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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 26 times in 26 verses in 'Luk' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:14 - Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good pleasure in men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25 - But of a truth I say to you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months, so that a great famine came upon all the land,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:3 - And getting into one of the ships, which was Simon's, he asked him to draw out a little from the land; and he sat down and taught the crowds out of the ship.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:11 - And having run the ships on shore, leaving all they followed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:24 - But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins , he said to the paralysed man, I say to thee, Arise, and take up thy little couch and go to thine house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:49 - And he that has heard and not done, is like a man who has built a house on the ground without a foundation, on which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the breach of that house was great.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:8 - and other fell into the good ground, and having sprung up bore fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things he cried, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:15 - But that in the good ground, these are they who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:27 - And as he got out of the ship on the land, a certain man out of the city met him, who had demons a long time, and put on no clothes, and did not abide in a house, but in the tombs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:21 - In the same hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes: yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:2 - And he said to them, When ye pray, say, Father, thy name be hallowed; thy kingdom come;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:31 - A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: 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 Luk 12:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:49 - I have come to cast a fire on the earth; and what will I if already it has been kindled?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:51 - Think ye that I have come to give peace in the earth? Nay, I say to you, but rather division:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:56 - Hypocrites, ye know how to judge of the appearance of the earth and of the heaven; how is it then that ye do not discern this time?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:7 - And he said to the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree and find none: cut it down; why does it also render the ground useless?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:35 - It is proper neither for land nor for dung; it is cast out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:17 - But it is easier that the heaven and the earth should pass away than that one tittle of the law should fail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:8 - I say unto you that he will avenge them speedily. But when the Son of man comes, shall he indeed find faith on the earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:23 - But woe to them that are with child and to them who give suck in those days, for there shall be great distress upon the land and wrath upon this people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:25 - And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roar of the sea and rolling waves,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:33 - The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:35 - for as a snare shall it come upon all them that dwell upon the face of the whole earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:44 - And being in conflict he prayed more intently. And his sweat became as great drops of blood, falling down upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:44 - And it was about the sixth hour, and there came darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:5 - And as they were filled with fear and bowed their faces to the ground, they said to them, Why seek ye the living one among the dead?
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