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Lexicon :: Strong's G1093 - gē

Aa
γῆ
Transliteration
gē (Key)
Pronunciation
ghay
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Contracted from a root word
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TDNT Reference: 1:677,116

Strong’s Definitions

γῆ gē, ghay; contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application):—country, earth(-ly), ground, land, world.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 252x

The KJV translates Strong's G1093 in the following manner: earth (188x), land (42x), ground (18x), country (2x), world (1x), earthly (with G1537) (with G3588) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 252x
The KJV translates Strong's G1093 in the following manner: earth (188x), land (42x), ground (18x), country (2x), world (1x), earthly (with G1537) (with G3588) (1x).

  1. arable land

  2. the ground, the earth as a standing place

  3. the main land as opposed to the sea or water

  4. the earth as a whole

    1. the earth as opposed to the heavens

    2. the inhabited earth, the abode of men and animals

  5. a country, land enclosed within fixed boundaries, a tract of land, territory, region

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γῆ gē, ghay; contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application):—country, earth(-ly), ground, land, world.
STRONGS G1093:
γῆ, genitive γῆς, ἡ, (contracted from γέα, poetic γαῖα), Sept. very often for אֶרֶץ and אֲדָמָה, earth;
1. arable land: Matthew 13:5, 8, 23; Mark 4:8, 20, 26, 28, 31; Luke 13:7; Luke 14:35 (Luke 14:34); John 12:24; Hebrews 6:7; James 5:7; Revelation 9:4; of the earthy material out of which a thing is formed, with the implied idea of frailty and weakness: ἐκ γῆς χοϊκός, 1 Corinthians 15:47.
2. the ground, the earth as a standing-place, (German Boden): Matthew 10:29; Matthew 15:35; Matthew 23:35; Matthew 27:51; Mark 8:6; Mark 9:20; Mark 14:35; Luke 22:44 [L brackets WH reject the passage]; Luke 24:5; John 8:6, 8 [i. e. Rec.]; Acts 9:4, 8.
3. the main land, opposed to sea or water: Mark 4:1; Mark 6:47; Luke 5:3; Luke 8:27; John 6:21; John 21:8f, 11; Revelation 12:12.
4. the earth as a whole, the world (Latin terrarum orbis);
a. the earth as opposed to the heavens: Matthew 5:18, 35; Matthew 6:10; Matthew 16:19; Matthew 18:18; Matthew 24:35; Mark 13:31; Luke 2:14; John 12:32; Acts 2:19; Acts 4:24; 2 Peter 3:5, 7, 10, 13; Revelation 21:1; τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς the things and beings that are on the earth, Ephesians 1:10; Colossians 1:16 [T WH omit; L Tr brackets τά]; involving a suggestion of mutability, frailty, infirmity, alike in thought and in action, Matthew 6:19; τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς (equivalent to τὰ ἐπίγεια, Philippians 3:19) terrestrial goods, pleasures, honors, Colossians 3:2 (opposed to τὰ ἄνω); τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς the members of your earthly body, as it were the abode and instruments of corrupt desires, Colossians 3:5; ὁ ὢν ἐκ τῆς γῆς... λαλεῖ (in contrast with Christ as having come from heaven) he who is of earthly (human) origin, has an earthly nature, and speaks as his earthly origin and nature prompt, John 3:31.
b. the inhabited earth, the abode of men and animals: Luke 21:35; Acts 1:8; Acts 10:12; Acts 11:6; Acts 17:26; Hebrews 11:13; Revelation 3:10; αἴρειν ζωην τινος or τινὰ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, Acts 8:33; Acts 22:22; κληρονομεῖν τὴν γῆν (see κληρονομέω, 2), Matthew 5:5 (Matthew 5:4); πῦρ βάλλειν ἐπὶ [Rec. εἰς] τὴν γῆν, i. e. among men, Luke 12:49, cf. Luke 12:51 and Matthew 10:34; ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς among men, Luke 18:8; John 17:4.
5. a country, land enclosed within fixed boundaries, a tract of land, territory, region; simply, when it is plain from the context what land is meant, as that of the Jews: Luke 4:25; Luke 21:23; Romans 9:28; James 5:17; with a gentile noun added [then, as a rule, anarthrous, Winer's Grammar, 121 (114f)]: γῆ Ἰσραήλ, Matthew 2:20f; Ἰούδα, Matthew 2:6; Γεννησαρέτ, Matthew 14:34; Mark 6:53; Σοδόμων κ. Γομόρρων, Matthew 10:15; Matthew 11:24; Χαλδαίων, Acts 7:4; Αἴγυπτος, (see Αἴγυπτος); ἡ Ἰουδαία γῆ, John 3:22; with the addition of an adjective: ἀλλοτρία, Acts 7:6; ἐκείνη, Matthew 9:26, 31; with the genitive of person one's country, native land, Acts 7:3.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
2:6; 2:20; 5:4; 5:5; 5:18; 5:35; 6:10; 6:19; 9:26; 9:31; 10:15; 10:29; 10:34; 11:24; 13:5; 13:8; 13:23; 14:34; 15:35; 16:19; 18:18; 23:35; 24:35; 27:51
Mark
4:1; 4:8; 4:20; 4:26; 4:28; 4:31; 6:47; 6:53; 8:6; 9:20; 13:31; 14:35
Luke
2:14; 4:25; 5:3; 8:27; 12:49; 12:51; 13:7; 14:34; 14:35; 18:8; 21:23; 21:35; 22:44; 24:5
John
3:22; 3:31; 6:21; 8:6; 8:8; 12:24; 12:32; 17:4; 21:8; 21:11
Acts
1:8; 2:19; 4:24; 7:3; 7:4; 7:6; 8:33; 9:4; 9:8; 10:12; 11:6; 17:26; 22:22
Romans
9:28
1 Corinthians
15:47
Ephesians
1:10
Philippians
3:19
Colossians
1:16; 3:2; 3:5
Hebrews
6:7; 11:13
James
5:7; 5:17
2 Peter
3:5; 3:7; 3:10; 3:13
Revelation
3:10; 9:4; 12:12; 21:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1093 matches the Greek γῆ (gē),
which occurs 250 times in 223 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:6 - You Beth-lehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the chiefs of Judah: out of you will come a ruler, who will be the keeper of my people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:20 - Saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: because they who were attempting to take the young child's life are dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:21 - And he got up, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:15 - The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:5 - Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:13 - You are the salt of the earth; but if its taste goes from the salt, how will you make it salt again? it is then good for nothing but to be put out and crushed under foot by men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:18 - Truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth come to an end, not the smallest letter or part of a letter will in any way be taken from the law, till all things are done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:35 - Or by the earth, because it is the resting-place for his foot; or by Jerusalem, because it is the town of the great King.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:10 - Let your kingdom come. Let your pleasure be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:19 - Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:6 - But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (then said he to the man who was ill,) Get up, and take up your bed, and go to your house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:26 - And the news of it went out into all that land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:31 - But they went out and gave news of him in all that land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:15 - Truly I say to you, It will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of God's judging than for that town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:29 - Are not sparrows two a farthing? and not one of them comes to an end without your Father:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:34 - Do not have the thought that I have come to send peace on the earth; I came not to send peace but a sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:24 - But I say to you that it will be better for the land of Sodom in the day of judging, than for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:25 - At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:40 - For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish, so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:42 - The queen of the South will come up in the day of judging and give her decision against this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now a greater than Solomon is here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:5 - And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:8 - And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:23 - And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:24 - But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, and was troubled by the waves: for the wind was against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:34 - And when they had gone across, they came to land at Gennesaret.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:35 - Then he gave an order to the people to be seated on the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:19 - I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever is fixed by you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:25 - He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus said to him, What is your opinion, Simon? from whom do the kings of the earth get payment or tax? from their sons or from other people?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:18 - Truly I say to you, Whatever things are fixed by you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:19 - Again, I say to you, that if two of you are in agreement on earth about anything for which they will make a request, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:9 - And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:35 - So that on you may come all the blood of the upright on the earth, from the blood of upright Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you put to death between the Temple and the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:30 - And then the sign of the Son of man will be seen in heaven: and then all the nations of the earth will have sorrow, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:35 - Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:18 - But he who was given the one went away and put it in a hole in the earth, and kept his lord's money in a secret place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:25 - And I was in fear, and went away, and put your talent in the earth: here is what is yours.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:45 - Now from the sixth hour it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:51

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:51 - And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end; and there was an earth-shock; and the rocks were broken;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:18 - And Jesus came to them and said, All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:10 - But so that you may see that the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins on earth, (he said to the man,)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:1 - And again he was teaching by the seaside. And a very great number of people had come to him, so that he got into a boat on the sea and took his seat; and all the people were on the land by the seaside.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:5 - And some went on the stones, where it had not much earth; and it came up straight away, because the earth was not deep:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:8 - And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, coming up and increasing, and giving thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:20 - And these are they who were planted on the good earth; such as give ear to the word, and take it into their hearts, and give fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundred times as much.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:26 - And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:28 - The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:31 - It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is put in the earth, is smaller than all the seeds on the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:47 - And by evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he by himself on the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:53

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:53 - And when they had gone across, they came to Gennesaret, and got their boat to land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:6 - And he made the people be seated on the earth: and he took the seven cakes and, having given praise, he gave the broken bread to his disciples to put before them; and they put it before the people.

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