Strong G5564G5564Hχωρίον
Field (of Blood)
- Transliteration
- chōrion
- Pronunciation
- kho-ree'-on
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Diminutive of G5561; a spot or plot of ground: - field land parcel of ground place possession.
Detailed definition
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.†
(AS)
(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.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Akeldama
Field purchased with Judas' betrayal money; burial place for strangers
Akeldama, also known as the Field of Blood or Potter's Field, was purchased with the money Judas received for betraying Jesus and used as a burial place for foreigners.
In the Bible
Strong G5564H appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- field1
First verses
- Acts 1:19And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
Occurrences by book
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Detailed Greek dictionary
χωρ-ίον, τό,
diminutive (only in form, compare χ. μέγιστον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.19) of χῶρος and χώρα:)]
1 place, spot, district, very frequently in Prose from [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus down wards, e.g. 2.8, 10, 29, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.54)]; also in Comedy texts, as [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 209, etc.)]; never in Trag.: ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ χ. from the same spot, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11)]; χ. ἔρημον, χ. χαλεπὰ καὶ πετρώδη, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.9; χ. ἱππάσιμα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.14)]: plural, sites, οἰκίσαι χωρία [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.12.)]
2 town, [Refs ([prev. work] 100)], etc.; χωρίων κατάληψις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 455b, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 28.7, etc.)]
3 landed property, estate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.106, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 844b, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.4, “IG” 12.325.10)]; used with ἀγρός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.1, etc.)]
4 place of business, office, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.33.)]
5 space, room, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.63, etc.)]; especially in Geometry texts, space enclosed by lines, area, figure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 82bf, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 152, 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra “Data” 55, 3rd c.AD(?): Pappus Mathematicus 240.17)]: especially rectangle, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ κωνοειδέων καὶ σφαιροειδέων” 2, +others)]
6 passage in a book, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.117 (unless interpolated), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 12, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 15.672a, 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus)]inCael.[Refs (126.4.)]
6.b subject, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.97)]: plural, topics, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 31.)]
7 in Medicine texts, part of the body, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 2, compare “Aph.” 1.21 (_plural_))]; τὸ χ. τὸ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἥπατος periphrastic for the gall-bladder, [Refs ([prev. author] “Morb.” 4.36.)]
diminutive (only in form, compare χ. μέγιστον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.19) of χῶρος and χώρα:)]
1 place, spot, district, very frequently in Prose from [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus down wards, e.g. 2.8, 10, 29, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.54)]; also in Comedy texts, as [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 209, etc.)]; never in Trag.: ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ χ. from the same spot, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11)]; χ. ἔρημον, χ. χαλεπὰ καὶ πετρώδη, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.9; χ. ἱππάσιμα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.14)]: plural, sites, οἰκίσαι χωρία [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.12.)]
2 town, [Refs ([prev. work] 100)], etc.; χωρίων κατάληψις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 455b, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 28.7, etc.)]
3 landed property, estate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.106, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 844b, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.4, “IG” 12.325.10)]; used with ἀγρός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.1, etc.)]
4 place of business, office, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.33.)]
5 space, room, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.63, etc.)]; especially in Geometry texts, space enclosed by lines, area, figure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 82bf, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 152, 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra “Data” 55, 3rd c.AD(?): Pappus Mathematicus 240.17)]: especially rectangle, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ κωνοειδέων καὶ σφαιροειδέων” 2, +others)]
6 passage in a book, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.117 (unless interpolated), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 12, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 15.672a, 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus)]inCael.[Refs (126.4.)]
6.b subject, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.97)]: plural, topics, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 31.)]
7 in Medicine texts, part of the body, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 2, compare “Aph.” 1.21 (_plural_))]; τὸ χ. τὸ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἥπατος periphrastic for the gall-bladder, [Refs ([prev. author] “Morb.” 4.36.)]