Words the Bible translates as region
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- horionὅριονthe territory belonging to a town or a people: its district, the land lying inside its recognized limits
- chōraχώραa bounded stretch of land: a region, the countryside, or a field, with the scale set by context
- merosμέροςa part of a whole: a piece, share, region, or side, as set against the entirety
- ḥevelחֶבֶלa measured portion of land: an allotted territory or region, marked off as if by a measuring line
+3 more meanings
- a cord or rope: a length of twisted fiber used to bind, lift, hold, or measure
- a band or company: a group of people bound together as a unit
- pangs: the sharp, gripping pains of childbirth, used as an image of sudden anguish
- iאִיcoastland: land bordering or set within the sea, from a single shore or island out to the far-off maritime regions and the peoples who live there
- perichōrosπερίχωροςthe surrounding country: the open land, farms, and villages lying around a town, lake, or river.
- klimaκλίμαregionnot studied yet
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