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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 190 times in 188 verses in 'Psa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Psa 2:2–Psa 57:11)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:2 - The kings of the earth H776 take their stand
And the rulers take counsel together
Against the LORD and against His [fn]Anointed, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:8 - ‘Ask of Me, and I will surely give the [fn]nations as Your inheritance,
And the very ends of the earth H776 as Your possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:10 - Now therefore, O kings, show discernment;
Take warning, O [fn]judges of the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5 - Let the enemy pursue [fn]my soul and overtake [fn]it;
And let him trample my life down to the ground H776
And lay my glory in the dust. [fn]Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:1 - For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of David.
O LORD, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth, H776
Who have [fn]displayed Your splendor above the heavens!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:9 - O LORD, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth! H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:16 - The LORD is King forever and ever;
Nations have perished from His land. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:18 - To [fn]vindicate the orphan and the oppressed,
So that man who is of the earth H776 will no longer cause terror.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:6 - The words of the LORD are pure words;
As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, H776 refined seven times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:3 - As for the [fn]saints who are in the earth, H776
[fn]They are the majestic ones in whom is all my delight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:11 - They have now surrounded us in our steps;
They set their eyes to cast us down to the ground. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:7 - Then the earth H776 shook and quaked;
And the foundations of the mountains were trembling
And were shaken, because He was angry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:4 - Their [fn]line has gone out through all the earth, H776
And their utterances to the end of the world.
In them He has placed a tent for the sun,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:10 - Their [fn]offspring You will destroy from the earth, H776
And their [fn]descendants from among the sons of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:27 - All the ends of the earth H776 will remember and turn to the LORD,
And all the families of the nations will worship before [fn]You.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:29 - All the [fn]prosperous of the earth H776 will eat and worship,
All those who go down to the dust will bow before Him,
Even he who [fn]cannot keep his soul alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:1 - A Psalm of David.
The earth H776 is the LORD’S, and [fn]all it contains,
The world, and those who dwell in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:13 - His soul will abide in [fn]prosperity,
And his [fn]descendants will inherit the [fn]land. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:13 - [fn]I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD
In the land H776 of the living.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:5 - He loves righteousness and justice;
The earth H776 is full of the lovingkindness of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:8 - Let all the earth H776 fear the LORD;
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:14 - From His dwelling place He looks out
On all the inhabitants of the earth, H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:16 - The face of the LORD is against evildoers,
To cut off the memory of them from the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:20 - For they do not speak peace,
But they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:3 - Trust in the LORD and do good;
Dwell in the land H776 and [fn]cultivate faithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:9 - For evildoers will be cut off,
But those who wait for the LORD, they will inherit the land. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:11 - But the humble will inherit the land H776
And will delight themselves in abundant prosperity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:22 - For those blessed by Him will inherit the land, H776
But those cursed by Him will be cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:29 - The righteous will inherit the land H776
And dwell in it forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:34 - Wait for the LORD and keep His way,
And He will exalt you to inherit the land; H776
When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:2 - The LORD will protect him and keep him alive,
And he shall [fn]be called blessed upon the earth; H776
And do not give him over to the desire of his enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:6 - O my God, my soul is [fn]in despair within me;
Therefore I remember You from the land H776 of the Jordan
And the [fn]peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:3 - For by their own sword they did not possess the land, H776
And their own arm did not save them,
But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence,
For You favored them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:25 - For our soul has sunk down into the dust;
Our body cleaves to the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:16 - In place of your fathers will be your sons;
You shall make them princes in all the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:2 - Therefore we will not fear, though the earth H776 should change
And though the mountains slip into the heart of the [fn]sea;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:6 - The [fn]nations made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered;
He [fn]raised His voice, the earth H776 melted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:8 - Come, behold the works of the LORD,
[fn]Who has wrought desolations in the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9 - He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth; H776
He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
He burns the chariots with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:10 - “[fn]Cease striving and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the [fn]nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 47:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:2 - For the LORD Most High is to be feared,
A great King over all the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 47:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:7 - For God is the King of all the earth; H776
Sing praises with a [fn]skillful psalm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 47:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:9 - The [fn]princes of the people have assembled themselves as the people of the God of Abraham,
For the shields of the earth H776 belong to God;
He [fn]is highly exalted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:2 - Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, H776
Is Mount Zion in the far north,
The city of the great King.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:10 - As is Your name, O God,
So is Your praise to the ends of the earth; H776
Your right hand is full of righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:1 - A Psalm of [fn]Asaph.
The Mighty One, God, the LORD, has spoken,
And summoned the earth H776 from the rising of the sun to its setting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:4 - He summons the heavens above,
And the earth, H776 to judge His people:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 52:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:5 - [fn]But God will break you down forever;
He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land H776 of the living. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:5 - Be exalted above the heavens, O God;
Let Your glory be above all the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:11 - Be exalted above the heavens, O God;
Let Your glory be above all the earth. H776

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