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γῆgē
earth: planet
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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.
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[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.
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γῆ, ἡ, occasionally in Hom., freq. in Hes., and the only form in Att. Prose for γαῖα: dual
A γαῖν A. Pers. 736: pl. rare, γαῖ Arist. Pr. 934b9, γέαι SIG 279.40 (Zelea), etc., AP 9.430 ( Crin. ): gen. γεῶν Hdt. 4.198, GDI 5755.14 (Mylasa); γῶν BGU 993 iii 10 (ii B. C.): acc. γέας [ Democr. ] 299, SIG 46.3 (Halic.), γᾶς PTeb. 6.31 (ii B. C.), Str. 2.5.26; Cypr. ζᾶς Inscr.Cypr. 135.30 H.: dat. pl. γέαις prob. in CIG 2693f9 (Mylasa), LW 415.9 (ibid.):—earth (including land and sea, Sapph. Supp. 5.2 ) opp. heaven, or land opp. sea, Γῆ τε καὶ Ἠέλιος καὶ Ἐρινύες Il. 19.259, cf. 3.104; τίς γῆ; Od. 13.233; γῆς περίοδοι Hdt. 4.36, Arist. Mete. 362b12, title of work by Hecat.: personified, Il. l.c., A. Th. 69, Pers. 629, etc.; κατὰ γῆν on land, by land, opp. ναυσί, Th. 1.18; opp. ἐκ θαλάσσης, Id. 2.81; κατὰ γῆν στέλλεσθαι X. An. 5.6.5, etc.; ἐπὶ γῆς on earth, opp. νέρθε, S. OT 416; κατὰ γῆς below the earth, A. Ch. 377, 475, etc.; κάτω γῆς S. OT 968; ὑπὸ γῆς Id. Fr. 572; γᾶς ὑπένερθε Pi. Fr. 292: gen. with local Adverbs, ἵνα γῆς E. Andr. 168; ποῦ, ποῖ, ὅποι γ., S. OT 108, Ph. 1211, El. 922; ὅπου γ. Ar. Av. 9.
2 earth, as an element, Xenoph. 27, Anaxag. 4, Pl. Prt. 320d, Lg. 889b, Arist. Metaph. 989a5, Cael. 306a18, etc.
b γῆν καὶ ὕδωρ αἰτεῖν, as tokens of submission, Hdt. 5.18, Lycurg. 71; γῆν καὶ ὕδωρ διδόναι Hdt. 5.18, al.
II land, country, καὶ γῆν καὶ πόλιν A. Eu. 993; γῆν πρὸ γῆς ἐλαύνεσθαι, διώκειν, from land to land, Id. Pr. 682, Ar. Ach. 235; ἡ ἁγία γῆ LXX Wi. 12.3; one’s native land, Tyrt. 12.33, Thgn. 1213, A. Supp. 890 (lyr.), S. OC 441, E. Ph. 1090; freq. omitted with art., ἐκ τῆς ἐμαυτοῦ (sc. γῆς) δραπέτας Id. Heracl. 140, etc.
2 freq. in Trag., city, αὐτός τε καὶ γῆ δορὶ πεσοῦσ’ Ἑλληνικῷ Id. Tr. 868.
III the earth or ground as tilled, ἄροτον γῆς S. OT 270; γᾶ φθίνουσα ib. 665, etc.; τὴν γῆν ἐργάζεσθαι, θεραπεύειν, till the ground, Pl. R. 420e, X. Oec. 5.12; τὰ ἐκ τῆς γῆς φυόμενα Id. Mem. 4.3.10.
2 estate, farm, γῆν πρίασθαι Lys. 32.23; ἐπὶ γῇ δανείζειν lend on mortgage, D. 36.6.
IV of particular kinds of earth or minerals, e.g. fuller’s earth. Thphr. Char. 10.14, cf. Gal. 12.168; Κιμωλία γ. Ar. Ra. 712, cf. Hp. Mul. 2.189.
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Where it occurs
This word occurs 3,260 times — too many to list one by one. The counts below give each work; open a book to see it in place.
Septuagint 2,658
Genesis (LXX) 350×
Exodus (LXX) 150×
Leviticus (LXX) 91×
Numbers (LXX) 128×
Deuteronomy (LXX) 248×
Joshua (LXX) 94×
Judges (LXX) 64×
Ruth (LXX) 4×
1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 58×
2 Kingdoms (2 Samuel) 44×
3 Kingdoms (1 Kings) 59×
4 Kingdoms (2 Kings) 67×
1 Chronicles (LXX) 34×
2 Chronicles (LXX) 82×
2 Esdras (Ezra-Nehemiah) 27×
Esther (LXX) 5×
Psalms (LXX) 193×
Proverbs (LXX) 22×
Song of Songs (LXX) 2×
Job (LXX) 78×
Hosea (LXX) 27×
Amos (LXX) 33×
Micah (LXX) 14×
Joel (LXX) 14×
Obadiah (LXX) 2×
Jonah (LXX) 3×
Nahum (LXX) 3×
Habakkuk (LXX) 10×
Zephaniah (LXX) 11×
Haggai (LXX) 6×
Zechariah (LXX) 44×
Malachi (LXX) 3×
Isaiah (LXX) 191×
Jeremiah (LXX) 249×
Lamentations (LXX) 10×
Ezekiel (LXX) 190×
Daniel (Old Greek) 48×
Intertestamental 352
1 Esdras 22×
Judith 38×
Tobit 11×
1 Maccabees 76×
2 Maccabees 11×
3 Maccabees 7×
4 Maccabees 3×
Wisdom of Solomon 20×
Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 41×
Psalms of Solomon 33×
Baruch 21×
Letter of Jeremiah 3×
Bel and the Dragon (Old Greek) 1×
Bel and the Dragon (Theodotion) 1×
1 Enoch (Greek, Swete) 64×
New Testament 250
Matthew 43×
Mark 19×
Luke 25×
John 13×
Acts 33×
Romans 3×
1 Corinthians 3×
Ephesians 4×
Colossians 4×
Hebrews 11×
James 5×
2 Peter 4×
Jude 1×
Revelation 82×
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