jos., Ant. 11, 249; 16, 250) Lk 12:16.—ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ B 7:8 refers to land which, though uncultivated, grows fruit-bearing bushes.⑤ a place or position in which an entity is located, place (Ps.-Tyrtaeus 9, 42 D.3 πάντες … εἴκουσʼ ἐκ χώρης=they all withdraw from the place [that the seasoned soldier claims for himself]; Just., A I, 13, 3 ἐν δευτέρᾳ χώρᾳ of Jesus Christ, ‘in second place’, i.e. after God the Father; idem, D. 127, 2 ἐν τῇ αὐτοῦ χώρᾳ of God, who remains stationary ‘in his place’, i.e. God need not ‘come down’ to see someth.; Ath., R. 20 p. 73, 18; s. χωρέω 2) ἐν χώρᾳ καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτου = ἐν χώρᾳ σκιᾶς θανάτου in the land of the shadow of death Mt 4:16 (Is 9:1).—For the history of the word s. KDieterich, RhM n.s. 59, 1904, 226ff.—B. 1302; 1304f.—DELG. M-M.
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