Word Summary
epigeios: of the earth
Original Word: ἐπίγειοςTransliteration: epigeios
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ig'-i-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: of the earth
Meaning: of the earth
Strong's Concordance
earthly, in earth, terrestrial.
From epi and ge; worldly (physically or morally) -- earthly, in earth, terrestrial.
see GREEK epi
see GREEK ge
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1919: ἐπίγειοςἐπίγειος,
ἐπιγειον (
ἐπί and
γῆ), existing
upon the earth, earthly, terrestrial:
οἰκία, the house we live in on earth, spoken of the body with which we are clothed in this world,
2 Corinthians 5:1;
σώματα ἐπίγεια, opposed to
ἐπουράνια,
1 Corinthians 15:40; absolutely,
οἱ ἐπιγειοι (opposed to
οἱ ἐπουράνιοι and
οἱ καταχτονιοι), those who are on earth, the inhabitants of the earth, men,
Philippians 2:10;
τά ἐπίγεια,
things done on earth, spoken of the new birth wrought by the Holy Spirit,
John 3:12; cf. Knapp, Scripta var. Arg., p. 212f;
τά ἐπίγεια φόνειν, to set the mind on the pleasures and good things of earth,
Philippians 3:19;
σοφία ἐπίγειος (opposed to
ἡ ἄνωθεν κατερχομένη), the wisdom of man, liable to error and misleading,
James 3:15. (From
Plato down; nowhere in the O. T.)