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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

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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* Bethlehem, land of Juda, art in no wise the least among the governors of Juda; for out of thee shall go forth a leader who shall shepherd my people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:20 - Arise, take to thee the little child and its mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they who sought the life of the little child are dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:21 - And he arose and took to him the little child and its mother, and came into the land of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:15 - Land of Zabulon and land of Nepthalim, 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 - Blessed the meek, for *they* shall inherit the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:13 - *Ye* are the salt of the earth; but if the salt have become insipid, wherewith shall it be salted? It is no longer fit for anything but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot by men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:18 - For verily I say unto you, Until the heaven and the earth pass away, one iota or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till all 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 the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:10 - let thy kingdom come, let thy will be done as in heaven so upon the earth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:19 - Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig 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 has power on earth to forgive sins, (then he says to the paralytic,) Rise up, take up thy bed and go to thy house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:26 - And the fame of it went out into all that land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:31 - But they, when they were gone out, spread his name abroad in all that land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:15

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:29 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall to the ground without your Father;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:34 - Do not think that I have come to send peace upon the earth: I have not come to send peace, but a sword.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:25 - At that time, Jesus answering said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:40 - For even as Jonas was in the belly of the great fish three days and three nights, thus 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 behold, more than Solomon is 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 up out of the ground because of not having any depth of earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:8 - and others fell upon the good ground, and produced fruit, one a hundred, one sixty, and one thirty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:23 - But he that is sown upon the good ground -- this is he who hears and understands the word, who bears fruit also, and produces, one a hundred, one sixty, and one thirty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:34 - And having crossed 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 crowds to lie down on 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 kingdom of the heavens; and whatsoever thou mayest bind upon the earth shall be bound in the heavens; and whatsoever thou mayest loose on the earth shall be loosed in the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:25 - He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What dost thou think, Simon? the kings of the earth, from whom do they receive custom or tribute? from their own sons or from strangers?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:18 - Verily I say to you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on the earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever ye shall loose on the earth shall be loosed in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:19 - Again I say to you, that if two of you shall agree on the earth concerning any matter, whatsoever it may be that they shall ask, it shall come 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 call not any one your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:35 - so that all righteous blood shed upon the earth should come upon *you*, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple 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 heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the land lament, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great 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 in no wise pass away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:18 - But he that had received the one went and dug in the earth, and hid the money of his lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:25 - and being afraid I went away and hid thy talent in the earth; behold, thou hast that which is thine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:45 - Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:51 - And lo, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom, and the earth was shaken, and the rocks were rent,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:18 - And Jesus coming up spoke to them, saying, All power has been given me in heaven and upon earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:10 - But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, he says to the paralytic,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:1 - And again he began to teach by the sea. And a great crowd was gathered together to him, so that going on board ship he sat in the sea, and all the crowd were close to the sea on the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:5 - And another fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprung up out of the ground because it had no depth of earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:8 - And another fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing; and bore, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:26 - And he said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast the seed upon the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:28 - The earth bears fruit of itself, first the blade, then an ear, then full corn in the ear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:31 - As to a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, is less than all seeds which are upon the earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:47 - And when evening was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and *he* alone upon the land.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:6 - And he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. And having taken the seven loaves, he gave thanks, and broke them and gave them to his disciples, that they might set them before them; and they set them before the crowd.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:3 - and his garments became shining, exceeding white as snow, such as fuller on earth could not whiten them.

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