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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 66:4 —תֵּבֵל א׳ Proverbs 8:31; Job 37:12.
2. land =
a. country, territory, שִׁנְעָר א׳ Genesis 10:10, מִצְרַיִם א׳ Genesis 21:21; compare also Genesis 10:11; Genesis 11:28, 31; Genesis 13:10; Genesis 47:6, 27; Genesis 50:8; Isaiah 7:18; Isaiah 23:1; Isaiah 23:13; Isaiah 27:13; Psalm 78:12; Jeremiah 25:20; 1 Chronicles 1:43; personified Isaiah 62:4; Ecclesiastes 10:16, 17.
b. district, region Genesis 19:28; Genesis 22:2; Joshua 11:3; Psalm 42:7.
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 +.
f. = inhabitants land Leviticus 19:29; Ezekiel 14:13 — Deuteronomy 24:4; Zechariah 12:12 etc.
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.
b. soil, as productive = אֲדָמָה Genesis 1:11, 12; Leviticus 19:9; Leviticus 25:9; Leviticus 26:4 compare Numbers 14:7, 8; Isaiah 36:7 = 2 Kings 18:32; Psalm 72:6; Psalm 72:16; Psalm 107:34; Psalm 107:35; Ezra 9:12; Nehemiah 9:35.
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

H776

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Strong's Number H776 matches the Hebrew אֶרֶץ ('ereṣ),
which occurs 57 times in 57 verses in 'Job' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Job 1:1–Job 38:13)

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There was a man in the land H776 of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God, and turning away from evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:7 - And Yahweh said to Satan, “From where do you come?” Then Satan answered Yahweh and said, “From roaming about on the earth H776 and walking around on it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:8 - Then Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you set your heart upon My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth H776, a blameless and upright man, [fn]fearing God and turning away from evil.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:10 - “Have You not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land H776.

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Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground H776 and worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:2 - And Yahweh said to Satan, “Where do you come from?” Then Satan answered Yahweh and said, “From roaming about on the earth H776 and walking around on it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - And Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you set your heart upon My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth H776, a blameless and upright man, [fn]fearing God and turning away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity. So you incited Me against him to swallow him up in vain.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:13 - Then they sat down on the ground H776 with him for seven days and seven nights with no one speaking a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

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With kings and with counselors of the earth H776,

Who rebuilt waste places for themselves,

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“He gives rain on the earth H776

And sends water on the fields outside,

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“You will laugh at devastation and starvation,

And you will not be afraid of the beasts of the earth H776.

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“You will know also that your seed will be many,

And your offspring as the vegetation of the land H776.

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“[fn]Is not man conscripted to labor on earth H776,

And are not his days like the days of a hired man?

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“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,

Because our days on earth H776 are but a shadow.

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The One who shakes the earth H776 out of its place,

And its pillars tremble;

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“The earth H776 is given into the hand of the wicked;

He covers the faces of its judges.

If it is not He, then who is it?

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Before I go—and I shall not return—

To the land H776 of darkness and shadow of death,

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The land H776 of utter gloom as the thick darkness itself,

Of the shadow of death, without order,

And which shines as the thick darkness.”

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“Its measure is longer than the earth H776

And broader than the sea.

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“Or muse to the earth H776, and let it instruct you;

And let the fish of the sea recount it to you.

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“Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up;

And He sends them out, and they overturn the earth H776.

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“He removes the heart of wisdom from the heads of the earth’s H776 people

And makes them wander in a pathless [fn]waste.

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“Though its roots grow old in the ground H776

And its stump dies in the dry soil,

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Water wears away stones;

Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth H776;

So You make man’s hope perish.

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To whom alone the land H776 was given,

And no stranger passed among them.

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“He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure;

And his grain will not stretch out over the land H776.

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“His arrows surround me.

Without mercy He splits my kidneys open;

He pours out my gall on the ground H776.

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“O earth H776, do not cover my blood,

And let there be no resting place for my cry.

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“O [fn]you who tear yourself in your anger—

For your sake is the earth H776 to be forsaken,

Or the rock to be moved from its place?

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“A rope for him is hidden in the ground H776,

And a trap for him on the path.

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“Memory of him perishes from the earth H776,

And he has no name abroad.

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“Do you know this from of old,

From the establishment of man on earth H776,

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“The heavens will reveal his iniquity,

And the earth H776 will rise up against him.

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“But the earth H776 belongs to the mighty man,

And the [fn]highly respected man inhabits it.

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“They push the needy aside from the road;

The afflicted of the land H776 are made to hide themselves altogether.

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“[fn]They are [fn]insignificant on the surface of the water;

Their portion is cursed on the earth H776.

They do not turn [fn]toward the vineyards.

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“He stretches out the north over what is formless

And hangs the earth H776 on nothing.

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“The earth H776, from it comes food,

And underneath it is overturned as fire.

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“Man does not know its worth,

And it is not found in the land H776 of the living.

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“For He looks to the ends of the earth H776

And sees everything under the heavens.

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“[fn]Wicked fools, even [fn]those without a name,

They were scourged from the land H776.

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“Who appointed Him with authority over the earth H776?

And who has laid on Him the whole world?

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Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth H776

And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’

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“Under the whole heaven He lets it loose,

And His [fn]lightning to the ends of the earth H776.

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“For to the snow He says, ‘Fall on the earth H776,’

And to the downpour of rain and the downpour of rains, ‘Be strong.’

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“It changes direction, turning around by His guidance,

That [fn]it may do whatever He commands [fn]it

On the face of the inhabited earth H776.

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“Whether for [fn]correction, or for His world H776,

Or for lovingkindness, He causes it to [fn]happen.

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You whose garments are hot,

When the land H776 is quiet because of the south wind?

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“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth H776?

Tell Me, if you know understanding,

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That it might seize the ends of the earth H776,

And the wicked be shaken out of it?


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