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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.
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 252 times in 226 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:6 - “ ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:20 - and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:21 - So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:15 - “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:5 - Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:13 - “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:18 - For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:35 - or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:10 - your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:19 - “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:6 - But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, take your mat and go home.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:26 - News of this spread through all that region.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:31 - But they went out and spread the news about him all over that region.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:15 - Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:29 - Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:34 - “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:24 - But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:25 - At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:40

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:42 - The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, and now something greater than Solomon is here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:5 - Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:8 - Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:23 - But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:34 - When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:35 - He told the crowd to sit down on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:19 - I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be[fn] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be[fn] loosed in heaven.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:25 - “Yes, he does,” he replied. When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. “What do you think, Simon?” he asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes—from their own children or from others?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:18 - “Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be[fn] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be[fn] loosed in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:19 - “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:9 - And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:35 - And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:30 - “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth[fn] will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:35 - Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:18 - But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:25 - So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:45 - From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:51

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:51 - At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:18 - Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:10 - But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:1 - Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:5 - Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:8 - Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:20 - Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:26 - He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:28 - All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:31 - It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:47 - Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:53 - When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret and anchored there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:6 - He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. When he had taken the seven loaves and given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people, and they did so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:3 - His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them.

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