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γῆ

gēearth: planetHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine250 occurrences14 books223 verses

Definition

γῆ, γῆς, ἡ,

[in LXX for אֲדָמָה ,אֶרֶץ, etc. ;]

1. the earth, world: Luke 21:35, Acts 1:8, Hebrews 11:13, Revelation 3:10, al.; opposite to οὐρανός, Matthew 5:18; 11:25, Mark 13:27, al.

2. land;

(a) opposite to sea or water: Mark 4:1, Luke 5:3, John 6:21, al.;

(b) as subject to cultivation: Matthew 13:5, Mark 4:8, Luke 13:7, Hebrews 6:7, al.;

(with) the ground: Matthew 10:29, Mark 8:6, Luke 24:5, John 8:6, al.;

(d) a region, country: Luke 4:25, Romans 9:28, James 5:17; γῆ Ἰσραήλ, Matthew 2:20, 21; Χαλδαίων, Acts 7:4; ἡ Ἰουδαία γῆ, John 3:22; with genitive of person(s), Acts 7:3.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as γῆ:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

250 total
  1. Acts 1:8γῆς · earth
    But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
  2. Acts 2:19γῆς · earth
    I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
  3. Acts 3:25γῆς · earth
    And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
  4. Acts 4:24γῆν · earth
    When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.
  5. Acts 4:26γῆς · earth
    The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’
  6. Acts 7:3γῆς · country; γῆν · land
    …and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’
  7. Acts 7:4γῆς · [the] land; γῆν · land
    So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.
  8. Acts 7:6γῇ · land
    God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
  9. Acts 7:29γῇ · [the] land
    At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.
  10. Acts 7:33γῆ · ground
    Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
  11. Acts 7:36γῇ · [the] land
    He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
  12. Acts 7:40γῆς · [the] land
    They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’
  13. Acts 7:49γῆ · earth
    ‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be?
  14. Acts 8:33γῆς · earth
    In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”
  15. Acts 9:4γῆν · ground
    He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”
  16. Acts 9:8γῆς · ground
    Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see a thing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.
  17. Acts 10:11γῆς · earth
    He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.
  18. Acts 10:12γῆς · earth
    It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air.
  19. Acts 11:6γῆς · earth
    I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.
  20. Acts 13:17γῇ
    The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.
  21. Acts 13:19γῇ; γῆν · land
    And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.
  22. Acts 13:47γῆς · earth
    For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
  23. Acts 14:15γῆν · earth
    “Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.
  24. Acts 17:24γῆς · earth
    The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.
  25. Acts 17:26γῆς · earth
    From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
  26. Acts 22:22γῆς · earth
    The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
  27. Acts 26:14γῆν · ground
    We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
  28. Acts 27:39γῆν · land
    When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.
  29. Acts 27:43γῆν · land
    But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.
  30. Acts 27:44γῆν · land
    The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.
  31. Romans 9:17γῇ · earth
    For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
  32. Romans 9:28γῆς · earth
    For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”
  33. Romans 10:18γῆν · earth
    But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
  34. 1 Corinthians 8:5γῆς · earth
    For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),
  35. 1 Corinthians 10:26γῆ · earth
    …for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”
  36. 1 Corinthians 15:47γῆς · [the] earth
    The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.
  37. Ephesians 1:10γῆς · earth
    …as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.
  38. Ephesians 3:15γῆς · earth
    …from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.
  39. Ephesians 4:9γῆς · earth
    What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?
  40. Ephesians 6:3γῆς · earth
    …“that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”
  41. Colossians 1:16γῆς · earth
    For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
  42. Colossians 1:20γῆς · earth
    …and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.
  43. Colossians 3:2γῆς · earthly
    Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
  44. Colossians 3:5γῆς · earthly nature
    Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
  45. Hebrews 1:10γῆν · earth
    And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
  46. Hebrews 6:7Γῆ · land
    For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.
  47. Hebrews 8:4γῆς · earth
    Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.