'Country' in the Bible

And having been warned by God in a dream not to return to Herod, the magi left for their own country by another way.

When He came to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, two men who were demon-possessed met Him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so extremely violent that no one could pass by that way.

And all the country of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.

And he began to implore Him earnestly not to send them out of the country.

Their herdsmen ran away and reported it in the city and in the country. And the people came to see what it was that had happened.

and ran about that whole country and began to carry here and there on their pallets those who were sick, to the place they heard He was.

They *pressed into service a passer-by coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), to bear His cross.

After that, He appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking along on their way to the country.

Now at this time Mary arose and went in a hurry to the hill country, to a city of Judah,

Fear came on all those living around them; and all these matters were being talked about in all the hill country of Judea.

Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.

When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran away and reported it in the city and out in the country.

And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes and the surrounding district asked Him to leave them, for they were gripped with great fear; and He got into a boat and returned.

And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living.

Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to be impoverished.

So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

So He said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return.

Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those who are in the midst of the city must leave, and those who are in the country must not enter the city;

When they led Him away, they seized a man, Simon of Cyrene, coming in from the country, and placed on him the cross to carry behind Jesus.

For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

Therefore Jesus no longer continued to walk publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the country near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.

Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the Passover to purify themselves.

and said to him, ‘Leave your country and your relatives, and come into the land that I will show you.’

Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. From there, after his father died, God had him move to this country in which you are now living.

Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and with one accord they came to him, and having won over Blastus the king’s chamberlain, they were asking for peace, because their country was fed by the king’s country.

It happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus, and found some disciples.

For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.

And indeed if they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.

But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He has prepared a city for them.