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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 250 times in 223 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:6 - 'And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will govern my people Israel.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:20 - "Rise, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:21

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:15 - "The land of Zeb'ulun and the land of Naph'tali, toward the sea, across 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 shall 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 salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:18 - For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all 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 - Thy kingdom come. Thy 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 lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:6 - But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins "--he then said to the paralytic--"Rise, take up your bed and go home."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:26 - And the report of this went through all that district.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:31 - But they went away and spread his fame through all that district.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:15 - Truly, I say to you, it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomor'rah 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? And not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's will.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:34 - "Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:24 - But I tell you that it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:25 - At that time Jesus declared, "I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:40 - For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of man 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 arise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:5 - Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they had not much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:8 - Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:23 - As for what was sown on good soil, this is he who hears the word and understands it; he indeed bears fruit, and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:24 - but the boat by this time was many furlongs distant from the land, beaten by the waves; for the wind was against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:34 - And when they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:35 - And commanding 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, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:25 - He said, "Yes." And when he came home, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tribute? From their sons or from others?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:18 - Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:19 - Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, 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 call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:35 - that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zechari'ah the son of Barachi'ah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary 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 tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will 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 - Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:18 - But he who had received the one talent went and dug 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 I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:45

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:51

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:51 - And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom; and the earth shook, and the rocks were split;

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:10 - But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins" --he said to the paralytic--

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:1 - Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:5 - Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it had not much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:8 - And other seeds fell into good soil and brought forth grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:20 - But those that were sown upon the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:26 - And he said, "The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed upon the ground,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:28 - The earth produces of itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:31 - It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:47 - And when evening came, the boat was out on the sea, and he was alone on the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:53 - And when they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennes'aret, and moored to the shore.

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

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