STRONGS G1919:
ἐπίγειος,
-ον (
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,
2 Corinthians 5:1;
σώματα ἐπίγεια, opposed to
ἐπουράνια,
1 Corinthians 15:40; absolutely,
οἱ ἐπιγειοι (opposed to
οἱ ἐπουράνιοι and
οἱ καταχθόνιοι), those who are on earth, the inhabitants of the earth, men,
Philippians 2:10;
τὰ ἐπίγεια,
things done on earth, spoken of the new birth wrought by the Holy Spirit,
John 3:12; cf.
Knapp, Scripta var. Arg., p. 212f;
τὰ ἐπίγεια φρονεῖν, to set the mind on the pleasures and good things of earth,
Philippians 3:19;
σοφία ἐπίγειος (opposed to
ἡ ἄνωθεν κατερχομένη), the wisdom of man, liable to error and misleading,
James 3:15. (From Plato down; nowhere in the
O. T.)
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