Quick Definition
earthly
Strong's Definition
worldly (physically or morally)
Derivation: from G1909 (ἐπί) and G1093 (γῆ);
KJV Usage: earthly, in earth, terrestrial
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπίγειος, 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, 2Co_5:1; σώματα ἐπίγεια, opposed to ἐπουράνια, 1Co_15:40; absolutely, οἱ ἐπιγειοι (opposed to οἱ ἐπουράνιοι and οἱ καταχτονιοι), those who are on earth, the inhabitants of the earth, men, Php_2:10; τά ἐπίγεια, things done on earth, spoken of the new birth wrought by the Holy Spirit, Joh_3:12; cf. Knapp, Scripta var. Arg., p. 212f; τά ἐπίγεια φόνειν, to set the mind on the pleasures and good things of earth, Php_3:19; σοφία ἐπίγειος (opposed to ἡ ἄνωθεν κατερχομένη), the wisdom of man, liable to error and misleading, Jas_3:15. (From Plato down; nowhere in the O. T.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπίγειος epigeios 7x
pr. on the earth, Php_2:10 ;
earthly, terrestrial, Joh_3:12 ; 1Co_15:40 ; 2Co_5:1 ; Php_3:19 ;
earthly, low, grovelling, Jas_3:15
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἐπί -γειος , -ον
( < ἐπί , γῆ ),
of the earth, earthly: τὰ ἐ ., Joh_3:12 Php_2:10 ; Php_3:19 (anarth.); σώματα , 1Co_15:40 ; οἰκία , 2Co_5:1 ; σοφία , Jas_3:15 ( Cremer , 153).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπίγειος [page 236]
In striking resemblance to Php_2:10 is the use of this word in the magic P Par 574 .3043 (iii/A.D.) (= Deissmann LAE , p. 252 f.) καὶ σὺ λάλησον ὁποῖον ἐὰν ἦς ἐπεουράνιον ἢ ἀέριον εἴτε ἐπίγειον εἴτε ὑπόγειον ἢ καταχθόνιον κτλ . The passage is not a quotation from St. Paul, but the papyrus and St. Paul are both using familiar Jewish categories ( ib. p. 257 n. .11 ). See also P Lond 46 .167 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 70) ἵνα μοι ἦν ὑπήκοος πᾶς δαίμων οὐράνιος καὶ αἰθέριος καὶ ἐπίγειος καὶ ὑπόγειος κτλ ., and Wόnsch AF 4 .11 (iii/A.D.) where ἐπίγειος is found in combination with οὐράνιος and χθόνιος . In P Petr II. 8( c ) .10 (B.C. 246) ἐπίγεια , ground-floor buildings, are contrasted with πύργος διώρυφος , a tower of two stories (see the Editor s note). On the form see Mayser Gr. p. 448.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐπίγειος ἐπί-γειος, ον [Etym: γέα, ῀ γῆ] "terrestrial", Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐπί-γειος, -ον
(ἐπί, γῆ),
of the earth, earthly: τὰ ἐ., Jhn.3:12 Php.2:10 3:19 (anarth.); σώματα, 1Co.15:40; οἰκία, 2Co.5:1; σοφία, Jas.3:15 (Cremer, 153).†
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