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Lexicon :: Strong's G1093 -

Aa
γῆ
Transliteration
(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, , (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; 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); 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 (),
which occurs 250 times in 223 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 3 / 5 (Act 7:29–Jas 5:17)

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“When he heard this, Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:33 -

“The Lord said to him: Take off the sandals from your feet, because the place where you are standing is holy ground.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:36 -

“This man led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:40 -

“They told Aaron: Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what’s happened to him.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:49 -

“Heaven is my throne,

and the earth my footstool.

What sort of house will you build for me?

says the Lord,

or what will be my resting place?

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:33 -

In his humiliation justice was denied him.

Who will describe his generation?

For his life is taken from the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:4 -

Falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:8 -

Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing. So they took him by the hand and led him into Damascus.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:11 -

He saw heaven opened and an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners to the earth.

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In it were all the four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, and the birds of the sky.

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“When I looked closely and considered it, I saw the four-footed animals of the earth, the wild beasts, the reptiles, and the birds of the sky.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:17 -

“The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors, made the people prosper during their stay in the land of Egypt, and led them out of it with a mighty[fn] arm.

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“and after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:47 -

“For this is what the Lord has commanded us:

I have made you

a light for the Gentiles

to bring salvation

to the ends of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:15 -

“People! Why are you doing these things? We are people also, just like you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:24 -

“The God who made the world and everything in it ​— ​he is Lord of heaven and earth ​— ​does not live in shrines made by hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:26 -

“From one man[fn] he has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:22 -

They listened to him up to this point. Then they raised their voices, shouting, “Wipe this man off the face of the earth! He should not be allowed to live! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:14 -

“We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice speaking to me in Aramaic,[fn] ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:39 -

When daylight came, they did not recognize the land but sighted a bay with a beach. They planned to run the ship ashore if they could.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:43 -

But the centurion kept them from carrying out their plan because he wanted to save Paul, and so he ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

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The rest were to follow, some on planks and some on debris from the ship. In this way, everyone safely reached the shore.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:17 -

For the Scripture tells Pharaoh, I raised you up for this reason so that I may display my power in you and that my name may be proclaimed in the whole earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:28 -

since the Lord will execute his sentence

completely and decisively on the earth.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:18 -

But I ask, “Did they not hear? ” Yes, they did:

Their voice has gone out to the whole earth,

and their words to the ends of the world.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:5 -

For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth ​— ​as there are many “gods” and many “lords” ​— ​

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:26 -

since the earth is the Lord’s, and all that is in it.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:47 -

The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is[fn] from heaven.

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:10 -

as a plan for the right time[fn] ​— ​to bring everything together in Christ, both things in heaven and things on earth in him.

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:15 -

from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named.

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:9 -

But what does “he ascended” mean except that he[fn] also descended to the lower parts of the earth?[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:3 -

so that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life in the land.[fn]

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For everything was created by him,

in heaven and on earth,

the visible and the invisible,

whether thrones or dominions

or rulers or authorities —

all things have been created through him and for him.

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and through him to reconcile

everything to himself,

whether things on earth or things in heaven,

by making peace

through his blood, shed on the cross.[fn]

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Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

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Therefore, put to death what belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:10 -

And:

In the beginning, Lord,

you established the earth,

and the heavens are the works of your hands;

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:7 -

For the ground that drinks the rain that often falls on it and that produces vegetation useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:4 -

Now if he were on earth, he wouldn’t be a priest, since there are those[fn] offering the gifts prescribed by the law.

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not like the covenant

that I made with their ancestors

on the day I took them by the hand

to lead them out of the land of Egypt.

I showed no concern for them, says the Lord,

because they did not continue in my covenant.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:9 -

By faith he stayed as a foreigner in the land of promise, living in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, coheirs of the same promise.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:13 -

These all died in faith, although they had not received the things that were promised. But they saw them from a distance, greeted them, and confessed that they were foreigners and temporary residents on the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:29 -

By faith they crossed the Red Sea as though they were on dry land. When the Egyptians attempted to do this, they were drowned.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:38 -

The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and on mountains, hiding in caves and holes in the ground.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:25 -

See to it that you do not reject the one who speaks. For if they did not escape when they rejected him who warned them on earth, even less will we if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:26 -

His voice shook the earth at that time, but now he has promised, Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:5 -

You have lived luxuriously on the earth and have indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:7 -

Therefore, brothers and sisters, be patient until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth and is patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains.

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:12 -

Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your “yes” mean “yes,” and your “no” mean “no,” so that you won’t fall under judgment.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:17 -

Elijah was a human being as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the land.


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