(terrene part of the) globe; specially

; the inhabited earth in cl., the countries occupied by Greeks, as disting. from barbarian lands (Hdt., Dem., al.); in later writers, the Roman world: , ; by meton., of its inhabitants: ; Lk 2:1 Ac 11:28 24:5 Ac 17:6 19:27 in LXX ( , al.) and NT, also of the whole inhabited world: , , , , ; by meton. (ut supr.), , ; Ps 22 (23):1 70 (71):8 Mt 24:14 Lk 4:5 21:26 Ro 10:18 He 1:6 Re 3:10 16:14 Ac 17:31 Re 12:9 of the Messianic age, = : .† ἡ οἰ. ἡ μέλλουσα ὁ αἰὼ ὁ μέλλων He 2:5

land, i.e. the (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the Roman empire

earth, world