'Country' in the Bible

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.