Bible Dictionary: Terrestrial

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals.

2. (a.) Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe.

3. (a.) of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane.

4. (a.) Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents.

5. (a.) Adapted for the observation of objects on land and on the earth; as, a terrestrial telescope, in distinction from an astronomical telescope.

6. (n.) An inhabitant of the earth.

Greek

1919. epigeios -- of the earth
... earthly, in earth, terrestrial. From epi and ge; worldly (physically or morally) --
earthly, in earth, terrestrial. see GREEK epi. see GREEK ge. ...
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Library

That the Knowledge of Terrestrial and Celestial Things Does not ...
... Book V. Chapter IV."That the Knowledge of Terrestrial and Celestial Things
Does Not Give Happiness, But the Knowledge of God Only. ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter iv that the knowledge of.htm

The Creation of Terrestrial Animals.
... Homily IX. The creation of terrestrial animals. ... [1698] Let the earth produce a living
creature.". Cattle are terrestrial and bent towards the earth. ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/homily ix the creation of.htm

Against those who Affirm that Earthly Bodies Cannot be Made ...
... These same philosophers further contend that terrestrial bodies cannot be eternal
though they make no doubt that the whole earth, which is itself the central ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 17 against those who affirm.htm

The Creation of Fowl and Water Animals.
... Thus divine language appears to indicate that, in aquatic animals, the carnal life
originates their psychic movements, whilst in terrestrial animals, gifted ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/homily viii the creation of.htm

Definitions, Genera, and Species.
... For, after dividing "the animal" into mortal and immortal, then into terrestrial
and aquatic; and the terrestrial again into those who fly and those who walk ...
/.../the stromata or miscellanies/chapter vi definitions genera and species.htm

Man Now Deprived of Freedom of Will, and Miserably Enslaved.
... 13. Man's intelligence extends both to things terrestrial and celestial. The power
of the intellect in regard to the knowledge of things terrestrial. ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 2 man now deprived.htm

Of the Catholic Church, the Remission of Sins, and the ...
... is one flesh of cattle, another of birds, another of fishes, another of creeping
things: there are also both celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies." [1648 ...
/.../a treatise on faith and the creed /chapter 10 of the catholic church.htm

1 Cor. xv. 35, 36
... Ver.40. "There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial; but the glory
of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.". Ver.41. ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xli 1 cor xv.htm

How Far Christians Ought to be from Boasting, if they have done ...
... Be from Boasting, If They Have Done Anything for the Love of the Eternal Country,
When the Romans Did Such Great Things for Human Glory and a Terrestrial City. ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 18 how far christians ought.htm

Satan Considering the Saints
... 1:8. HOW VERY UNCERTAIN are all terrestrial things! How ... his pain. Let us
see in this the mutability of all terrestrial things. He ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 11 1865/satan considering the saints.htm

Thesaurus

Terrestrial (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the
earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals. 2. (a.) Representing ...
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Celestial (3 Occurrences)
... se-les'-chal (epouranios, "above the sky," "heavenly"): Peculiar to Paul's majestic
argument on the resurrection: celestial verses terrestrial bodies (1 ...
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Earthly (39 Occurrences)
... urth'-li (epigeios, "existing upon the earth," "terrestrial," from epi, "upon" and
ge, "earth"; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 AD) terrenus): Of or ...
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Differs (3 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 15:40 There are also celestial bodies, and terrestrial bodies; but
the glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial. (WEB). ...
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Splendor (87 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). 1 Corinthians 15:40 There are also celestial bodies, and terrestrial
bodies; but the glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial. ...
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Bodies (144 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). 1 Corinthians 15:40 There are also celestial bodies, and terrestrial
bodies; but the glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial. ...
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Kind (290 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 15:40 There are also celestial bodies, and terrestrial bodies; but
the glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial. (See NIV). ...
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Gravity (3 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction; esp., the
tendency of a body toward the center of the earth; terrestrial gravitation. ...
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Terrain (1 Occurrence)

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Earthy (3 Occurrences)
... earthy matter. 2. (a.) of or pertaining to the earth or to, this world; earthly;
terrestrial; carnal. 3. (a.) Gross; low; unrefined. 4 ...
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Bible Concordance

Terrestrial (1 Occurrence)

1 Corinthians 15:40 There are also celestial bodies, and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial.
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Subtopics

Terrestrial

Related Terms

Celestial (3 Occurrences)

Earthly (39 Occurrences)

Differs (3 Occurrences)

Splendor (87 Occurrences)

Bodies (144 Occurrences)

Kind (290 Occurrences)

Gravity (3 Occurrences)

Terrain (1 Occurrence)

Earthy (3 Occurrences)