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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:6 - And thou, Beth-Lehem, the land of Judah, thou art by no means the least among the leaders of Judah, for out of thee shall come one leading, who shall feed My people Israel.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:20 - saying, 'Having risen, take the child and his mother, and be going to the land of Israel, for they have died -- those seeking the life of the child.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:21 - And he, having risen, took the child and his mother, and came to the land of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:15 - 'Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations! --

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:5 - 'Happy the meek -- because they shall inherit the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:13 - 'Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:18 - for, verily I say to you, till that the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the law, till that all may come to pass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:35 - nor by the earth, because it is His footstool, nor by Jerusalem, because it is a city of a great king,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:10 - 'Thy reign come: Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:19 - 'Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:6 - 'But, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power upon the earth to forgive sins -- (then saith he to the paralytic) -- having risen, take up thy couch, and go to thy house.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:26 - and the fame of this went forth to all the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:31 - but they, having gone forth, did spread his fame in all that land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:15 - verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:29 - 'Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:34 - 'Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:24 - but I say to you, to the land of Sodom it shall be more tolerable in a day of judgment than to thee.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:25 - At that time Jesus answering said, 'I do confess to Thee, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou didst hide these things from wise and understanding ones, and didst reveal them to babes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:40 - for, as Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights, so shall the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:42 - 'A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and lo, a greater than Solomon here!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:5 - and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through not having depth of earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:8 - and others fell upon the good ground, and were giving fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:23 - 'And that sown on the good ground: this is he who is hearing the word, and is understanding, who indeed doth bear fruit, and doth make, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:34 - And having passed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:35 - And he commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the ground,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:19 - and I will give to thee the keys of the reign of the heavens, and whatever thou mayest bind upon the earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever thou mayest loose upon the earth shall be having been loosed in the heavens.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:25 - And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, 'What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth -- from whom do they receive custom or poll-tax? from their sons or from the strangers?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:18 - 'Verily I say to you, Whatever things ye may bind upon the earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever things ye may loose on the earth shall be having been loosed in the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:19 - 'Again, I say to you, that, if two of you may agree on the earth concerning anything, whatever they may ask -- it shall be done to them from my Father who is in the heavens,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:9 - and ye may not call any your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:35 - that on you may come all the righteous blood being poured out on the earth from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:30 - and then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in the heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth smite the breast, and they shall see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of the heaven, with power and much glory;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:35 - The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:18 - and he who did receive the one, having gone away, digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:25 - and having been afraid, having gone away, I hid thy talent in the earth; lo, thou hast thine own!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:45 - And from the sixth hour darkness came over all the land unto the ninth hour,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:51

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:51 - and lo, the vail of the sanctuary was rent in two from top unto bottom, and the earth did quake, and the rocks were rent,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:18 - And having come near, Jesus spake to them, saying, 'Given to me was all authority in heaven and on earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:10 - 'And, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath authority on the earth to forgive sins -- (he saith to the paralytic) --

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:1 - And again he began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:5 - and other fell upon the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of not having depth of earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:8 - and other fell to the good ground, and was giving fruit, coming up and increasing, and it bare, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:20 - 'And these are they who on the good ground have been sown: who do hear the word, and receive, and do bear fruit, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:26 - And he said, 'Thus is the reign of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:28 - for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:31 - As a grain of mustard, which, whenever it may be sown on the earth, is less than any of the seeds that are on the earth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:47 - And evening having come, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and he alone upon the land;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:53

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:53 - And having passed over, they came upon the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:6 - And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground, and having taken the seven loaves, having given thanks, he brake, and was giving to his disciples that they may set before them; and they did set before the multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:3 - and his garments became glittering, white exceedingly, as snow, so as a fuller upon the earth is not able to whiten them.

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