Strong G1093G1093Hγῆ
earth: country
One of the 3 senses of Strong G1093
- Transliteration
- gē
- Pronunciation
- ghay
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
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.
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.
Detailed definition
γῆ, γῆς, ἡ,
[in LXX for אֲדָמָה,אֶרֶץ, etc.;]
1. the earth, world: Luk.21:35, Act.1:8, Heb.11:13, Rev.3:10, al.; opposite to οὐρανός, Mat.5:18 11:25, Mrk.13:27, al.
2. land;
__(a) opposite to sea or water: Mrk.4:1, Luk.5:3, Jhn.6:21, al.;
__(b) as subject to cultivation: Mat.13:5, Mrk.4:8, Luk.13:7, Heb.6:7, al.;
__(with) the ground: Mat.10:29, Mrk.8:6, Luk.24:5, Jhn.8:6, al.;
__(d) a region, country: Luk.4:25, Rom.9:28, Jas.5:17; γῆ Ἰσραήλ, Mat.2:20, 21; Χαλδαίων, Act.7:4; ἡ Ἰουδαία γῆ, Jhn.3:22; with genitive of person(s), Act.7:3.
(AS)
[in LXX for אֲדָמָה,אֶרֶץ, etc.;]
1. the earth, world: Luk.21:35, Act.1:8, Heb.11:13, Rev.3:10, al.; opposite to οὐρανός, Mat.5:18 11:25, Mrk.13:27, al.
2. land;
__(a) opposite to sea or water: Mrk.4:1, Luk.5:3, Jhn.6:21, al.;
__(b) as subject to cultivation: Mat.13:5, Mrk.4:8, Luk.13:7, Heb.6:7, al.;
__(with) the ground: Mat.10:29, Mrk.8:6, Luk.24:5, Jhn.8:6, al.;
__(d) a region, country: Luk.4:25, Rom.9:28, Jas.5:17; γῆ Ἰσραήλ, Mat.2:20, 21; Χαλδαίων, Act.7:4; ἡ Ἰουδαία γῆ, Jhn.3:22; with genitive of person(s), Act.7:3.
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1093H appears in 45 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- land36
- earth8
- country2
First verses
- Matthew 2:6And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
- Matthew 2:20Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.
- Matthew 2:21And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
- Matthew 4:15The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
- Matthew 9:26And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.
- Matthew 9:31But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.
- Matthew 10:15Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
- Matthew 11:24But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
- Matthew 14:34And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.
- Matthew 27:45Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
- Mark 4:1And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
- Mark 6:47And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land.
- Mark 6:53And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.
- Mark 15:33And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
- Luke 4:25But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
- Luke 5:3And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.
- Luke 5:11And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.
- Luke 8:27And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.
- Luke 23:44And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
- John 3:22After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
γῆ, ἡ,
occasionally in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, frequently in 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus, and the only form in _Attic dialect_ Prose for γαῖα)]: dual γαῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 736: _plural_ rare, γαῖ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 934b9, γέαι “SIG” 279.40 (from Zelea), etc., “Anthologia Graeca” 9.430 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Crinagoras Epigrammaticus): _genitive_ γεῶν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.198, “GDI” 5755.14 (from Mylasa))]; γῶν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“BGU” 993 iii 10 (2nd c.BC): _accusative_ γέας [3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus] 299, “SIG” 46.3 (Halic.), γᾶς “PTeb.” 6.31 (2nd c.BC), 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.5.26; 5th c.AD: Cypria ζᾶς “Inscription Cyprian dialect” 135.30 H.: _dative_ _plural_ γέαις probably in “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2693f9 (from Mylasa), “LW” 415.9 ([prev. passage]))]:—earth (including land and sea, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 5.2))] opposed to heaven, or land opposed to sea, Γῆ τε καὶ Ἠέλιος καὶ Ἐρινύες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.259, compare 3.104)]; τίς γ; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.233; γῆς περίοδοι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.36, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 362b12, title of work by 4th-5th c.BC: Hecataeus Milesius Historicus: personified, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” [same place], 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 69, “Pers.” 629, etc.)]; κατὰ γῆν on land, by land, opposed to ναυσί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.18)]; opposed to ἐκ θαλάσσης, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.81; κατὰ γῆν στέλλεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.5, etc.)]; ἐπὶ γῆς on earth, opposed to νέρθε, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 416)]; κατὰ γῆς below the earth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 377, 475, etc.; κάτω γῆς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 968; ὑπὸ γῆς [prev. author] “fragment” 572; γᾶς ὑπένερθε 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 292)]: genitive with local Adverbs, ἵνα γῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 168)]; ποῦ, ποῖ, ὅποι γ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 108, “Ph.” 1211, “El.” 922; ὅπου γ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 9.)]
2 earth, as an element, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 27, 5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 4, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 320d, “Lg.” 889b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 989a5, “Cael.” 306a18, etc.)]
2.b γῆν καὶ ὕδωρ αἰτεῖν, as tokens of submission, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.18, 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 71; γῆν καὶ ὕδωρ διδόναι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.18, +others)]
II land, country, καὶ γῆν καὶ πόλιν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 993)]; γῆν πρὸ γῆς ἐλαύνεσθαι, διώκειν, from land to land, [LXX+5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pr.” 682, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 235; ἡ ἁγία γῆ LXX.Wis.12.3)]; one's native land, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 12.33, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1213, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 890 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 441, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1090)]; frequently omitted with article, ἐκ τῆς ἐμαυτοῦ (i.e. γῆς) δραπέτας [Refs ([prev. author] “Heracl.” 140, etc.)]
II.2 frequently in Trag., city, αὐτός τε καὶ γῆ δορὶ πεσοῦσ᾽ Ἑλληνικῷ [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 868.)]
III the earth or ground as tilled, ἄροτον γῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 270; γᾶ φθίνουσα [prev. work] 665)], etc.; τὴν γῆν ἐργάζεσθαι, θεραπεύειν, till the ground, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 420e, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 5.12; τὰ ἐκ τῆς γῆς φυόμενα [prev. author] “Mem.” 4.3.10.)]
III.2 estate, farm, γῆν πρίασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 32.23)]; ἐπὶ γῇ δανείζειν lend on mortgage, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.6.)]
IV of particular kinds of earth or minerals, e.g. fuller's earth. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 10.14, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.168; Κιμωλία γ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 712, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.189.)]
occasionally in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, frequently in 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus, and the only form in _Attic dialect_ Prose for γαῖα)]: dual γαῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 736: _plural_ rare, γαῖ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 934b9, γέαι “SIG” 279.40 (from Zelea), etc., “Anthologia Graeca” 9.430 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Crinagoras Epigrammaticus): _genitive_ γεῶν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.198, “GDI” 5755.14 (from Mylasa))]; γῶν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“BGU” 993 iii 10 (2nd c.BC): _accusative_ γέας [3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus] 299, “SIG” 46.3 (Halic.), γᾶς “PTeb.” 6.31 (2nd c.BC), 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.5.26; 5th c.AD: Cypria ζᾶς “Inscription Cyprian dialect” 135.30 H.: _dative_ _plural_ γέαις probably in “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2693f9 (from Mylasa), “LW” 415.9 ([prev. passage]))]:—earth (including land and sea, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 5.2))] opposed to heaven, or land opposed to sea, Γῆ τε καὶ Ἠέλιος καὶ Ἐρινύες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.259, compare 3.104)]; τίς γ; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.233; γῆς περίοδοι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.36, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 362b12, title of work by 4th-5th c.BC: Hecataeus Milesius Historicus: personified, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” [same place], 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 69, “Pers.” 629, etc.)]; κατὰ γῆν on land, by land, opposed to ναυσί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.18)]; opposed to ἐκ θαλάσσης, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.81; κατὰ γῆν στέλλεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.5, etc.)]; ἐπὶ γῆς on earth, opposed to νέρθε, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 416)]; κατὰ γῆς below the earth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 377, 475, etc.; κάτω γῆς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 968; ὑπὸ γῆς [prev. author] “fragment” 572; γᾶς ὑπένερθε 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 292)]: genitive with local Adverbs, ἵνα γῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 168)]; ποῦ, ποῖ, ὅποι γ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 108, “Ph.” 1211, “El.” 922; ὅπου γ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 9.)]
2 earth, as an element, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 27, 5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 4, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 320d, “Lg.” 889b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 989a5, “Cael.” 306a18, etc.)]
2.b γῆν καὶ ὕδωρ αἰτεῖν, as tokens of submission, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.18, 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 71; γῆν καὶ ὕδωρ διδόναι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.18, +others)]
II land, country, καὶ γῆν καὶ πόλιν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 993)]; γῆν πρὸ γῆς ἐλαύνεσθαι, διώκειν, from land to land, [LXX+5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pr.” 682, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 235; ἡ ἁγία γῆ LXX.Wis.12.3)]; one's native land, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 12.33, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1213, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 890 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 441, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1090)]; frequently omitted with article, ἐκ τῆς ἐμαυτοῦ (i.e. γῆς) δραπέτας [Refs ([prev. author] “Heracl.” 140, etc.)]
II.2 frequently in Trag., city, αὐτός τε καὶ γῆ δορὶ πεσοῦσ᾽ Ἑλληνικῷ [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 868.)]
III the earth or ground as tilled, ἄροτον γῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 270; γᾶ φθίνουσα [prev. work] 665)], etc.; τὴν γῆν ἐργάζεσθαι, θεραπεύειν, till the ground, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 420e, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 5.12; τὰ ἐκ τῆς γῆς φυόμενα [prev. author] “Mem.” 4.3.10.)]
III.2 estate, farm, γῆν πρίασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 32.23)]; ἐπὶ γῇ δανείζειν lend on mortgage, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.6.)]
IV of particular kinds of earth or minerals, e.g. fuller's earth. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 10.14, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.168; Κιμωλία γ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 712, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.189.)]