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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 - ‘And you, O Bethlehem in the land of Judah,
are not least among the ruling cities[fn] of Judah,
for a ruler will come from you
who will be the shepherd for my people Israel.’[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:20 - “Get up!” the angel said. “Take the child and his mother back to the land of Israel, because those who were trying to kill the child are dead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:21 - So Joseph got up and returned to the land of Israel with Jesus and his mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:15 - “In the land of Zebulun and of Naphtali,
beside the sea, beyond the Jordan River,
in Galilee where so many Gentiles live,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:5 - God blesses those who are humble,
for they will inherit the whole earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:13 - “You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:18 - I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not even the smallest detail of God’s law will disappear until its purpose is achieved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:35 - And do not say, ‘By the earth!’ because the earth is his footstool. And do not say, ‘By Jerusalem!’ for Jerusalem is the city of the great King.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:10 - May your Kingdom come soon.
May 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 - “Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:6 - So I will prove to you that the Son of Man[fn] has the authority on earth to forgive sins.” Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:26 - The report of this miracle swept through the entire countryside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:31 - But instead, they went out and spread his fame all over the region.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:15 - I tell you the truth, the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah will be better off than such a town on the judgment day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:29 - What is the price of two sparrows—one copper coin[fn]? But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:34 - “Don’t imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:24 - I tell you, even Sodom will be better off on judgment day than you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:25 - At that time Jesus prayed this prayer: “O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding these things from those who think themselves wise and clever, and for revealing them to the childlike.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:40

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:42 - The queen of Sheba[fn] will also stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for she came from a distant land to hear the wisdom of Solomon. Now someone greater than Solomon is here—but you refuse to listen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:5 - Other seeds fell on shallow soil with underlying rock. The seeds sprouted quickly because the soil was shallow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:8 - Still other seeds fell on fertile soil, and they produced a crop that was thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times as much as had been planted!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:23 - The seed that fell on good soil represents those who truly hear and understand God’s word and produce a harvest of thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as had been planted!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:34 - After they had crossed the lake, they landed at Gennesaret.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:35 - So Jesus told all the people to sit down on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:19 - And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you forbid[fn] on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit[fn] on earth will be permitted in heaven.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:25 - “Yes, he does,” Peter replied. Then he went into the house.
But before he had a chance to speak, Jesus asked him, “What do you think, Peter?[fn] Do kings tax their own people or the people they have conquered?[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:18 - “I tell you the truth, whatever you forbid[fn] on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit[fn] on earth will be permitted in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:19 - “I also tell you this: If two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:9 - And don’t address anyone here on earth as ‘Father,’ for only God in heaven is your spiritual Father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:35 - As a result, you will be held responsible for the murder of all godly people of all time—from the murder of righteous Abel to the murder of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed in the Temple between the sanctuary and the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:30 - And then at last, the sign that the Son of Man is coming will appear in the heavens, and there will be deep mourning among all the peoples of the earth. And they will 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 disappear, but my words will never disappear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:18 - But the servant who received the one bag of silver dug a hole in the ground and hid the master’s money.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:25 - I was afraid I would lose your money, so I hid it in the earth. Look, here is your money back.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:45 - At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:51

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:18 - Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:10 - So I will prove to you that the Son of Man[fn] has the authority on earth to forgive sins.” Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:1 - Once again Jesus began teaching by the lakeshore. A very large crowd soon gathered around him, so he got into a boat. Then he sat in the boat while all the people remained on the shore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:5 - Other seed fell on shallow soil with underlying rock. The seed sprouted quickly because the soil was shallow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:8 - Still other seeds fell on fertile soil, and they sprouted, grew, and produced a crop that was thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times as much as had been planted!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:20 - And the seed that fell on good soil represents those who hear and accept God’s word and produce a harvest of thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as had been planted!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:26 - Jesus also said, “The Kingdom of God is like a farmer who scatters seed on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:28 - The earth produces the crops on its own. First a leaf blade pushes through, then the heads of wheat are formed, and finally the grain ripens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:31 - It is like a mustard seed planted in the ground. It is the smallest of all seeds,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:47 - Late that night, the disciples were in their boat in the middle of the lake, and Jesus was alone on land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:53 - After they had crossed the lake, they landed at Gennesaret. They brought the boat to shore

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:6 - So Jesus told all the people to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves, thanked God for them, and broke them into pieces. He gave them to his disciples, who distributed the bread to the crowd.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:3 - and his clothes became dazzling white, far whiter than any earthly bleach could ever make them.

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