'Ground' in the Bible

So He plaited a whip of rushes, and drove all--both sheep and bullocks--out of the Temple. The small coin of the brokers He upset on the ground and overturned their tables.

"Make the people sit down," said Jesus. The ground was covered with thick grass; so they sat down, the adult men numbering about 5,000.

Then Jesus took the loaves, and after giving thanks He distributed them to those who were resting on the ground; and also the fish in like manner--as much as they desired.

They asked this in order to put Him to the test, so that they might have some charge to bring against Him. But Jesus leant forward and began to write with His finger on the ground.

Then He leant forward again, and again began to write on the ground.

You are descendants of Abraham, I know; but you want to kill me, because my teaching gains no ground within you.

After thus speaking, He spat on the ground, and then, kneading the dust and spittle into clay, He smeared the clay over the man's eyes and said to him,

In most solemn truth I tell you that unless the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains what it was--a single grain; but that if it dies, it yields a rich harvest.

As soon then as He said to them, "I am he," they went backwards and fell to the ground.

Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying there on the ground, but he did not go in.

Simon Peter, however, also came, following him, and entered the tomb. There on the ground he saw the cloths;