χώρα: Difference between revisions

|txtha=χώρας, ἡ (ΧΑΩ (cf. [[Curtius]], § 179), to [[lie]] [[open]], be [[ready]] to [[receive]]), from Homer down, the Sept. for אֶרֶץ, מְדִינָה 'a [[province]]';<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[properly]], the [[space]] [[lying]] [[between]] [[two]] places or limits.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> a [[region]] or [[country]]; i. e. a [[tract]] of [[land]]: ἡ [[χώρα]] [[ἐγγύς]] τῆς ἐρήμου, ἡ [[ἀστραπή]] (ἡ) ἀστράπτουσα ἐκ τῆς [[ὑπό]] [[τόν]] οὐρανόν [[εἰς]] [[τήν]] ὑπ' οὐρανόν λάμπει, A. V. [[part]] ... [[part]], Winer's Grammar, § 64,5); on the ellipsis of [[χώρα]] in [[other]] phrases (ἐξ ἀναντιας, ἐν [[δεξιά]], etc.), [[see]] Winer's Grammar, the [[passage]] cited; Buttmann, 82 (72)); [[land]] as opposed to the [[sea]], [[land]] as [[inhabited]], a [[province]] or [[country]], L marginal [[reading]] T Tr WH); Τραχωνίτιδος, τῆς Ἰουδαίας, Γαλατικη, τῶν Ἰουδαίων, τῆς Ἰουδαίας καί Σαμαρείας (A. V. regions), ἐν [[χώρα]] καί [[σκιά]] θανάτου, in a [[region]] of densest [[darkness]] ([[see]] [[σκιά]], a), τίνος, the [[country]] of [[one]], [[χώρα]] for its inhabitants, the ([[rural]]) [[region]] environing a [[city]] or [[village]], the [[country]], Γεργεσηνῶν, Γερασηνῶν, Γαδαρηνῶν, [[land]] [[which]] is plowed or [[cultivated]], [[ground]]: R. V. [[country]]); A. V. fields); A. V. fields). (Synonym: [[see]] [[τόπος]], at the [[end]].)