Definition

land, i.e. the (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the Roman empire

Etymology

feminine participle present passive of G3611 (οἰκέω) (as noun, by implication, of G1093 (γῆ));

Where the KJV renders it

• earth
• world

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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