Библейское слово «χώρα» в греческих словарях

χώρα, ион. χώρη ἡ

1) пространство: ἐν χώρᾳ κινεῖσθαι Plat. двигаться в пространстве; ἐν μεγέθει τὴν διαφορὰν εἶναι τοῦ τε τόπου καὶ τῆς χώρας Sext. (некоторые утверждают), что разница между местом и пространством — в размерах;

2) промежуток, расстояние: ~ μεσσεγύς Hom. средний промежуток, интервал;

3) место, местоположение: ἂψ ἐνὶ χώρῃ ἕζετο Hom. он снова сел на (своё) место; οὐ μιᾷ χώρᾳ χρῆσθαι Xen. не оставаться на одном месте; χώραν ἐκ χώρας μεταβάλλειν Plat. перемещаться;

4) воен. позиция: ἐκ τῆς χώρας ὠθεῖσθαι Xen. быть вытесненным со своей позиции;

5) воен. назначенное место, пост (ἐν χώρᾳ αὐτοῦ μαχόμενος ἀποθνήσκει Xen.): ἐπεὶ ἐν ταῖς χώραις ἕκαστοι ἐγένοντο Xen. когда все заняли свои места;

6) общественное положение, должность, пост: χώραν ἔντιμον ἔχειν Xen. занимать почётное положение; ἐν ἀνδραπόδων χώρᾳ εἶναι Xen. находиться на положении рабов; ἐν οὐδεμίᾳ χώρᾳ εἶναι Xen. не иметь никакой власти, не играть никакой роли; οἱ τὰς μεγίστας χώρας ἔχοντες ἐν τοῖς μισθοφόροις Polyb. главные начальники наёмных войск;

7) область, край, страна (κατάλεξον, ἅστινας ἵκεο χώρας ἀνθρώπων Hom.): ἐπὶ χώρας εἶναι Xen. быть в (своей) стране; ὁ σατραπεύων τῆς χώρας Xen. сатрап (данной) области; ἡ ~ ἡ Ἀττική Her. Аттика; Ἑλλὰς ~ Aesch. Эллада;

8) земельная собственность, земля, поместье (χώραν καὶ οἴκους δοῦναί τινι Xen.): ἡ χώρας γεωργία Plat. землеобработка;

9) деревня (в собир. знач.): τὰ ἐκ τῆς χώρας ἐσκομίζεσθαι Thuc. свозить (в город) сельскохозяйственные продукты; ὁ ἐκ τῆς χώρας γιγνόμενος σῖτος Xen. получаемый из деревни хлеб.

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) Источник: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0

χώρα,
Ionic dialect χώρη, ἡ, =χῶρος, space or room in which a thing is, defined as partly occupied space, distinguished from κενόν and τόπος, [Refs 5th c.BC+] = country[Refs 8th c.BC+]; χώραν τινὶ καταλιπεῖν leave room for it, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
2 generally, place, spot, στρέψεσθ᾽ ἐκ χώρης ὅθι.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χώραν ἐκ χώρας μεταβάλλειν move from place to place, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; field in a ceiling, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ πρώτη χ. the first field (on the chest of Cypselus), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; socket or cavity of a joint, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the eye, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; as euphemism for the genital organs, [Refs]
3 the position, proper place of a person or thing, ἐνὶ χώρῃ ἕζεται [Refs 8th c.BC+]: especially a soldier's post, Ἄρης οὐκ ἔνι χώρα is not at his post (or perhaps in the land,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; χώραν λιπεῖν, προλείπειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μισθοφορεῖν κεναῖς χ. draw pay for unfilled vacancies, [Refs 4th c.BC+] fill a person's place, [Refs 6th c.AD+] take a position, find one's place, ἕως ἂν χώραν λάβῃ [τὰ πράγματα] till they are brought into position, into order, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἂν ἔχοι χώραν νοήσεως ἡντινοῦν τὸ ἀγαθόν the Good cannot have any possibility of thinking, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; σοὶ ἀστρονομεῖν χ. your province is astronomy, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] time and place, ἐν ὁποία ἀξία φυτευθῆναι καὶ ὥρὰ καὶ χώρᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς ὥρας καὶ χώρας καὶ διαίτας[Refs 4th c.BC+] b. in metric, position of a foot in a verse, τὸ δακτυλικὸν δέχεται δακτύλους καὶ σπονδείους κατὰ πᾶσαν χ. [Refs 7th c.AD+]
4 metaphorically, station, place, position, ἐν χώρᾳ τινὸς εἶναι to be in his position, be counted the same as he is, ἐν ἀνδραπόδων or μισθοφόρου χώρᾳ εἶναι to be in the position of slaves or mercenaries, to pass or rank as such, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν οὐδεμιᾷ χ. εἶναι to have no place or rank, be in no esteem, [Refs 6th c.BC+]
5 in senses [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς τὰς ἑαυτῶν χ. πάρεισι are at their posts, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν χώρᾳ in one's place, at one's post, ἐν ταῖς χ. γενέσθαι [Refs]; ἐν χώρᾳ πίπτειν, ἀποθνῄσκειν, die at one's post, [Refs]; ἐπὶ χώρας ἕσσαι set it in its place, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also μένειν ἐπὶ χώρας, =μένειν κατὰ χώραν, remain in force, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; κατὰ χώρην εἶναι be in one's place, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἤλπιζον.. οὐ μενεῖν κατὰ χ. τὰ πράγματα[Refs]as it was, undisturbed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐᾶν κατὰ χ. τὴν πόλιν leave in its place, leave as it was, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ χ. ἀπιέναι retire in their old order, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II land, i.e. ,
II.1 a land, country, ἅς τινας ἵκεο χώρας ἀνθρώπων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; territory, ὁ τύραννος ἢ πόλεων ἢ χ. πολλῆς [ἐπιθυμεῖ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2 landed estate, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. b. country town, τοὺς κήρυκας διαπέμψαντες ἐς τὰς χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3 the country, opposed to to the town, ἡ πόλις καὶ ἡ χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ἐκ τῆς χ. γιγνόμενος σῖτος[Refs]; ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ κοιταῖον γίγνεσθαι, opposed to ἐν ἄστει, Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἁ κοινὰ χ. (of two cities) [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: especially of Egypt as opposed to Alexandria, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἡ ἄνω χ. καὶ ἡ κάτω, Upper and Lower Egypt, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] alone is used in Attic dialect; whereas in signification 1 χῶρος is common, except in the special sense of one's proper place or post (χῶρος and χώρα perhaps cognate with χῆρος, χῆτος). Источник: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0