Earth: 11 definitions
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Source: archive.org: Easton's Bible DictionaryEarth definition and references: (1.) In the sense of soil or ground, the translation of the word adamah’. In Genesis 9:20 “husbandman” is literally “man of the ground or earth.” Altars were to be built of earth (Exodus 20:24). Naaman asked for two mules’ burden of earth (2 Kings 5:17), under the superstitious notion that Jehovah, like the gods of the heathen, could be acceptably worshipped only on his own soil.
(2). As the rendering of ’erets, it means the whole world (Genesis 1:2); the land as opposed to the sea (1:10). Erets also denotes a country (21:32); a plot of ground (23:15); the ground on which a man stands (33:3); the inhabitants of the earth (6:1; 11:1); all the world except Israel (2 Chronicles 13:9). In the New Testament “the earth” denotes the land of Judea (Matthew 23:35); also things carnal in contrast with things heavenly (John 3:31; Colossians 3:1, 2).
Source: archive.org: Smith's Bible DictionaryEarth refers to:—The term is used in two widely-different senses: (1) for the material of which the earth’s surface is composed; (2) as the name of the planet on which man dwells. The Hebrew language discriminates between these two by the use of separate terms, adamah for the former, erets for the latter.
1) Adamah is the earth in the sense of soil or ground, particularly as being susceptible of cultivation. (Genesis 2:7)
2) Erets is applied in a more or less extended sense— (1) to the whole world, (Genesis 1:1) (2) to land as opposed to sea, (Genesis 1:10) (3) to a country, (Genesis 21:32) (4) to a plot of ground, (Genesis 23:15) and (5) to the ground on which a man stands. (Genesis 33:3) The two former senses alone concern us, the fairest involving an inquiry into the opinions of the Hebrews on cosmogony, the second on geography.
3) cosmogony.— (1) The Hebrew cosmogony is based upon the leading principle that the universe exists, not independently of God, nor yet co-existent with God, nor yet in opposition to him as a hostile element, but dependently upon him, subsequently to him and in subjection to him. (2) Creation was regarded as a progressive work—a gradual development from the inferior to the superior orders of things.
4) Geography.—There seems to be traces of the same ideas as prevailed among the Greeks, that the world was a disk, (Isaiah 40:22) bordered by the ocean, with Jerusalem as its centre, like Delphi as the navel, or, according to another view, the highest point of the world. As to the size of the earth, the Hebrews had but a very indefinite notion.
Source: archive.org: Nave's Topical BibleEarth definition and references: –Primitive condition of Genesis 1:6,7; Job 26:7; Psalms 104:5-9
–Design of Isaiah 45:18
–Ancient notions concerning 1 Samuel 2:8; Job 9:6; Revelation 7:1
–Cursed of God Genesis 3:17,18; Romans 8:19-22
–Circle of Isaiah 40:22
–God’s footstool Isaiah 66:1; Lamentations 2:1
–Given to man Psalms 115:16
–Early divisions of Genesis 10; 11; Deuteronomy 32:8
–Perpetuity of Genesis 49:26; Deuteronomy 33:15; Psalms 78:69; 104:5;
Ecclesiastes 1:4; Habakkuk 3:6
–A new earth Isaiah 65:17; 66:22; Revelation 21:1
–Created By God Genesis 1:1; 2 Kings 19:15; 2 Chronicles 2:12; Nehemiah 9:6;
Psalms 90:2; 102:25; 115:15; 146:6; Proverbs 8:22-26; Isaiah 37:16; 45:18; Jeremiah 10:12; 27:5; 32:17;
51:15; John 17:24; 2 Peter 3:5; Revelation 10:6; 14:7
–By Christ John 1:3,10; Hebrews 1:10
–See Creation
–See God, Creator
–Destruction Of Psalms 102:25-27; Isaiah 24:19,20; 51:6; Matthew
5:18; 24:3,14,29-31,35-39; Mark 13:24-37; Luke 21:26-36; Hebrews 1:10-12; 2 Peter 3:10-13; Revelation
20:11; 21:1
Earth refers to:—Besides the ordinary senses of the word or words rendered 'earth' in our translation—namely, as denoting mold, the surface of the earth, and the terrestrial globe—there are others in Scripture which require to be discriminated.
1. 'The earth' denotes 'the inhabitants of the earth'.
2. Heathen countries, as distinguished from the land of Israel, especially during the theocracy, i.e. all the rest of the world excepting Israel (; , etc.).
3. In the New Testament especially, 'the earth' appears in our translation as applied to the land of Judea. As in many of these passages it might seem as if the habitable globe were intended, the use of so ambiguous a term as 'the earth' should have been avoided, and the original rendered by 'the land,' as in;; and elsewhere. This is the sense which the original bears in;;;;;; .
Source: archive.org: Fausset's Bible DictionaryEarth refers to:—'erets in Hebrew; gee in Greek, designating either the whole globe, or land as opposed to sea, or a particular land; to be distinguished by the context. A distinct term expresses the material of which the earth consists damaah , the "ground," "soil," from whence Adam was named (Genesis 2:7), his body coming from and returning to the earth (Genesis 3:19), a different word "dust" (Job 10:9; Ecclesiastes 12:7). Naaman desired to have two mules' burden of earth of the Holy Land ('Εretz Ιsrael ), whether for an altar or other sacred purpose (Exodus 20:24), a half-paganish nation that God would accept devotions in connection with that soil rather than with any other.
In James 5:17 it is translated: "it rained not on the land (of Israel)"; for the drought was a judgment, not on the whole earth, but on Israel; compare Luke 4:25. So in Luke 23:44 "there was darkness over all the land," not "all the earth"; compare Matthew 27:45. In 1 Corinthians 15:47-49, "the first man is of the earth, earthy," contrasted with "the Lord from heaven" and "the heavenly," the term is choikos , not merely earthly, i.e. born upon earth, but "earthy," literally, "of heaped clay," answering to the surface "dust" in the Old Testament of which man is made; not merely terrestrial, but terrene, therefore, transitory.
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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 17: Description of the Lower World (adhaloka) < [Chapter III - The initiation and omniscience of Ajita]
Part 16: The eight karmas < [Chapter III - The initiation and omniscience of Ajita]
Part 6: Ajita’s rule as king < [Chapter III - The initiation and omniscience of Ajita]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Bharadvaja-srauta-sutra (by C. G. Kashikar)
Ante-nicene Fathers (by Alexander Roberts)
The Assumption that There are Two Earths Mentioned in the History of the Creation < [Part II]
Chapter XI - The Six Days’ Work Described < [Theophilus]
Chapter XXX - Homer’s knowledge of man’s origin < [Justin Martyr]
Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 3.1 - The lower world (adholoka) < [Chapter 3 - The Lower World and the Middle World]
Verse 3.2 - Infernal abodes (naraka) < [Chapter 3 - The Lower World and the Middle World]
Verse 3.3 - Infernal beings (nārakī) < [Chapter 3 - The Lower World and the Middle World]
Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)