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Lexicon :: Strong's H776 - 'ereṣ

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אֶרֶץ
Transliteration
'ereṣ
Pronunciation
eh'-rets
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 167

Strong’s Definitions

אֶרֶץ ʼerets, eh'-rets; from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land):—× common, country, earth, field, ground, land, × nations, way, + wilderness, world.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,504x

The KJV translates Strong's H776 in the following manner: land (1,543x), earth (712x), country (140x), ground (98x), world (4x), way (3x), common (1x), field (1x), nations (1x), wilderness (with H4057) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,504x
The KJV translates Strong's H776 in the following manner: land (1,543x), earth (712x), country (140x), ground (98x), world (4x), way (3x), common (1x), field (1x), nations (1x), wilderness (with H4057) (1x).
  1. land, earth

    1. earth

      1. whole earth (as opposed to a part)

      2. earth (as opposed to heaven)

      3. earth (inhabitants)

    2. land

      1. country, territory

      2. district, region

      3. tribal territory

      4. piece of ground

      5. land of Canaan, Israel

      6. inhabitants of land

      7. Sheol, land without return, (under) world

      8. city (-state)

    3. ground, surface of the earth

      1. ground

      2. soil

    4. (in phrases)

      1. people of the land

      2. space or distance of country (in measurements of distance)

      3. level or plain country

      4. land of the living

      5. end(s) of the earth

    5. (almost wholly late in usage)

      1. lands, countries

        1. often in contrast to Canaan

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֶרֶץ ʼerets, eh'-rets; from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land):—× common, country, earth, field, ground, land, × nations, way, + wilderness, world.
STRONGS H776: Abbreviations
אֶ֫רֶץ 2407 noun feminineGenesis 10:11 & (seldom) masculine Genesis 13:16 earth, land (Phoenician, MI ארץ, Assyrian irṣitu COTGloss, Arabic أَرْضً, Sabean ארץֿ e.g. Os9 DHMZMG 1875, 594, 614; Semitic Sprachf. 12, compare PräBAS i. 374 n., Aramaic H772 אֲרַע, aYxiRAf  ) — א׳ absolute Genesis 1:24 +; construct Genesis 2:11 +; אָ֑רֶץ Genesis 1:10 +; with article always הָאָ֫רֶץ Genesis 1:11 +; with ָ  ה locative אַ֫רְצָה Genesis 11:31 +, (this form also in poetry = אֶרֶץ Job 34:13 +); suffix אַרְצִי Job 20:15 +; (אַרְצֶ֑ךָ) אַרְצְךָ Job 12:1 +, etc.; plural אֲרָצוֺת Jeremiah 28:8 + 65 times; construct אַרְצוֺת Ezekiel 39:27 + 6 times; suffix אַרְצֹתָם Genesis 10:5 + 2 times; —
1.
a. earth, whole earth (opposed to a part) Genesis 18:18, 25; Genesis 22:18 (= הָאֲדָמָה Genesis 12:3) Jeremiah 25:26, 29, 30; Jeremiah 26:6; Isaiah 37:16, 20 = 2 Kings 19:15; 2 Kings 19:19; Zechariah 4:10; Zechariah 4:14 +.
b. earth, opposed to heaven, sky Genesis 1:2; Exodus 20:4; Deuteronomy 5:8; Deuteronomy 30:19; Judges 5:4; Lamentations 2:1; Isaiah 37:16 = 2 Kings 19:15; Psalm 146:6; 1 Chronicles 21:16; 1 Chronicles 29:11; 2 Chronicles 2:11 +; as permanent Ecclesiastes 1:4; built on foundations, or pillars 1 Samuel 2:8; Psalm 104:5; Job 38:4; Isaiah 48:13; Isaiah 51:13, 16 compare also Isaiah 24:18; Psalm 82:5; firm, so that its shaking is something terrible, & token of terrible power 1 Samuel 14:4; 2 Samuel 22:8 = Psalm 18:8; Job 9:6 compare Psalm 46:2 & Psalm 46:6; so also Amos 8:8; Isaiah 2:19, 21; Isaiah 24:18, 19, 20; Psalm 60:4; Psalm 77:19; Psalm 99:1; Psalm 114:7; as hung on nothing Job 26:7; with waters under it Exodus 20:4 = Deuteronomy 5:8 compare Genesis 7:11; personified, especially as addressed, called to witness, etc. Deuteronomy 32:1; Jeremiah 6:19; Jeremiah 22:29; Isaiah 1:2; Micah 1:2; Job 16:18.
c. earth = inhabitants of earth Genesis 6:11; 1 Kings 2:2; 1 Kings 10:24; Psalm 33:8; Psalm 66:4תֵּבֵל א׳ Proverbs 8:31; Job 37:12.
2. land =
c. tribal territory Deuteronomy 34:2; Judges 21:21; 1 Samuel 9:4, 16; 1 Samuel 13:7; 1 Kings 15:20; Isaiah 8:23; and still smaller territories 1 Samuel 9:4, 5.
d. piece of ground Genesis 23:15.
e. specifically land of Canaan, or Israel Genesis 11:31; Genesis 12:1; Genesis 12:5; Genesis 12:6; Genesis 12:7; Genesis 31:3; Exodus 14:34; Deuteronomy 17:14; Deuteronomy 18:9; 2 Kings 5:2, 4 +; especially object of יָרַשׁ possess Deuteronomy 3:20 — Deuteronomy, Psalms and elsewhere; so after נָחַל Joshua 19:49 +; נָתַן Deuteronomy 1:21 +.
g. used even of She’ôl Job 10:21, 22 (compare Assyrian irṣit la târat, land without return, in Descent of Ishtar, see Jr10. 65); see also Psalm 139:15; Isaiah 44:23.
3.
a. ground, surface of ground = אֲדָמָה q. v. Genesis 1:26, 30; Genesis 18:2; Genesis 33:3; Genesis 38:9; Exodus 4:3; Exodus 16:4; Ruth 2:10; 1 Samuel 5:4 + very often in Samuel.
4. אֶרֶץ in phrases:
a. people of the land עַם־הָא׳ of non-Israelites Genesis 23:7, 12, 13 (P) Numbers 14:9 (JE); as well as Israel Leviticus 20:4 (H) 2 Kings 15:5; 2 Kings 16:15; 2 Kings 21:24 (twice in verse); especially common people, opposed to officials, princes Leviticus 4:27 (P) Ezekiel 7:27; 2 Kings 11:18, 19.
b. in measurements of distance, כִּבְרַת הָא׳ the space or distance of country (see כּברה) Genesis 35:16, so כִּבְרַת א׳ some distance Genesis 48:7; 2 Kings 5:19.
c. אֶרֶץ הַמִּישׁוֺר the country of the plain, level or plain country Deuteronomy 4:33; Jeremiah 48:21; מִישׁוֺר א׳ figurative Psalm 143:10 (but read אֹרַח Syriac Version Bi Gr Che, compare Psalm 27:11).
d. חַיִּים א׳ land of the living Psalm 27:13; הַחַיִּים א׳ Psalm 142:6.
e. קְצֵה הָא׳ end(s) of the earth Isaiah 42:10; Isaiah 43:6 (|| רָחוֺק) Psalm 135:7; Proverbs 17:24, so אַפְסֵי א׳ Proverbs 30:4 +; קְצוֺת הָא׳ Isaiah 40:28; Isaiah 41:5, 9.
5. plural אֲרָצוֺת is almost wholly late, Jeremiah 16:15 + 6 times Jeremiah; + 23 times Ezekiel; Isaiah 36:20; Isaiah 37:11 = 2 Kings 18:35; 2 Kings 19:11 (Isaiah 37:18 read הַגּוֺיִם see Che Di & compare 2 Kings 19:17); + 22 times Chronicles; Daniel 9:7; Daniel 11:40, 42; Psalm 105:44; Psalm 106:27; Psalm 107:3; Psalm 116:9; besides these only P Genesis 10:5, 20, 31; Leviticus 26:36, 39, except Genesis 26:3, 4 (JR) Genesis 41:54 (JE); it denotes lands, countries, often in contrast to Canaan, lands of the nations, etc., see especially absolute Ezekiel 20:32; Ezekiel 22:4; = the various petty divisions of Canaan afterward united under Israel's control Genesis 26:3, 4, compare 1 Chronicles 13:2 אַרְצוֺת יִשְׂרָאֵל, 2 Chronicles 11:23 אַרְצוֺת יְהוּדָה.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:2; 1:10; 1:11; 1:11; 1:12; 1:24; 1:26; 1:30; 2:11; 6:11; 7:11; 10:5; 10:5; 10:10; 10:11; 10:11; 10:20; 10:31; 11:28; 11:31; 11:31; 11:31; 12:1; 12:3; 12:5; 12:6; 12:7; 13:10; 13:16; 18:2; 18:18; 18:25; 19:28; 21:21; 22:2; 22:18; 23:7; 23:12; 23:13; 23:15; 26:3; 26:3; 26:4; 26:4; 31:3; 33:3; 35:16; 38:9; 41:54; 47:6; 47:27; 48:7; 50:8

Exodus

4:3; 16:4; 20:4; 20:4

Leviticus

4:27; 19:9; 19:29; 20:4; 25:9; 26:4; 26:36; 26:39

Numbers

14:7; 14:8; 14:9

Deuteronomy

1:21; 3:20; 4:33; 5:8; 5:8; 17:14; 18:9; 24:4; 30:19; 32:1; 34:2

Joshua

11:3; 19:49

Judges

5:4; 21:21

Ruth

2:10

1 Samuel

2:8; 5:4; 9:4; 9:4; 9:5; 9:16; 13:7; 14:4

2 Samuel

22:8

1 Kings

2:2; 10:24; 15:20

2 Kings

5:2; 5:4; 5:19; 11:18; 11:19; 15:5; 16:15; 18:32; 18:35; 19:11; 19:15; 19:15; 19:17; 19:19; 21:24

1 Chronicles

1:43; 13:2; 21:16; 29:11

2 Chronicles

2:11; 11:23

Ezra

9:12

Nehemiah

9:35

Job

9:6; 10:21; 10:22; 12:1; 16:18; 20:15; 26:7; 34:13; 37:12; 38:4

Psalms

18:8; 27:11; 27:13; 33:8; 42:7; 46:2; 46:6; 60:4; 66:4; 72:6; 72:16; 77:19; 78:12; 82:5; 99:1; 104:5; 105:44; 106:27; 107:3; 107:34; 107:35; 114:7; 116:9; 135:7; 139:15; 142:6; 143:10; 146:6

Proverbs

8:31; 17:24; 30:4

Ecclesiastes

1:4; 10:16; 10:17

Isaiah

1:2; 2:19; 2:21; 7:18; 23:1; 23:13; 24:18; 24:18; 24:19; 24:20; 27:13; 36:7; 36:20; 37:11; 37:16; 37:16; 37:18; 37:20; 40:28; 41:5; 41:9; 42:10; 43:6; 44:23; 48:13; 51:13; 51:16; 62:4

Jeremiah

6:19; 16:15; 22:29; 25:20; 25:26; 25:29; 25:30; 26:6; 28:8; 48:21

Lamentations

2:1

Ezekiel

7:27; 14:13; 20:32; 22:4; 39:27

Daniel

9:7; 11:40; 11:42

Amos

8:8

Micah

1:2

Zechariah

4:10; 4:14; 12:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H776 matches the Hebrew אֶרֶץ ('ereṣ),
which occurs 2,505 times in 2,190 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 44 (Gen 18:18–Gen 33:18)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:18 - Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth H776 shall be blessed in him?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:25 - That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth H776 do right?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:1 - And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; H776
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:23 - The sun was risen upon the earth H776 when Lot entered into Zoar.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:28 - And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land H776 of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country H776 went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:31 - And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth H776 to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: H776
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:1 - And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, H776 and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:15 - And Abimelech said, Behold, my land H776 is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:21 - And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land H776 of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:23 - Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land H776 wherein thou hast sojourned.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32 - Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land H776 of the Philistines.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:34 - And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land H776 many days.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:2 - And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land H776 of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:18 - And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth H776 be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:2 - And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land H776 of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:7 - And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, H776 even to the children of Heth.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:12 - And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:13 - And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, H776 saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:15 - My lord, hearken unto me: the land H776 is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:19 - And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land H776 of Canaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:3 - And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, H776 that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:4 - But thou shalt go unto my country, H776 and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5 - And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: H776 must I needs bring thy son again unto the land H776 from whence thou camest?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:7 - The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land H776 of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; H776 he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:37 - And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land H776 I dwell:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:52 - And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:62 - And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:6 - But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:1 - And there was a famine in the land, H776 beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:2 - And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land H776 which I shall tell thee of:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:3 - Sojourn in this land, H776 and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, H776 and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:4 - And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; H776 and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth H776 be blessed;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:12 - Then Isaac sowed in that land, H776 and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 - And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:28 - Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, H776 and plenty of corn and wine:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:39 - And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, H776 and of the dew of heaven from above;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:46 - And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, H776 what good shall my life do me?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:4 - And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land H776 wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12 - And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, H776 and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:13 - And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land H776 whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:14 - And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, H776 and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:1 - Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land H776 of the people of the east.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:25 - And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:3 - And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land H776 of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:13 - I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, H776 and return unto the land H776 of thy kindred.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:18 - And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land H776 of Canaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:3 - And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land H776 of Seir, the country of Edom.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:9 - And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, H776 and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:3 - And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground H776 seven times, until he came near to his brother.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18 - And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land H776 of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.

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