'World' in the Bible

Then the Devil took Him to the top of an exceedingly lofty mountain, from which he caused Him to see all the Kingdoms of the world and their splendour,

*You* are the light of the world; a town cannot be hid if built on a hill-top.

the field is the world; the good seed--these are the sons of the Kingdom; the darnel, the sons of the Evil one.

Why, what benefit will it be to a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give to buy back his life?

"Alas for the world because of causes of falling! They cannot but come, but alas for each man through whom they come!

And this Good News of the Kingdom shall be proclaimed throughout the whole world to set the evidence before all the Gentiles; and then the End will come.

for it will be a time of great suffering, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now, and assuredly never will be again.

And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet-blast, and they will bring together His own People to Him from north, south, east and west--from one extremity of the world to the other.

"Then the King will say to those at His right, "'Come, my Father's blessed ones, receive your inheritance of the Kingdom which has been divinely intended for you ever since the creation of the world.

In solemn truth I tell you that wherever in the whole world this Good News shall be proclaimed, this deed of hers shall be spoken of in memory of her."