ἐπίγειος

ἐπίγειος — epígeios

ἐπίγειος, ἐπιγειον (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, 2Co 5:1; σώματα ἐπίγεια, opposed to ἐπουράνια, 1Co 15:40; absolutely, οἱ ἐπιγειοι (opposed to οἱ ἐπουράνιοι and οἱ καταχτονιοι), those who are on earth, the inhabitants of the earth, men, Php 2:10; τά ἐπίγεια, things done on earth, spoken of the new birth wrought by the Holy Spirit, Joh 3:12; cf. Knapp, Scripta var. Arg., p. 212f; τά ἐπίγεια φόνειν, to set the mind on the pleasures and good things of earth, Php 3:19; σοφία ἐπίγειος (opposed to ἡ ἄνωθεν κατερχομένη), the wisdom of man, liable to error and misleading, Jas 3:15. (From Plato down; nowhere in the O. T.)