χώρα, -ας, ἡ
[in LXX for אֶרֶץ, מְדִינָה, etc.;]
1. most freq. in cl., a space, place.
2. land, i.e.
(a) a land, country, region: Mt 12:2, Mk 5:106:55, Lk 2:815:13-1519:12, Jo 11:54, Ac 13:4927:27; χ. Γαλατική, Ac 16:618:23; Τραχωνίτιδος, Lk 3:1; τ. Ἰουδαίας, Ac 26:20; τ. Ἰουδαίων, Ac 10:39; pl., τῆς Ἰουδαίας κ. Σαμαρείας, Ac 8:1; Γεργεσηνῶν (Γερασηνῶν, Γαδαρηνῶν) Mt 8:28, Mk 5:1, Lk 8:26; ἐν χ. καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτου, Mt 4:16;
(b) land, property: Lk 12:16;
(c) the country, opp. to the town; so in pl., Lk 21:21, Jo 4:35, Ja 5:4.†
SYN.: ἄγρος, τόπος (cf. DCG, i, 591a; LS, s.v. χώρα, ad init.).