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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 34 times in 31 verses in 'Act' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:8 - But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. G1093

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:19 - And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth G1093 beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:25 - Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth G1093 be blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:24 - And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, G1093 and the sea, and all that in them is:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:26 - The kings of the earth G1093 stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:3 - And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, G1093 and from thy kindred, and come into the land G1093 which I shall shew thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:4 - Then came he out of the land G1093 of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, G1093 wherein ye now dwell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:6 - And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; G1093 and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:11

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 BoxAct 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 BoxAct 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 BoxAct 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 BoxAct 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 BoxAct 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

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 BoxAct 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 BoxAct 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 BoxAct 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 BoxAct 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 BoxAct 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 BoxAct 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 BoxAct 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 BoxAct 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 BoxAct 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 BoxAct 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 BoxAct 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 BoxAct 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 BoxAct 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 BoxAct 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 BoxAct 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 BoxAct 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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