"pr. on the earth, Phil. 2:10; earthly, terrestrial, Jn. 3:12; 1 Cor. 15:40; 2 Cor. 5:1; Phil. 3:19; earthly, low, grovelling, Jas. 3:15*"
Definition and meaning
pr. on the earth, Phil. 2:10; earthly, terrestrial, Jn. 3:12; 1 Cor. 15:40; 2 Cor. 5:1; Phil. 3:19; earthly, low, grovelling, Jas. 3:15*
In the original Greek the word is written: ἐπίγειος
Historical context
John wrote for an audience familiar with both Jewish Scripture and Greek philosophy. The logos — the Word — was a term Greek philosophers used for the rational principle underlying the universe. John takes that concept and says: that logos became a person and lived among us. Crucifixion was the Roman execution method designed to maximize public humiliation, reserved for slaves and rebels.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of epigeios (G1919) across the King James Bible.
If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
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Common questions
Strong's G1919 (epigeios) is a Greek word that means: pr. on the earth, Phil. 2:10; earthly, terrestrial, Jn. 3:12; 1 Cor. 15:40; 2 Cor. 5:1; Phil. 3:19; earthly, low, grovelling, Jas. 3:15* It appears 6 times in the King James Bible.
The word epigeios (G1919) appears 6 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G1919 is epigeios, a Greek word defined as: pr. on the earth, Phil. 2:10; earthly, terrestrial, Jn. 3:12; 1 Cor. 15:40; 2 Cor. 5:1; Phil. 3:19; earthly, low, grovelling, Jas. 3:15*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
epigeios is a Greek word found in the New Testament.