Lexical Summary
epigeios: Earthly
Original Word: ἐπίγειος
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: epigeios
Pronunciation: eh-PEE-gay-os
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ig'-i-os)
KJV: earthly, in earth, terrestrial
NASB: earthly, earthly things, earth
Word Origin: [from G1909 (ἐπί - over) and G1093 (γῆ - earth)]
1. worldly (physically or morally)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
earthly, in earth, terrestrial.
From epi and ge; worldly (physically or morally) -- earthly, in earth, terrestrial.
see GREEK epi
see GREEK ge
HELPS Word-studies
1919 epígeios (an adjective, derived from 1909 /epí, "on, fitting" and 1093 /gḗ, "the physical earth") – properly, upon the earth, referring to earthly (physical) life – i.e. the physical realities that naturally go with daily life.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
epi and
géDefinitionof the earth
NASB Translationearth (1), earthly (4), earthly things (2).
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.)
