Definition

to be in (give) space, i.e. (intransitively) to pass, enter, or (transitively) to hold, admit (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

from G5561 (χώρα);

Where the KJV renders it

• come
• contain
• go
• have place
• (can
• be room to) receive

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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