“land, i.e. the (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the Roman empire”
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
land, i.e. the (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the Roman empire
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
some list as a participle, the habitable earth, world, Matt. 24:14; Rom. 10:18; Heb. 1:6; used, however, with various restrictions of meaning, according to the context, Lk. 2:1; Acts 17:6; meton. the inhabitants of the earth, the whole human race, mankind, Acts 17:31; 19:27; Rev. 3:10. Some view this word as a participial form of οἰκέω.
Translated in KJV as
Etymology
feminine participle present passive of G3611 (οἰκέω) (as noun, by implication, of G1093 (γῆ));
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