ἘΠΙΓΕΙΑ, ἐπιγεια
EPIGEIA, epigeia
Sounds Like: ep-EE-ghi-ah
Translations: earthly, terrestrial, on earth, things on earth
From the root: ἘΠΙΓΕΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is on the earth, belonging to the earth, or of an earthly nature, as opposed to heavenly or spiritual. It can refer to physical things or to concepts and concerns that are limited to the present world. It is often used to contrast with things that are divine or eternal.
Inflection: Feminine, Nominative, Singular; or Neuter, Nominative, Accusative, Vocative, Plural
Strong’s number: G1942 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:4
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 7:2
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 11 — 1:19
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΓΕΙΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΙΓΕΙΟΙΣ — (to) earthly, (for) earthly, (on) earthly, (to) terrestrial, (for) terrestrial, (on) terrestrial
- ἘΠΙΓΕΙΩΝ — of earthly things, of things on earth, of terrestrial things
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