"the eath, land," etc., often denotes "the ground," e.g., Mat 10:29, Mar 8:6. See EARTH.
"a bottom, base," is used of the "ground" in Act 22:7, suggestive of that which is level and hard. Cp. B, No. 1, below. "land, country," is used of property, "ground," in Luk 12:16, "the ground (of a certain rich man)." See COUNTRY. a diminutive of No. 3, "a piece of land, a place, estate," is translated "parcel of ground" in Joh 4:5. See FIELD. "a support, bulwark, stay" (from hedraios, "steadfast, firm;" from hedra, "a seat"), is translated "ground" in 1Ti 3:15 (said of a local church); the RV marg., "stay" is preferable. Notes: (1) In Mar 4:16 the RV rightly has "rocky places" (petrodes) for AV, "stoney ground." (2) In Act 27:29, for the AV, "rocks" the RV has "rocky ground," lit., "rough places," i.e., a rocky shore. (3) In Luk 14:18, agros, "a field," is translated "a piece of ground," AV, RV, "a field." See FIELD. akin to A, No. 2: See DASH. signifies "to lay the foundation of, to found" (akin to themelios, "a foundation;" from tithemi, "to put"), and is rendered "grounded" in Eph 3:17, said of the condition of believers with reference to the love of Christ; in Col 1:23, of their continuance in the faith. See FOUND. (akin to Lat., humi, "on the ground," and homo, "man"), signifies "on the ground," Joh 9:6, of the act of Christ in spitting on the "ground" before anointing the eyes of a blind man; in Joh 18:6, "to the ground," of the fall of the rabble that had come to seize Christ in Gethsemane.
