adjective
epigeios
Strong’sG1919
earthly
stem epigei-7 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books4 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* ἐπί-γειος, -ον
(< ἐπί, γῆ),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1919 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
on or of the earth, terrestrial, Refs 6th c.BC+; opposed to ὑπόγειος, Refs 3rd c.AD+
2. creeping, of plants, Refs 4th c.BC+, +others; but land-plants, opposed to water-plants, Refs 4th c.BC+; living on the ground, [ὄρνιθες], τετράποδα, Refs
3. neuter plural, ἐπίγεια ground-floor, opposed to πύργος διώρυφος, Refs 3rd c.BC+
II. substantive ἐπίγειον, τό, misspelling of ἐπίγυον, variant in Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | epigeios | epigeias2×ἐπίγειος | epigeiem | epigeiois | epigeiais | epigeieim3×ἐπίγεια |
| object accusative | epigeion | epigeian | epigeioin | epigeiain | ||
| direct address vocative | epigeior | epigeiar | epigeioir | epigeiair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | epigeiou | epigeiau | epigeieu | epigeioiu1×ἐπιγείων | epigeiaiu | epigeieiu1×ἐπιγείων |
| to, for dative | epigeio | epigeia | epigeie | epigeioi | epigeiai | epigeiei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
epigei is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
epigeias“earthly”subjectnominative singular2×
2 Corinthians 5:1Oidanē gar hoti ean tas epigeias nu oikias teu skēneu kataluiteia, oikodoman …For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled …
James 3:15… houtas tas sofias anōthen katerchorōntas, alla epigeias, psuchikas, daimoniōdas;… not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
epigeioiu“earth”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Philippians 2:10… Iēsu pantem gonuem kamptateia epouranoiu kai epigeioiu kai katachthonioiu,… should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
epigeieim“earthly”subject or objectdirect plural3×
John 3:12ei teim epigeieim legama vi kai ouk pisteuavō, pōs …If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe …
Philippians 3:19… en ta aischuna autoiu, tois teim epigeieim fronarōntois.… shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
1 Corinthians 15:40kai sōmeim epouraneim, kai sōmeim epigeieim; alla heteras men tas teiu epouraneiu …There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the splendor of the …
epigeieiu“earthly”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
1 Corinthians 15:40… epouraneiu doxas, heteras de tas teiu epigeieiu.… degree, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is of another.