Difference between revisions of "Country"

<p> '''''kun´tri''''' ( ארץ , <i> ''''''erec''''' </i> , "land," שׂדה , <i> '''''sādheh''''' </i> , "field"; ἀγρός , <i> '''''agrós''''' </i> , "field," χώρα , <i> '''''chō̇ra''''' </i> , "region"): The foregoing are the principal words rendered "country" in English Versions of the Bible, though we find also <i> ''''''ădhāmāh''''' </i> , "earth" ( Jonah 4:2 ); <i> ''''''ı̄''''' </i> , "island" ( Jeremiah 47:4 the King James Version); <i> '''''gelı̄lāh''''' </i> , "circuit" ( Ezekiel 47:8 the King James Version); <i> '''''ḥebhel''''' </i> , "rope" ( Deuteronomy 3:14 ); <i> '''''māḳōm''''' </i> , "place" ( Genesis 29:26 the King James Version); <i> '''''nepheth''''' </i> ,"hill" or "height" ( Joshua 17:11 the King James Version); <i> '''''génos''''' </i> , "race" ( Acts 4:36 the King James Version); γῆ , <i> '''''gḗ''''' </i> , "earth" ( Matthew 9:31 the King James Version; Acts 7:3 the King James Version); πατρίς , <i> '''''patrı́s''''' </i> , "native land" ( Luke 4:23; John 4:44; Hebrews 11:14 ); περίχωρος , <i> '''''perı́chōros''''' </i> , "country (the American Standard Revised Version "region") round about" ( Matthew 14:35; Luke 3:3; Luke 4:37; Luke 8:37 ). In Hebrews 11:14 , "heaven" is referred to as a country. Egypt and Assyria were "far countries" ( Jeremiah 8:19 the King James Version; Zechariah 10:9 ). The hill country (compare the numerous Gibeahs ( <i> '''''gibh‛āh''''' </i> , "a hill")) was the mountainous region to the North or to the South of Jerusalem. The low country, <i> '''''shephēlāh''''' </i> (see [[Shephelah]] ), consisted of the foothills to the west of the hill country. The south country or [[Negeb]] ( <i> '''''neghebh''''' </i> ), which see, was the dry, extreme southern part of Palestine,approximately between Beersheba and Kadesh-barnea. </p>

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