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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 12 / 44 (Deu 2:29–Deu 9:7)

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:29 - just as the sons of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for me, until I cross over the Jordan into the land H776 that the LORD our God is giving us.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:31 - “And the LORD said to me, ‘See, I have begun to turn Sihon and his land H776 over [fn]to you. Begin taking possession, so that you may possess his land H776.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:37 - “Only you did not go near the land H776 of the sons of Ammon, all along the [fn]river Jabbok and the cities of the hill country, and wherever the LORD our God had commanded us to avoid.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:2 - “But the LORD said to me, ‘Do not fear him, for I have handed him and all his people and his land H776 over to you; and you shall do to him just as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:8 -

“So at that time we took the land H776 from the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, from the [fn]Valley of Arnon to Mount Hermon

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:12 -

“So we took possession of this land H776 at that time. From Aroer, which is by the [fn]Valley of Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead and its cities I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:13 - “The rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh, all the region of Argob. (As to all Bashan, it is called the land H776 of Rephaim.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:18 -

“Then I commanded you at that time, saying, ‘The LORD your God has given you this land H776 to possess it; all you [fn]valiant men shall cross over armed ahead of your brothers, the sons of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:20 - until the LORD gives rest to your fellow countrymen as to you, and they also take possession of the land H776 which the LORD your God is giving them beyond the Jordan. Then you may return, each man to his possession which I have given you.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:24 - ‘Lord [fn]GOD, You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your strong hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth H776 who can do such works and mighty acts as Yours?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:25 - ‘Please let me cross over and see the good land H776 that is beyond the Jordan, [fn]that good hill country, and Lebanon.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:28 - ‘But commission Joshua and encourage him and strengthen him, for he shall go across [fn]leading this people, and he will give to them, as an inheritance, the land H776 which you will see.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:1 -

“Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to perform, so that you will live and go in and take possession of the land H776 which the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:5 -

“See, I have taught you statutes and judgments just as the LORD my God commanded me, that you are to do these things in the land H776 where you are entering to take possession of it.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:14 - “The LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, so that you would perform them in the land H776 where you are going over to take possession of it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:17 - a representation of any animal that is on the earth H776, a representation of any winged bird that flies in the sky,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:18 - a representation of anything that crawls on the ground, or a representation of any fish that is in the water below the earth H776.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:21 -

“Now the LORD was angry with me on your account, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan, and that I would not enter the good land H776 which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:22 - “For I am going to die in this land H776; I am not crossing the Jordan, but you are going to cross, and you will take possession of this good land H776.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:25 -

“When you father children and have [fn]grandchildren, and you grow old in the land H776, and you act corruptly, and make [fn]an idol in the form of anything, and do what is evil in the sight of the LORD your God to provoke Him to anger,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:26 - I call heaven and earth H776 as witnesses against you today, that you will certainly perish quickly from the land H776 where you are going over the Jordan to take possession of it. You will not [fn]live long on it, but will be utterly destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:32 -

“Indeed, ask now about the earlier days that were [fn]before your time, since the day that God created [fn]mankind on the earth H776, and inquire from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything been done like this great thing, or has anything been heard like it?

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:36 - “Out of the heavens He let you hear His voice to discipline you; and on earth H776 He let you see His great fire, and you heard His words from the midst of the fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:38 - driving out from before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in and to give you their land H776 as an inheritance, as it is today.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:39 - “Therefore know today, and take it to your heart, that the LORD, He is God in heaven above and on the earth H776 below; there is no other.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:43 - Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau H776 for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:46 - across the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land H776 of Sihon king of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel [fn]defeated when they came out of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:47 - And they took possession of his land H776 and the land H776 of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were across the Jordan to the [fn]east,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:6 -

‘I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land H776 of Egypt, out of the house of [fn]slavery.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:8 -

‘You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any [fn]likeness of what is in heaven above [fn]or on the earth H776 beneath [fn]or in the water under the earth H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:15 - ‘And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land H776 of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the LORD your God commanded you to [fn]celebrate the Sabbath day.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:31 - ‘But as for you, stand here by Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments which you shall teach them, so that they may [fn]follow them in the land H776 which I am giving them to possess.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:33 - “You shall walk [fn]entirely in the way which the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and that it may be well for you, and that you may prolong your days in the land H776 which you will possess.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:1 -

“Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the judgments which the LORD your God has commanded me to teach you, so that you may do them in the land H776 where you are going over to take possession of it,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:3 - “Now Israel, you shall listen and be careful to do them, so that it may go well for you and that you may increase greatly, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has [fn]promised you, in a land H776 flowing with milk and honey.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:10 -

“Then it shall come about when the LORD your God brings you into the land H776 that He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you, great and splendid cities which you did not build,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:12 - be [fn]careful that you do not forget the LORD who brought you out of the land H776 of Egypt, out of the house of [fn]slavery.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:18 - “You shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may go well for you and that you may go in and take possession of the good land H776 which the LORD swore to give your fathers,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:23 - He brought us out of there in order to bring us in, to give us the land H776 which He had sworn to our fathers.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:1 -

“When the LORD your God brings you into the land H776 where you are entering to take possession of it, and He drives away many nations from before you, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:1 -

“All the commandments that I am commanding you today you shall be careful to do, so that you may live and increase, and go in and take possession of the land H776 which the LORD swore to give to your forefathers.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:7 - “For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land H776, a land H776 of streams of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in valleys and hills;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:8 - a land H776 of wheat and barley, of vines, fig trees, and pomegranates, a land H776 of olive oil and honey;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:9 - a land H776 where you will eat food without shortage, in which you will not lack anything; a land H776 whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:10 - “When you have eaten and are satisfied, you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land H776 which He has given you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:14 - then your heart will [fn]become proud and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land H776 of Egypt, out of the house of [fn]slavery;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:4 -

“Do not say in your heart when the LORD your God has driven them away from [fn]you, ‘Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to take possession of this land H776.’ Rather, it is because of the [fn]wickedness of these nations that the LORD is dispossessing them before you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:5 - It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you are going in to take possession of their land H776, [fn]but it is because of the [fn]wickedness of these nations that the LORD your God is driving them out from before you, and in order to confirm the [fn]oath which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:6 -

“Know, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land H776 to possess, for you are a [fn]stubborn people.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:7 - “Remember, do not forget how you provoked the LORD your God to anger in the wilderness; from the day that you left the land H776 of Egypt until you arrived at this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD.

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