What does γῆ · καλός mean in the Bible?
γῆ · καλός is a Greek phrase meaning "good soil".
Greek · G1093, G2570
γῆν καλὴν
Earth: soil · good
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γῆ G1093 earth: soil
Pronunciation gē
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καλός G2570 good
Pronunciation kalós
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What does γῆν καλὴν (gēn kalēn) mean in the Bible?
γῆ · καλός is a Greek phrase meaning "good soil".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1093, G2570?
G1093, G2570 is connected to 248 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. good soil
Source Gloss
good soil
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 5 Aligned forms 248 Case pattern Genitive (135) Number pattern Singular (248)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 4:15 · Matt 5:18 · Matt 24:35 · Matt 27:51 · Mark 4:28 · Mark 13:31 · Luke 21:33 · Acts 7:33 · Acts 7:49 · 1 Cor 10:26 · Heb 6:7 · Jas 5:18 · 2 Pet 3:5 · 2 Pet 3:7 · 2 Pet 3:10 · Rev 12:16 23×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 5:13 · Matt 6:10 · Matt 6:19 · Matt 9:6 · Matt 11:25 · Matt 12:40 · Matt 12:42 · Matt 13:5 · Matt 14:24 · Matt 16:19 · Matt 17:25 · Matt 18:18 · Matt 18:19 · Matt 23:9 · Matt 23:35 · Matt 24:30 135×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 5:35 · Matt 9:31 · Matt 10:15 · Matt 11:24 · Matt 25:25 · Luke 8:15 · Luke 12:51 · Acts 7:6 · Acts 7:29 · Acts 7:36 · Acts 13:17 · Acts 13:19 · Rom 9:17 13×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 2:20 · Matt 2:21 · Matt 5:5 · Matt 9:26 · Matt 10:29 · Matt 10:34 · Matt 13:5 · Matt 13:8 · Matt 13:23 · Matt 14:34 · Matt 15:35 · Matt 25:18 · Matt 27:45 · Mark 4:5 · Mark 4:8 · Mark 4:20 76×
Vocative · Singular · Feminine Matt 2:6 1×
Word Origins
γῆν καλὴν is a primary word - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain