noun · feminine
gēas
Strong’sG1093
the earth, soil, land
stem gē-250 times in the New Testamentin 14 of 27 books5 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
The earth — the whole world, thought of especially as set against heaven or the sky 13; the solid globe itself, including its inhabitants 24.
Land, ground, or region — land as opposed to sea or water 13; the ground one stands or walks on 1; soil as it is worked and planted 1; and, more specifically, a particular country or district, such as the land of Israel or of Judea 1. This broader sense also covers "soil" and "country" generally 24.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Strong’s G1093 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidghay
soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application)
Fromcontracted from a primary word;
King Jamescountry, earth(-ly), ground, land, world.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
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+
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 | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | gēas23×γῆ | gēais |
| object accusative | gēan78×γῆν | gēain |
| direct address vocative | gēar1×γῆ | gēair |
| of, belonging to genitive | gēau135×γῆς | gēaiu |
| to, for dative | gēa13×γῇ | gēai |
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
gēa 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.
250 occurrences, 100 of them printed here — the rest are in the reader
gēas“earth”subjectnominative singular23×
Matthew 4:15Gēas Zaboulōn kai gēas Nefthalim, hodan thalassau, …“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali …
Matthew 4:15Gēas Zaboulōn kai gēas Nefthalim, hodan thalassau, peran tou Iordanou, …“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the …
Matthew 5:18… an parerchateia tos ouranos kai tas gēas, iōtem henem ē henas keraias ouk …… tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot …
Matthew 24:35tos ouranos kai tas gēas parercheti, tois de logois mu ouk …Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words …
Matthew 27:51… heōs katō eis duo, kai tas gēas seiita, kai tais petrais schizila,… two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split.
Mark 4:28“soil”automatas tas gēas karpoforatō, prōtem chorton, eita stachuon, eita …All by itself the earth produces a crop— first the stalk, then the head, then grain that …
Mark 13:31tos ouranos kai tas gēas parercheli, tois de logois mu ouk …Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words …
Luke 21:33tos ouranos kai tas gēas parercheli, tois de logois mu ouk …Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words …
Acts 7:33… tos gar topos epi ho stēasē gēas hagias atō.… where you are standing is holy ground.
Acts 7:49Tos ouranos mi thronos, tas de gēas hupopodiem toiu podoiu mu; poion oikon …‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of …
1 Corinthians 10:26tou kuriou gar tas gēas kai tem plērōmem autau.for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness …
Hebrews 6:7“ground”gēas gar tas pinarantas ton epi autau …For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that …
James 5:18… tos ouranos hueton dōata kai tas gēas blastata ton karpon autau.… the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.
2 Peter 3:5… thelarōntoin hoti ouranois ale ekpalai kai gēas ek hudeu kai dia hudeu sustēarēntas …… word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and …
2 Peter 3:7tois de nun ouranois kai tas gēas to auto logo thēsaurizorēntois alō pure …… same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept …
2 Peter 3:10… parercheli, stoicheieim de kausorōnteim luiti, kai gēas kai teim en auta ergeim heuriskiti.… be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid …
Revelation 12:16kai boēthata tas gēas ta gunaika, kai anoigata tas gēas …But the earth helped the woman and opened its …
Revelation 12:16“earth”… gēas ta gunaika, kai anoigata tas gēas tem stomem autau kai katapinata ton …But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that the dragon had …
Revelation 13:3“earth”… auteu therapeuita. kai thaumazita holas tas gēas opisō teu thēreu,… wound was healed, and the whole world marveled and followed the beast.
Revelation 14:16… epi tan gēan, kai therizita tas gēas.… sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
Revelation 18:1… ouranou, echarōnton exousian megan, kai tas gēas fōtizita ek tau doxau autou.… heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory.
Revelation 20:11… hou apo teu prosōpeu fugata tas gēas kai tos ouranos, kai topos ouk …… and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence …
Revelation 21:1… gar prōtos ouranos kai tas prōtas gēas aperchala, kai tas thalassas ouk atō …… earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea …
gēan“earth”objectaccusative singular78×, 31 shown
Matthew 2:20… tan mētēran autou kai poreuosōr eis gēan Israēl, thnēskalē gar tois zētarōntois tan …… His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the …
Matthew 2:21… tan mētēran autou kai eiserchata eis gēan Israēl.… His mother, and went to the land of Israel.
Matthew 5:5… tois prauois, hoti autois klēronomali tan gēan.… meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Matthew 9:26… tas fēmas houtas eis holan tan gēan ekeinan.… news about this spread throughout that region.
Matthew 10:29… ek auteiu ouk pipteti epi tan gēan aneu tou patrou vu.… of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your …
Matthew 10:34… hoti erchama balara eirēnan epi tan gēan; ouk erchama balara eirēnan alla machairan.… come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring …
Matthew 13:5… epi teim petrōdeeim hopou ouk echate gēan pollan, kai eutheōs exanatellata dia tem …… where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the …
Matthew 13:8alloseim de piptata epi tan gēan tan kalan kai dōate karpon, hem …Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop — a hundredfold …
Matthew 13:23tos de epi tan kalan gēan sperirantos, houtos atō tos ton logon …But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the …
Matthew 14:34“land”Kai diaperarantois erchala epi tan gēan eis Gennēsaret.… they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret.
Matthew 15:35… parangelarantos to ochlo anapiptara epi tan gēan… crowd to sit down on the ground.
Matthew 25:18… de tem henem labarantos apercharantos orussata gēan kai kruptata tem arguriem tou kuriou …… off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.
Matthew 27:45… hōrau skotem geneta epi pantan tan gēan heōs hōrau enatau.… hour darkness came over all the land.
Mark 4:5… epi tem petrōdeem hopou ouk echate gēan pollan, kai euthuos exanatellata dia tem …… where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the …
Mark 4:8kai alloseim piptata eis tan gēan tan kalan, kai dōate karpon anabainarōnteim …Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and …
Mark 4:20kai ekeinois alō tois epi tan gēan tan kalan sperirantois, hotinois akoualō ton …… like the seeds sown on good soil. They hear the word, receive it …
Mark 6:53“land”Kai diaperarantois epi tan gēan erchala eis Gennēsaret kai prosormizila.… they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret and moored the boat.
Mark 15:33… hektau skotem geneta epi holan tan gēan heōs hōrau enatau.… hour darkness came over all the land.
Luke 4:25… geneta limos megos epi pantan tan gēan,… great famine swept over all the land.
Luke 5:11“land”kai katagarantois teim ploieim epi tan gēan afiēkarantois panteim akolouthala auto.And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything and followed Him.
Luke 6:49… atō anthrōpo oikodomaranto oikian epi tan gēan chōris themeliou, ha prosrēgata tos potamos, …… man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed …
Luke 8:8kai heterem piptata eis tan gēan tan agathan, kai fuirantem poiata karpon …Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprang up and produced …
Luke 8:27“land”exercharanto de auto epi tan gēan hupantata andros tinos ek tau polau …… stepped ashore, He was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothing or lived in a house, but he stayed in the tombs.
Luke 12:49Purem erchama balara epi tan gēan, kai tinem thelamō ei ēdē anaptita?… to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were …
Luke 13:7… heuriskamō; ekkoptasar autan; hinati kai tan gēan katargatō?… Why should it use up the soil?’
Luke 14:35oute eis gēan oute eis koprian euthetem atō; exō …It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile, and …
Luke 16:17… de atō ton ouranon kai tan gēan parerchara ē tou nomou henan keraian …… it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a …
Luke 22:44… hōsei thrombois haimeu katabainarōntois epi tan gēan.… drops of blood falling to the ground.
Luke 23:44… kai skotem geneta epi holan tan gēan heōs hōrau enatau… and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.
Luke 24:5… kai klinarōntaiu teim prosōpeim eis tan gēan legala pros autain; Tinem zētavō ton …… women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked …
John 3:22… tois mathētois autou eis tan Ioudaian gēan, kai ekei diatribate meta autoiu kai …… His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with …
gēar“land”direct addressvocative singular1×
Matthew 2:6Kai sis, Bēthleem gēar Ioudou, oudamōs elachistas asō en toi …‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means …
gēau“earth”of, belonging togenitive singular135×, 32 shown
Matthew 5:13Vis avō tem halatem tau gēau; ean de tem halatem mōraniteia, en …You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its …
Matthew 6:10… su, hōs en ourano kai epi gēau;… come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew 6:19Mē thēsaurizavōr vi thēsauroin epi tau gēau, hopou sētos kai brōsias afanizatō, kai …… store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and …
Matthew 9:6… tos huios tou anthrōpou epi tau gēau afiēkarō hamartain tote legatō to paralutiko; …… Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” Then He said …
Matthew 11:25… patror kurior tou ouranou kai tau gēau, hoti kruptasa houteim apo sofoiu kai …… You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things …
Matthew 12:40… tou anthrōpou en ta kardia tau gēau treis hēmerain kai treis nuktain.… nights in the heart of the earth.
Matthew 12:42… hoti erchata ek teiu perateiu tau gēau akouara tan sofian Solomōnou, kai idou …… came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon …
Matthew 13:5… exanatellata dia tem mē echarō bathem gēau,… It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
Matthew 14:24… ploiem ēdē stadioin polloin apo tau gēau apechate, basanizorōntem hupo teiu kumeiu, ate …… the boat was already far from land, buffeted by the waves because the …
Matthew 16:19… kai hem ean daseia epi tau gēau eti dorēntem en toi ouranoi, kai …… of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and …
Matthew 16:19… kai hem ean luaseia epi tau gēau eti luorēntem en toi ouranoi.… heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
Matthew 17:25… si dokatō, Simōnor? tois basilevois tau gēau apo tinoiu labalō teleim ē kēnson? …… whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their …
Matthew 18:18… vi, hoseim ean daveia epi tau gēau eti dorēnteim en ourano kai hoseim …… tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and …
Matthew 18:18… kai hoseim ean luaveia epi tau gēau eti luorēnteim en ourano.… heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
Matthew 18:19… duo sumfōnaleia ek vu epi tau gēau peri panteu pragmeu heu ean aiteleia, …… if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for …
Matthew 23:9… patron mē kalaveia vu epi tau gēau, henos gar atō vu tos patros …And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one …
Matthew 23:35… pantem haimem dikaiem ekchorōntem epi tau gēau apo teu haimeu Habel tou dikaiou …… all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel …
Matthew 24:30… tote kopteli pantais tais fulais tau gēau kai horeli ton huion tou anthrōpou …… and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the …
Matthew 28:18… exousias en ourano kai epi tau gēau;… All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
Mark 2:10… tos huios tou anthrōpou epi tau gēau afiēkarō hamartain legatō to paralutiko;… Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” He said to …
Mark 4:1“land”… ochlos pros tan thalassan epi tau gēau ale.Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.
Mark 4:5… exanatellata dia tem mē echarō bathem gēau;… It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
Mark 4:26… anthrōpos balateia ton sporon epi tau gēau… man who scatters seed on the ground.
Mark 4:31“ground”… sinapieu, hos hotan speriteia epi tau gēau, mikroterem arōntem panteiu teiu spermeiu teiu …… like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth.
Mark 4:31… panteiu teiu spermeiu teiu epi tau gēau… of all seeds sown upon the earth.
Mark 6:47… thalassau, kai autos monos epi tau gēau.… sea, and Jesus was alone on land.
Mark 8:6… parangelatō to ochlo anapiptara epi tau gēau; kai labarantos toin hepta artoin eucharistarantos …… crowd to sit down on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves …
Mark 9:3… leukeim liōs hoieim gnafevos epi tau gēau ouk dunotō houtōs leukanara.… white, brighter than any launderer on earth could bleach them.
Mark 9:20… susparassata auton, kai piptarantos epi tau gēau kuliote afrizarōntos.… a convulsion. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the …
Mark 13:27… ek toiu tessares anemoiu apo akreu gēau heōs akreu ouranou.… winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
Mark 14:35kai proercharantos mikrem piptate epi tau gēau, kai proseuchote hina ei dunatem atō …… little farther, He fell to the ground and prayed that, if it were …
Luke 2:14Doxas en hupsistei theo kai epi gēau eirēnas en anthrōpoi eudokiau.… God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His …
gēa“land”to, fordative singular13×
Matthew 5:35mēte en ta gēa, hoti hupopodiem atō toiu podoiu autou; …or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or …
Matthew 9:31“region”… exercharantois diafēmizala auton en hola ta gēa ekeina.But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout the …
Matthew 10:15“land”amēn legamō vi, anektoterem eti gēa Sodomeiu kai Gomorreiu en hēmera krisiau …Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for …
Matthew 11:24“land”plēn legamō vi hoti gēa Sodomeiu anektoterem eti en hēmera krisiau …But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for …
Matthew 25:25… kruptama tem talantem su en ta gēa; ide echasō tem sem.… and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what belongs to …
Luke 8:15tem de en ta kala gēa, houtois alō hotinois en kardia kala …But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and …
Luke 12:51… hoti eirēnan paragenema dōara en ta gēa? ouchi, legamō vi, alla ē diamerismon.… come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.
Acts 7:6… eti tem spermem autou paroikem en gēa allotria, kai doulali autem kai kakali …… would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved …
Acts 7:29… logo houto, kai geneta paroikos en gēa Madiam, hou gennata huioin duo.… this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as …
Acts 7:36… autoin poiarantos terateim kai sēmeim en gēa Aigupta kai en Eruthra Thalassa kai …… performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea …
Acts 13:17… laon hupsata en ta paroikia en gēa Aiguptau, kai meta brachionou hupsēlou exagata …… He led them out of that land.
Acts 13:19kai kathairarantos ethneim hepta en gēa Chanaan kataklēronomata tan gēan auteiu… nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.
Romans 9:17… tem onomem mu en panta ta gēa.… might be proclaimed in all the earth.”