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Lexicon :: Strong's G1093 - gē

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γῆ
Transliteration
gē (Key)
Pronunciation
ghay
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
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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.

Page 3 / 5 (Act 7:11–Jas 5:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:11 - Now there came a dearth over all the land G1093 of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:29 - Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land G1093 of Madian, where he begat two sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:33 - Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground. G1093

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:36 - He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land G1093 of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:40 - Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land G1093 of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:49

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:49 - Heaven is my throne, and earth G1093 is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:33 - In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth. G1093

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:4 - And he fell to the earth, G1093 and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:8 - And Saul arose from the earth; G1093 and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:11 - And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: G1093

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:12 - Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, G1093 and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:6 - Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, G1093 and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:17 - The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land G1093 of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:19 - And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land G1093 of Chanaan, he divided their land G1093 to them by lot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:47

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:47 - For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth. G1093

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:15 - And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, G1093 and the sea, and all things that are therein:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:24 - God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, G1093 dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:26 - And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, G1093 and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:22 - And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: G1093 for it is not fit that he should live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:14 - And when we were all fallen to the earth, G1093 I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:39 - And when it was day, they knew not the land: G1093 but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:43

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:43 - But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land: G1093

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:44

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:44 - And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land. G1093

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:17 - For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. G1093

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:28 - For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. G1093

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:18 - But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, G1093 and their words unto the ends of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:5 - For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, G1093 (as there be gods many, and lords many,)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:26 - For the earth G1093 is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:28 - But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth G1093 is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:47 - The first man is of the earth, G1093 earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:10 - That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; G1093 even in him:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:15 - Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth G1093 is named,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:9 - (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? G1093

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:3 - That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. G1093

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:16 - For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, G1093 visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:20 - And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, G1093 or things in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:2 - Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. G1093

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:5 - Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; G1093 fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:10 - And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; G1093 and the heavens are the works of thine hands:

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:7 - For the earth G1093 which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:4 - For if he were on earth, G1093 he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:9 - Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land G1093 of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:9 - By faith he sojourned in the land G1093 of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:13 - These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. G1093

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:38 - (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. G1093

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:25 - See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, G1093 much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:26 - Whose voice then shook the earth: G1093 but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth G1093 only, but also heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:5 - Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, G1093 and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:7 - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, G1093 and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:12 - But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, G1093 neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

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