Topic
Earth
84 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 1:1Smith · ISBE · Nave CREATED BY GOD
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- Genesis 2:7Smith · ISBE
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
- Exodus 20:24Easton · ISBE
¶ An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
- Isaiah 40:22Smith · Nave Circle of
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
- Genesis 1:2Easton
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
- Genesis 1:6Nave Primitive condition of
¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
- Genesis 1:7Nave Primitive condition of
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
- Genesis 1:10Smith
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 3:17Nave Cursed of God
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
- Genesis 3:18Nave Cursed of God
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
- Genesis 4:11ISBE
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
- Genesis 7:4ISBE
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
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- Genesis 9:20 Easton
- Genesis 10:1–32 Nave Early divisions of
- Genesis 11:1–32 Nave Early divisions of
- Genesis 18:27 ISBE
- Genesis 21:32 Smith
- Genesis 23:15 Smith
- Genesis 33:3 Smith
- Genesis 49:26 Nave Perpetuity of
- Deuteronomy 32:8 Nave Early divisions of
- Deuteronomy 33:15 Nave Perpetuity of
- 1 Samuel 2:8 Nave Ancient notions concerning
- 2 Kings 5:17 Easton
- 2 Kings 19:15 Nave CREATED BY GOD
- 2 Chronicles 2:12 Nave CREATED BY GOD
- 2 Chronicles 13:9 Easton
- Nehemiah 9:6 Nave CREATED BY GOD
- Job 2:12 ISBE
- Job 9:6 Nave Ancient notions concerning
- Job 26:7 Nave Primitive condition of
- Psalms 78:69 Nave Perpetuity of
- Psalms 90:2 Nave CREATED BY GOD
- Psalms 102:25 Nave CREATED BY GOD
- Psalms 102:25–27 Nave DESTRUCTION OF
- Psalms 104:5–9 Nave Primitive condition of
- Psalms 104:5 Nave Perpetuity of
- Psalms 104:29 ISBE
- Psalms 105:35 ISBE
- Psalms 115:15 Nave CREATED BY GOD
- Psalms 115:16 Nave Given to man
- Psalms 146:6 Nave CREATED BY GOD
- Proverbs 8:22–26 Nave CREATED BY GOD
- Ecclesiastes 1:4 Nave Perpetuity of
- Isaiah 14:2 ISBE
- Isaiah 24:19 Nave DESTRUCTION OF
- Isaiah 24:20 Nave DESTRUCTION OF
- Isaiah 37:16 Nave CREATED BY GOD
- Isaiah 45:18 Nave Design of
- Isaiah 51:6 Nave DESTRUCTION OF
- Isaiah 65:17 Nave A new earth
- Isaiah 66:1 Nave God's footstool
- Isaiah 66:22 Nave A new earth
- Jeremiah 10:12 Nave CREATED BY GOD
- Jeremiah 27:5 Nave CREATED BY GOD
- Jeremiah 32:17 Nave CREATED BY GOD
- Jeremiah 51:15 Nave CREATED BY GOD
- Lamentations 2:1 Nave God's footstool
- Habakkuk 3:6 Nave Perpetuity of
- Matthew 5:18 Nave DESTRUCTION OF
- Matthew 23:35 Easton
- Matthew 24:3 Nave DESTRUCTION OF
- Matthew 24:14 Nave DESTRUCTION OF
- Matthew 24:29–31 Nave DESTRUCTION OF
- Matthew 24:35–39 Nave DESTRUCTION OF
- Mark 13:24–37 Nave DESTRUCTION OF
- Luke 21:26 ISBE
- Luke 21:26–36 Nave DESTRUCTION OF
- John 1:3 Nave CREATED BY GOD — BY CHRIST
- John 1:10 Nave CREATED BY GOD — BY CHRIST
- John 3:31 Easton
- John 17:24 Nave CREATED BY GOD
- Romans 8:19–22 Nave Cursed of God
- Colossians 3:1 Easton
- Colossians 3:2 Easton
- Hebrews 1:10 Nave CREATED BY GOD — BY CHRIST
- Hebrews 1:10–12 Nave DESTRUCTION OF
- 2 Peter 3:5 Nave CREATED BY GOD
- 2 Peter 3:10–13 Nave DESTRUCTION OF
- Revelation 7:1 Nave Ancient notions concerning
- Revelation 10:6 Nave CREATED BY GOD
- Revelation 14:7 Nave CREATED BY GOD
- Revelation 20:11 Nave DESTRUCTION OF
- Revelation 21:1 Nave A new earth
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 15 references
(1.) In the sense of soil or ground, the translation of the word adamah’. In Gen. 9:20 “husbandman” is literally “man of the ground or earth.” Altars were to be built of earth (Ex. 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 (Gen. 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 Chr. 13:9). In the New Testament “the earth” denotes the land of Judea (Matt. 23:35); also things carnal in contrast with things heavenly (John 3:31; Col. 3:1, 2).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 7 references
- Adamah is the earth in the sense of soil or ground, particularly as being susceptible of cultivation. (Genesis 2:7)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 11 references
urth ('adhamah, 'erets, 'aphar; ge, oikoumene):
In a hilly limestone country like Palestine, the small amount of iron oxide in the rocks tends to be oxidized, and thereby to give a prevailing reddish color to the soil. This is especially the case on relatively barren hills where there is little organic matter present to prevent reddening and give a more blackish tinge.
'Adhamah (compare 'adham, "a man," and Adam) is from 'adham, "to be red," and is used in the senses: "earth" (Ex 20:24), "land" (Ps 105:35), a "land" or country (Isa 14:2), "ground" (Ge 4:11), "the earth" (Ge 7:4).
The word most in use is 'erets, undoubtedly from a most ancient root occurring in many languages, as English "earth," German Erde, Arabic 'ard. It is used in most of the senses of 'adhamah, but less as "soil" and more as "the earth" as a part of the universe; frequently with shamayim, "heavens," as in Ge 1:1: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."
`Aphar and its root word and derivatives are closely paralleled in the Arabic, and refer mainly to "dust" or "dry earth" (compare Arabic `afir, "to be of the color of dust"; `afar "dust"; ya`fur, "a gazelle"; Hebrew `opher, "a gazelle"). Compare Ge 2:7: "Yahweh God formed man of the dust of the ground"; Job 2:12: ".... sprinkled dust upon their heads"; Ps 104:29: ".... they die, and return to their dust"; Ge 18:27: "dust and ashes."
In the Septuagint and New Testament, ge is used in nearly all cases, oikoumene being used a few times for the "habitable earth," as in Lu 21:26 the King James Version.
See further ANTHROPOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; EVOLUTION; WORLD.
Alfred Ely Day
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 64 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Primitive condition of Ge 1:6,7; Job 26:7; Ps 104:5-9
- → Design of Isa 45:18
- → Ancient notions concerning 1Sa 2:8; Job 9:6; Re 7:1
- → Cursed of God Ge 3:17,18; Ro 8:19-22
- → Circle of Isa 40:22
- → God's footstool Isa 66:1; La 2:1
- → Given to man Ps 115:16
- → Early divisions of Ge 10; 11; De 32:8
- → Perpetuity of Ge 49:26; De 33:15; Ps 78:69; 104:5; Ec 1:4; Hab 3:6
- → A new earth Isa 65:17; 66:22; Re 21:1
- → CREATED BY GOD Ge 1:1; 2Ki 19:15; 2Ch 2:12; Ne 9:6; Ps 90:2; 102:25; 115:15; 146:6; Pr 8:22-26; Isa 37:16; 45:18; Jer 10:12; 27:5; 32:17; 51:15; Joh 17:24; 2Pe 3:5; Re 10:6; 14:7
- → DESTRUCTION OF Ps 102:25-27; Isa 24:19,20; 51:6; Mt 5:18; 24:3,14,29-31,35-39; Mr 13:24-37; Lu 21:26-36; Heb 1:10-12; 2Pe 3:10-13; Re 20:11; 21:1
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.