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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - χώρα
χώρα
G5561
Transliteration: chṓra
Pronunciation: kho'-rah
Definition: coast
- Original: χώρα - Transliteration: Chora - Phonetic: kho'-rah
- Definition:
1. the space lying between two places or limits
2. a region or country i.e. a tract of land
a. the (rural) region surrounding a city or village, the country
b. the region with towns and villages which surround a metropolis
3. land which is ploughed or cultivated, ground
- Origin: from a derivative of the base of G5490" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5490 through the idea of empty expanse - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: Feminine of a derivative of the base of G5490" class="dictionary-topic-link">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" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5117.