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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 39 times in 38 verses in '1Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:10 - And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:19 - And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth H776 was divided: and his brother's name was Joktan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:43 - Now these are the kings that reigned in the land H776 of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:45 - And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land H776 of the Temanites reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:22 - And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land H776 of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:40 - And they found fat pasture and good, and the land H776 was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:9 - And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land H776 of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:11 - And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land H776 of Bashan unto Salchah:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:23 - And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: H776 they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:25 - And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, H776 whom God destroyed before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:55

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:55 - And they gave them Hebron in the land H776 of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:21 - And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land H776 slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:9 - And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land H776 of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:4 - And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:2 - And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land H776 of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:17 - And the fame of David went out into all lands; H776 and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:14 - He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:18 - Saying, Unto thee will I give the land H776 of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:23 - Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; H776 shew forth from day to day his salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:30 - Fear before him, all the earth: H776 the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:31 - Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth H776 rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:33 - Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:8 - And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:21 - And what one nation in the earth H776 is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:2 - And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land H776 of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:3 - But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land? H776

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 - And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country H776 of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, H776 and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:16 - And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth H776 and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:21 - And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:2 - And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land H776 of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:5 - And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: H776 I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:8 - But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth H776 in my sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:18 - Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land H776 into mine hand; and the land H776 is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:8 - Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, H776 and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:11 - Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth H776 is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:15 - For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth H776 are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:30 - With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries. H776
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