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)
Definition:
γῆ, ἡ, occasionally in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: dual γαῖν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; γῶν [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—
earth (including land and sea, [
Refs 7th c.BC+] opposed to
heaven, or
land opposed to
sea, Γῆ τε καὶ Ἠέλιος καὶ Ἐρινύες [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τίς γ; [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κατὰ γῆν on
land, by
land, opposed to ναυσί, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐκ θαλάσσης, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ γῆς on
earth, opposed to νέρθε, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ γῆς below
the earth, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
genitive with local Adverbs, ἵνα γῆς [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποῦ, ποῖ, ὅποι γ, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
earth, as an element, [
Refs 6th c.BC+]
2.b) γῆν καὶ ὕδωρ αἰτεῖν, as tokens of submission, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
land, country, καὶ γῆν καὶ πόλιν [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; γῆν πρὸ γῆς ἐλαύνεσθαι, διώκειν, from
land to land, [
LXX+5th c.BC+]; one's
native land, [
Refs 7th c.BC+]; frequently omitted with
article, ἐκ τῆς ἐμαυτοῦ (i.e. γῆς) δραπέτας [
Refs]
II.2) frequently in Trag,
city, αὐτός τε καὶ γῆ δορὶ πεσοῦσ᾽ Ἑλληνικῷ [
Refs]
III)
the earth or
ground as tilled, ἄροτον γῆς [
Refs 5th c.BC+], etc; τὴν γῆν ἐργάζεσθαι, θεραπεύειν, till
the ground, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2)
estate, farm, γῆν πρίασθαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ γῇ δανείζειν lend on mortgage, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV) of particular
kinds of earth or
minerals, e.g.
fuller's earth. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
Definition:
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; contracted from a primary word;