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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