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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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 44 times in 35 verses in 'Zec' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:10 - And the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered and said, “These are those whom Yahweh has sent to [fn]patrol the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:11 - So they answered the angel of Yahweh who was standing among the myrtle trees and said, “We have [fn]patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth is sitting still and quiet.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:21 - And I said, “What are these coming to do?” And he said, “These are the horns which have scattered Judah so that no man lifts up his head; but these craftsmen have come to cause them to tremble, to throw down the horns of the nations who have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah in order to scatter it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:6 -

“[fn]Ho there! Flee from the land of the north,” declares Yahweh, “for I have dispersed you as the four winds of the heavens,” declares Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:12 - “Then Yahweh will inherit Judah as His portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:9 - ‘For behold, the stone that I have put before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave an inscription on it,’ declares Yahweh of hosts, ‘and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:10 - “For who has despised the day of small things? [fn]But these seven will be glad when they see the [fn]plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel—these are the eyes of Yahweh which roam to and fro throughout the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:14 - Then he said, “These are the two [fn]anointed ones who are standing by the Lord of all the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:3 - Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going forth over the face of the whole [fn]land; surely everyone who steals will be [fn]purged away according to [fn]the writing on one side, and everyone who swears will be [fn]purged away according to the writing on the other side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:6 - So I said, “What is it?” And he said, “This is the [fn]ephah going forth.” Again he said, “This is their [fn]appearance in all the [fn]land

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:9 - Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, two women were coming out with the wind in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:11 - Then he said to me, “To build a [fn]house for her in the land of Shinar; and when it is prepared, she will be set there on her own pedestal.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:5 - And the angel answered and said to me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth after standing before the Lord of all the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:6 - with one of which the black horses are going forth to the north country; and the white ones go forth after them, and the dappled ones go forth to the south country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:7 - “Now the mighty ones went out, and they sought to go to [fn]patrol the earth.” And He said, “Go, [fn]patrol the earth.” So they [fn]patrolled the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:8 - Then He cried out to me and spoke to me saying, “See, those who are going to the land of the north have caused My Spirit to have rest in the land of the north.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:5 - “Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months [fn]these seventy years, was it actually for Me that you fasted?

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:14 - “but I [fn]scattered them with a storm wind among all the nations whom they have not known. Thus the land is desolated behind them [fn]so that no one was passing through and returning, for they made the pleasant land desolate.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:7 - “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘Behold, I am going to save My people from the land where the [fn]sun rises and from the land where the [fn]sun sets;

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:12 - ‘For there will be peace for the seed: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its produce, and the heavens will give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:1 -

The [fn]oracle of the word of Yahweh is against the land of Hadrach, with Damascus as its resting place (for the eyes of men, especially of all the tribes of Israel, are toward Yahweh),

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:10 -

I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim

And the horse from Jerusalem;

And the bow of war will be cut off.

And He will speak peace to the nations;

And His reign will be from sea to sea

And from the [fn]River to the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:16 -

And Yahweh their God will save them in that day

As the flock of His people;

For they are as the stones of a crown,

[fn]Sparkling in His land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:10 -

“Then I will cause them to return from the land of Egypt

And gather them from Assyria;

And I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon

[fn]Until no room can be found for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:6 - “For I will no longer spare the inhabitants of the land,” declares Yahweh; “but behold, I will cause the men to [fn]fall, each into another’s hand and into the hand of his king; and they will crush the land, and I will not deliver them from their hand.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:16 - “For behold, I am going to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who face annihilation, seek the young, heal the broken, or sustain the one standing, but will consume the flesh of the fat sheep and tear off their hoofs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:1 -

The oracle of the word of Yahweh concerning Israel.

Thus declares Yahweh who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:3 - “But it will be in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who heave it up will be severely [fn]injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:12 - “And the land will mourn, each family alone; the family of the house of David alone and their wives alone; the family of the house of Nathan alone and their wives alone;

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:2 -

“And it will be in that day,” declares Yahweh of hosts, “that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered; and I will also cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass away from the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:5 - but he will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I am a cultivator of the ground, for a man [fn]sold me as a slave in my youth.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:8 -

“And it will be in all the land,”

Declares Yahweh,

“That two parts in it will be cut off and breathe their last;

But the third will be left in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:9 -

And Yahweh will be king over all the earth; in that day Yahweh will be the only one, and His name one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10 -

All the land will be changed into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; but [fn]Jerusalem will rise and inhabit its site from Benjamin’s Gate as far as the place of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s wine presses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:17 - And it will be that whichever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, Yahweh of hosts, there will be no rain on them.
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