Strong G1093G1093Iγῆ
earth: soil
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 G1093I appears in 28 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ground16
- earth11
- land1
First verses
- Matthew 10:29Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
- Matthew 13:5Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
- Matthew 13:8But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
- Matthew 15:35And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
- Matthew 25:18But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.
- Matthew 25:25And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
- Mark 4:5And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
- Mark 4:8And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
- Mark 4:20And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
- Mark 4:26And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
- Mark 4:28For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
- Mark 4:31It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
- Mark 8:6And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.
- Mark 9:20And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
- Mark 14:35And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.
- Luke 6:49But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
- Luke 8:8And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- Luke 8:15But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
- Luke 13:7Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
- Luke 14:35It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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.)]