'World' in the Bible

Again doth the Devil take him to a very high mount, and doth shew to him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them,

'Ye are the light of the world, a city set upon a mount is not able to be hid;

that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, 'I will open in similes my mouth, I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.'

and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the reign, and the darnel are the sons of the evil one,

for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

'Woe to the world from the stumbling-blocks! for there is a necessity for the stumbling-blocks to come, but woe to that man through whom the stumbling-block doth come!

and this good news of the reign shall be proclaimed in all the world, for a testimony to all the nations; and then shall the end arrive.

for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be.

'Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

Verily I say to you, Wherever this good news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what this one did shall also be spoken of -- for a memorial of her.'