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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 - since Abraham will surely become a great and [fn]mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth H776 will be blessed?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:25 - “Far be it from You to do [fn]such a thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth H776 do justice?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:1 -

Then the two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them and rose to meet them and [fn]bowed down with his [fn]face to the ground H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:23 -

The sun had risen over the earth H776 when Lot came to Zoar.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:28 - and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land H776 of the [fn]valley, and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land H776 went up like the smoke of a [fn]furnace.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:31 - Then the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man [fn]on earth H776 to come in to us after the manner of the earth H776.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:1 -

And Abraham journeyed from there toward the land H776 of the [fn]Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he sojourned in Gerar.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:15 - And Abimelech said, “Behold, my land H776 is before you; [fn]settle wherever it is good in your sight.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:21 - And he [fn]lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land H776 of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:23 - so now, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but according to the lovingkindness that I have shown you, you shall show me and the land H776 in which you have sojourned.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32 - So they cut a covenant at Beersheba; and Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, arose and returned to the land H776 of the Philistines.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:34 - And Abraham sojourned in the land H776 of the Philistines for many days.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:2 - Then He said, “Take now your son, your only one, whom you love, Isaac, and go forth to the land H776 of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:18 - “In your [fn]seed all the nations of the earth H776 shall [fn]be blessed, because you have listened to My voice.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:2 - Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land H776 of Canaan; and Abraham [fn]came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:7 - So Abraham rose and bowed to the people of the land H776, the sons of Heth.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:12 - And Abraham bowed before the people of the land H776.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:13 - And he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land H776, saying, “If you will only please hear me; I will give the silver for the field, accept it from me that I may bury my dead there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:15 - “My lord, hear me; a piece of land H776 worth [fn]four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:19 - After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field at Machpelah facing Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land H776 of Canaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:3 - and I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of earth H776, that you shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:4 - but you will go to my land H776 and to my kin, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5 - And the servant said to him, “Suppose the woman is not willing to follow me to this land H776; should I indeed take your son back to the land H776 from where you came?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:7 - “Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from the land H776 of my kin, and who spoke to me and who swore to me, saying, ‘To your seed I will give this land H776,’ He will send His angel before you, and you will take a wife for my son from there.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:37 - “And my master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land H776 I [fn]live;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:52 -

Now it happened that when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the ground H776 [fn]before Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:62 -

Now Isaac had come from going to Beer-lahai-roi, for he [fn]was living in the land H776 of the [fn]Negev.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:6 - but to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts while he was still living, and he sent them away from his son Isaac eastward, to the land H776 of the east.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:1 -

Now there was a famine in the land H776, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:2 - And Yahweh appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land H776 of which I shall tell you.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:3 - “Sojourn in this land H776, and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your seed I will give all these lands H776, and I will establish the oath which I swore to your father Abraham.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:4 - “And I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and I will give your seed all these lands H776; and by your seed all the nations of the earth H776 [fn]shall be blessed;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:12 -

And Isaac sowed in that land H776 and [fn]reaped in the same year one hundredfold. And Yahweh blessed him,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 - Then he moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not contend over it; so he named it [fn]Rehoboth, and he said, “[fn]At last Yahweh has made [fn]room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land H776.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:28 -

Now may God give you of the dew of heaven,

And of the fatness of the earth H776,

And an abundance of grain and new wine;

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:39 -

Then Isaac his father answered and said to him,

“Behold, [fn]away from the fatness of the earth H776 shall be your habitation,

And [fn]away from the dew of heaven from above.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:46 -

Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am tired of [fn]living because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land H776, what good will my life be to me?”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:4 - “May He also give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed with you, that you may possess the land H776 of your sojournings, which God gave to Abraham.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12 - Then he had a dream, and behold, a [fn]ladder stood on the earth H776 with its top touching heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:13 - And behold, Yahweh stood [fn]above it and said, “I am Yahweh, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land H776 on which you lie, I will give it to you and to your seed.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:14 - “And your seed will also be like the dust of the earth H776, and you will [fn]spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:1 -

Then Jacob [fn]took up his journey and came to the land H776 of the sons of the east.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:25 -

Now it happened when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place and to my own land H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:3 - Then Yahweh said to Jacob, “Return to the land H776 of your fathers and to your kin, and I will be with you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:13 - ‘I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you made a vow to Me; now arise, [fn]leave this land H776, and return to the land H776 of your kin.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:18 - and he drove away all his livestock and all his possessions which he had accumulated, his acquired livestock which he had accumulated in Paddan-aram, in order to go to the land H776 of Canaan to his father Isaac.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:3 -

Then Jacob sent messengers before him to his brother Esau in the land H776 of Seir, the [fn]country of Edom.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:9 -

And Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Yahweh, who said to me, ‘Return to your land H776 and to your kin, and I will [fn]prosper you,’

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:3 - But he himself passed on ahead of them and bowed down to the ground H776 seven times, until he came near to his brother.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18 -

Now Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land H776 of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram, and he camped before the city.


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