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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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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 33 times in 30 verses in 'Act' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:8 - but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and Samaria, and as far as the remotest part of the earth G1093.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:19 -

‘AND I WILL [fn]DISPLAY WONDERS IN THE SKY ABOVE

AND SIGNS ON THE EARTH G1093 BELOW,

BLOOD, FIRE, AND [fn]VAPOR OF SMOKE.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:25 - “It is you who are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God ordained with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘AND IN YOUR SEED ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH G1093 SHALL BE BLESSED.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:24 - And when they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind and said, “[fn]Lord, it is You who MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH G1093 AND THE SEA, AND EVERYTHING THAT IS IN THEM,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:26 -

‘THE KINGS OF THE EARTH G1093 [fn]TOOK THEIR STAND,

AND THE RULERS WERE GATHERED TOGETHER

AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS [fn]CHRIST.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:3 - and He said to him, ‘GO FROM YOUR COUNTRY G1093 AND YOUR RELATIVES, AND COME TO THE LAND G1093 WHICH I WILL SHOW YOU.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:4 - “Then he left the land G1093 of the Chaldeans and settled in [fn]Haran. And from there, after his father died, God had him move to this country G1093 in which you are now living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:6 - “But God spoke to this effect, that his DESCENDANTS WOULD BE STRANGERS IN A LAND G1093 THAT WAS NOT THEIRS, AND [fn]THEY WOULD ENSLAVE AND MISTREAT THEM FOR FOUR HUNDRED YEARS.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:29 - “At this remark, MOSES FLED AND BECAME A STRANGER IN THE LAND G1093 OF [fn]MIDIAN, where he fathered two sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:33 - “But the LORD said to him, ‘[fn]REMOVE YOUR SANDALS FROM YOUR FEET, FOR THE PLACE ON WHICH YOU ARE STANDING IS HOLY GROUND G1093.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:36 - “This man led them out, performing wonders and [fn]signs in the land G1093 of Egypt and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:40 - saying to Aaron, ‘MAKE US [fn]A GOD WHO WILL GO BEFORE US; FOR THIS MOSES WHO LED US OUT OF THE LAND G1093 OF EGYPT—WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:49

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:49 -

‘HEAVEN IS MY THRONE,

AND THE EARTH G1093 IS THE FOOTSTOOL OF MY FEET;

WHAT KIND OF HOUSE WILL YOU BUILD FOR ME?’ says the Lord,

‘OR WHAT PLACE IS THERE FOR MY REST?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:33 -

“IN HUMILIATION HIS JUSTICE WAS TAKEN AWAY;

WHO WILL [fn]DESCRIBE HIS [fn]GENERATION?

FOR HIS LIFE IS TAKEN AWAY FROM THE EARTH G1093.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:4 - and he fell to the ground G1093 and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:8 - Saul got up from the ground G1093, and though his eyes were open, he [fn]could see nothing; and leading him by the hand, they brought him into Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:11 - and he *saw the sky opened up, and an [fn]object like a great sheet coming down, lowered by four corners to the ground G1093,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:12 - and on it were all kinds of four-footed animals and [fn]crawling creatures of the earth G1093 and birds of the sky.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:6 - and I stared at it and was thinking about it, and I saw the four-footed animals of the earth G1093, the wild animals, the [fn]crawling creatures, and the birds of the sky.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:17 - “The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and [fn]made the people great during their stay in the land G1093 of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out from it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:19 - “When He had destroyed seven nations in the land G1093 of Canaan, He distributed their land G1093 as an inheritance—all of which took about 450 years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:47

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:47 - “For so the Lord has commanded us,

‘I HAVE APPOINTED YOU AS A LIGHT [fn]TO THE GENTILES,

THAT YOU MAY [fn]BRING SALVATION TO THE END OF THE EARTH G1093.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:15 - and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We are also men, of the same nature as you, preaching the gospel to you, to turn from these [fn]useless things to a living God, who MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH G1093 AND THE SEA, AND EVERYTHING THAT IS IN THEM.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:24 - “The God who made the world and everything that is in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth G1093, does not dwell in temples made by hands;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:26 - and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth G1093, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:22 -

They listened to him up to this statement, and then they raised their voices and said, “Away with such a man from the earth G1093, for he should not be allowed to live!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:14 - “And when we had all fallen to the ground G1093, I heard a voice saying to me in the [fn]Hebrew dialect, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? [fn]It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:39 -

Now when day came, they [fn]could not recognize the land G1093; but they did notice a bay with a beach, and they resolved to run the ship onto it if they could.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:43

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:43 - but the centurion, wanting to bring Paul safely through, kept them from accomplishing their intention, and commanded that those who could swim were to [fn]jump overboard first and get to land G1093,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:44

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:44 - and the rest were to follow, some on planks, and others on various things from the ship. And so it happened that they all were brought safely to land G1093.
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