'Earth' in the Bible

with a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth. In Him

from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name,

(Now this expression, “He ascended,” what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth?

so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.