'Country' in the Bible

Later on, Mary set out for a Judean city in the hill country.

Fear came over all their neighbors, and throughout the hill country of Judea all these things were being discussed.

Then Jesus returned to Galilee by the power of the Spirit. Meanwhile, the news about him spread throughout the surrounding country.

A few days later, the younger son gathered everything he owned and traveled to a distant country. There he wasted it all on wild living.

After he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that country, and he began to be in need.

So he went out to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

So he said, "A prince went to a distant country to be appointed king and then to return.

But the citizens of his country hated him and sent a delegation to follow him and to announce, "We don't want this man to rule over us!'

As they led Jesus away, they grabbed Simon, a man from Cyrene, as he was coming in from the country, and they put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.