noun · neuter
chōriem
Strong’sG5564
a place, piece of land, field
stem chōri-10 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
χωρίον, -ου, τό
(dimin. of χώρα, χῶρος), [in LXX: I Ch 27:27 (כֶּרֶם), II Mac 11:5 12:7, 21, IV Mac 15:20 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5564 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkho-ree'-on
a spot or plot of ground
Fromdiminutive of G5561;
King Jamesfield, land, parcel of ground, place, possession.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
diminutive (only in form, compare χ. μέγιστον Refs 5th c.BC+
1 place, spot, district, very frequently in Prose from Refs 5th c.BC+; also in Comedy texts, as Refs 5th c.BC+; never in Trag.: ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ χ. from the same spot, Refs 5th c.BC+; χ. ἔρημον, χ. χαλεπὰ καὶ πετρώδη, Refs 5th c.BC+: plural, sites, οἰκίσαι χωρία Refs 5th c.BC+
2 town, Refs, etc.; χωρίων κατάληψις Refs 5th c.BC+
3 landed property, estate, Refs 5th c.BC+; used with ἀγρός, Refs 5th c.BC+
4 place of business, office, Refs 4th c.BC+
5 space, room, Refs 5th c.BC+; especially in Geometry texts, space enclosed by lines, area, figure, Refs 5th c.BC+: especially rectangle, Refs 3rd c.BC+
6 passage in a book, Refs 5th c.BC+inCael.Refs
6.b subject, Refs 5th c.BC+: plural, topics, Refs 4th c.BC+
7 in Medicine texts, part of the body, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ χ. τὸ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἥπατος periphrastic for the gall-bladder, Refs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | chōriem | chōrieim1×χωρία |
| of, belonging to genitive | chōrieu2×χωρίου | chōrieiu1×χωρίων |
| to, for dative | chōrie | chōriei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
chōrie is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
10 occurrences, every one of them listed
chōrieu“land”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
John 4:5… tau Samareiau legorōntan Suchar plēsion teu chōrieu hem dōata Iakōb to Iōsēf to …… of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his …
Acts 5:3… kai nosfizera apo tau timau teu chōrieu?… some of the proceeds from the land?
chōrieim“lands”subject or objectdirect plural1×
Acts 28:7“lands”… tei peri ton topon ekeinon huparchate chōrieim to prōto tau nēsau onome Poplio, …… belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed …
chōrieiu“lands”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Acts 4:34… ate en autoi; hosois gar ktētōrois chōrieiu ē oikiaiu huparchale, pōlarōntois ferale tain …… among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property …
chōriem5×
Matthew 26:36… erchotō meta autoiu tos Iēsus eis chōriem legorōntem Gethsēmani, kai legatō toi mathētoi; …… went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He told them …
Mark 14:32Kai ercholō eis chōriem heu tem onomem Gethsēmani, kai legatō …Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus told His …
Acts 1:18Houtos men oun kteta chōriem ek misthou tau adikiau, kai prēnos …… for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst …
Acts 1:19… toi katoikarōntoi Ierousalēm, hōste kalira tem chōriem ekeinem ta idia dialekta autoiu Hakeldamach, …… in Jerusalem, so they called that field in their own language Akeldama, that …
Acts 5:8… Petros; Legasar mi, ei tosouteu tem chōriem apodōeva? tas de legata; Nai, tosouteu.… and your husband got for the land?” “Yes,” she answered, “that is the …
Chōriem1×
Acts 1:19… idia dialekta autoiu Hakeldamach, houtem atō Chōriem Haimeu.… their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)