Greek word · Strong's G1093

γῆ

gē · noun · “earth, land”

In a sentence

Gē means earth, land, soil — the planet and its ground, often paired with «heaven» in biblical contrast. The «meek shall inherit the gē» in the Beatitudes.

Gē covers the earth as planet, a country, or simply soil. It is the «earth» of Genesis 1:1 and the gē whose meek will inherit it (Matthew 5:5).

Paul prays «every family in heaven and on gē is named» from the Father. Revelation closes with a «new heaven and new gē.» The biblical story moves through, not away from, the earth.

Strong's reference

Definition: soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application)

KJV usage: country, earth(-ly), ground, land, world

Reference gloss from Strong's Concordance (1890, public domain).

Key verses BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

Matthew 5:5 “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.” Revelation 21:1 “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.”

Original BibleDawn word study. Original-language data and the public-domain Strong's (1890) gloss are referenced; see sources.