Quick Definition
a place, piece of land, field
Strong's Definition
a spot or plot of ground
Derivation: diminutive of G5561 (χώρα);
KJV Usage: field, land, parcel of ground, place, possession
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χωρίον, χωρίου, τό (diminutive of χῶρος; or χώρα), from Herodotus down;
1. a space, a place; a region, district.
2. a piece of ground, a field, land (Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, others): Mat_26:36; Mar_14:32; Joh_4:5 (A. V. parcel of ground); Act_1:18; Act_4:34 (plural lands); ; a farm, estate: plural Act_28:7. (Synonym: see τόπος, at the end.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χωρίον chōrion 1 0x
a place, spot; Mat_26:36 ; Mar_14:32 ;
a field, farm, estate, domain, Joh_4:5 ; Act_1:18-19 (2x); Act_4:34 ; Act_5:3 ; Act_5:8 ; Act_28:7 * field; place.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χωρίον , -ου , τό
(dimin. of χώρα , χῶρος ),
[in LXX : 1Ch_27:27 ( H3754 ), 2Ma_11:5 ; 2Ma_12:7 ; 2Ma_12:21 , 4Ma_15:20 * ;]
1. a place, region.
2. an estate, property, piece of land: Mat_26:36 , Mar_14:32 , Joh_4:5 , Act_1:18-19 ; Act_4:34 ; Act_5:3 ; Act_5:8 ; Act_28:7 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χωρίον [page 696]
a piece of land, a field : P Hal I. 1 .85 (mid. iii/B.C.) ἐάν τι ]ς ὀφρύγην [παρὰ ] ἀλλότριον χω [ρίον οἰ ]κοδομῆι , τὸν [ὅρον μὴ π ]αραφαινέτω , P Oxy VI. 985 (2nd half i/A.D.) εἰς τὸ ἀπηλιωτικὸν χῶμα τοῦ χωρίου , ib. VIII. 1141 .6 (iii/A.D.) τὰ κατεπείγοντα ἄλ̣(λα ) ἔργ (α ) χωρ (ίου ) Γαϊανοῦ , the other pressing work at the farmstead of Gaianus (Ed.), ib. IX. 1220 .23 (iii/A.D.) ̣π̣ε̣ρ̣ι , τω̣ν χωρίων , ἐὰν παραγένῃ σὺν θεῷ , μαθήσι τὴν διάθεσιν αὐτῶν , about the fields, if you come, D.V., you will learn their condition (Ed.), P Lond 214 .9 (A.D. 270 275) ( = II. p. 161, Chrest. I. p. 209 ) γενόμενος εἰς ἀμπελικὸν χωρίον καλόυμενον Ἐλαιῶνα , and Syll 429 ( = .3 911) .20 (B.C. 300 250) ἐπισκοπῶνται τά τε χωρία εἰ γεωργεῖται κατὰ τὰς συνθήκας : cf. Preisigke 1973, a list of place names on ostraca from Oxyrhynchus 3 ff. χωρίον Ἀνδρ (έου ), χωρίον Παρορίου , al.
For the use of local plants for magical purposes cf. P OslI. 1 .238 (iv/A.D.) κρέμασον εἰς κάλαμον χωρίου , suspend it ( sc. a frog) on a reed taken from the spot, with the editor s note.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
χωρίον χωρίον, ου, τό, [Etym: Dim. of χῶρος and χώρα] [Etym: diminutive only in form] "a particular place, a place, spot, district", Hdt. , Thuc. , etc.; ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ χ. this same "spot", Hdt. "a place, post", esp. "a fortified post", id=Hdt. , Thuc. , etc. "landed property, an estate", Thuc. , Xen. "a place of business, office", Dem. in Geometry, "a space enclosed by lines", Ar. , Plat. = τόπος I. 3, "a place, passage in a book", Luc. : "a part or period" of history, Thuc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
χωρίον, -ου, τό
(dimin. of χώρα, χῶρος), [in LXX: 1Ch.27:27 (כֶּרֶם), 2Ma.11:5 2Mac 12:7 2Mac 12:21, 4Ma.15:20 * ;]
__1. a place, region.
__2. an estate, property, piece of land: Mat.26:36, Mrk.14:32, Jhn.4:5, Act.1:18-19 4:34 5:3, 8 28:7.†
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