G1093

γῆ

Feminine noun · Contracted from a root word

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.

Outline

  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

Usages (3/5)

Acts 10:11

Breakdown

vessel Nation of Israel (2 Timothy 2:20-22). four corners Israel was and is scattered across the four corners of the earth, e.g. Isaiah 11:11, Deuteronomy 4:27, Tobit 13:3.

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Acts 10:12

Breakdown

This verse represents the Israelites in a beast-like, gentile state of mind. fourfooted beasts Israel in a gentile state of mind are likened to beasts (Romans 1:21-23, Jude 1:10, 2 Peter 2:12, Psalms 73:22).

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Acts 13:47

Quoting Isaiah 49:6

And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

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Romans 9:17

Quoting Exodus 9:16

And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

Breakdown

Pharaoh had no choice in the matter: it was of the LORD that he did not let the children of Israel go, until the LORD had enough justification to destroy Pharaoh and Egypt. All this was done to show the power of the LORD and to reverence his name.

Precepts

Joshua 11:20

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