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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 252 times in 226 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:20 - Then they brought him to Him. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:27 - “And then He will send His angels, and gather together His elect from the four winds, from the farthest part of earth to the farthest part of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:31 - “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:35 - He went a little farther, and fell on the ground, and prayed that if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:33 - Now when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:14 - “Glory to God in the highest,
And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25 - “But I tell you truly, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:3 - Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:11 - So when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:24 - “But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the man who was paralyzed, “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:49 - “But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it fell.[fn] And the ruin of that house was great.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:8 - “But others fell on good ground, sprang up, and yielded a crop a hundredfold.” When He had said these things He cried, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:15 - “But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:27 - And when He stepped out on the land, there met Him a certain man from the city who had demons for a long time. And he wore no clothes,[fn] nor did he live in a house but in the tombs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:21 - In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:2 - So He said to them, “When you pray, say:

Our Father in heaven,[fn]
Hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.[fn]
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:31 - “The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:49 - “I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:51 - “Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:56 - “Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern this time?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:7 - “Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, ‘Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why does it use up the ground?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:35 - “It is neither fit for the land nor for the dunghill, but men throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:17 - “And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tittle of the law to fail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:8 - “I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:23 - “But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:25 - “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:33 - “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:35 - “For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:44 - And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:44 - Now it was[fn] about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:5 - Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:22 - After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He remained with them and baptized.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:31 - “He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:21 - Then they willingly received Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:6 - This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:8 - And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:24 - “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:32 - “And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:4 - “I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:8 - But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from land, but about two hundred cubits), dragging the net with fish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:9 - Then, as soon as they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:11 - Simon Peter went up and dragged the net to land, full of large fish, one hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:8 - “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me[fn] in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:19 - I will show wonders in heaven above
And signs in the earth beneath:
Blood and fire and vapor of smoke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:25 - “You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:24 - So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: “Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:26 - The kings of the earth took their stand,
And the rulers were gathered together
Against the LORD and against His Christ.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:3 - “and said to him, ‘Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:4 - “Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:6 - “But God spoke in this way: that his descendants would dwell in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into bondage and oppress them four hundred years.

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