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Lexicon :: Strong's H776 - 'ereṣ

Aa
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 10 / 44 (Num 13:32–Num 27:12)

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:32 - So they gave out to the sons of Israel a bad report of the land H776 which they had spied out, saying, “The land H776 through which we have gone, in spying it out, is a land H776 that devours its [fn]inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great size.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:2 - All the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land H776 of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:3 - “Why is the LORD bringing us into this land, H776 to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:6 - Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those who had spied out the land, H776 tore their clothes;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:7 - and they spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “The land H776 which we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:8 - “If the LORD is pleased with us, then He will bring us into this land H776 and give it to us—a land H776 which flows with milk and honey.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:9 - “Only do not rebel against the LORD; and do not fear the people of the land, H776 for they will be our [fn]prey. Their [fn]protection has been removed from them, and the LORD is with us; do not fear them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:14 - and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. H776 They have heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, for You, O LORD, are seen eye to eye, while Your cloud stands over them; and You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:16 - ‘Because the LORD could not bring this people into the land H776 which He promised them by oath, therefore He slaughtered them in the wilderness.’
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:21 - but indeed, as I live, [fn]all the earth H776 will be filled with the glory of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:23 - shall by no means see the land H776 which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who spurned Me see it.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:24 - “But My servant Caleb, because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, [fn]I will bring into the land H776 [fn]which he entered, and his [fn]descendants shall take possession of it.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:30 - ‘Surely you shall not come into the land H776 in which I [fn]swore to settle you, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:31 - ‘Your children, however, whom you said would become a prey—I will bring them in, and they will know the land H776 which you have rejected.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:34 - ‘According to the number of days which you spied out the land, H776 forty days, for every day you shall bear your [fn]guilt a year, even forty years, and you will know My opposition.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:36 - As for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land H776 and who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report concerning the land, H776
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:37 - even those men who brought out the very bad report of the land H776 died by a plague before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:38 - But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive out of those men who went to spy out the land. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:2 - “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter the land H776 [fn]where you are to live, which I am giving you,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:18 - “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter the land H776 where I bring you,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:19 - then it shall be, that when you eat of the [fn]food of the land, H776 you shall lift up [fn]an offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:41 - “I am the LORD your God who brought you out from the land H776 of Egypt to be your God; I am the LORD your God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:13 - “Is it [fn]not enough that you have brought us up out of a land H776 flowing with milk and honey to have us die in the wilderness, but you would also lord it over us?
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:14 - “Indeed, you have not brought us into a land H776 flowing with milk and honey, nor have you given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Would you [fn]put out the eyes of [fn]these men? We will not come up!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:32 - and the earth H776 opened its mouth and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men who belonged to Korah with their possessions.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:33 - So they and all that belonged to them went down alive to [fn]Sheol; and the earth H776 closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:34 - All Israel who were around them fled at their [fn]outcry, for they said, “The earth H776 may swallow us up!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:13 - “The first ripe fruits of all that is in their land, H776 which they bring to the LORD, shall be yours; everyone of your household who is clean may eat it.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:20 - Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land H776 nor own any portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the sons of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:12 - But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you have not believed Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land H776 which I have given them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:17 - ‘Please let us pass through your land. H776 We will not pass through field or through vineyard; we will not even drink water from a well. We will go along the king’s highway, not turning to the right or left, until we pass through your territory.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:23 - Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor by the border of the land H776 of Edom, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:24 - “Aaron will be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter the land H776 which I have given to the sons of Israel, because you rebelled against My [fn]command at the waters of Meribah.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:4 - Then they set out from Mount Hor by the way of the [fn]Red Sea, to go around the land H776 of Edom; and the [fn]people became impatient because of the journey.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:22 - “Let me pass through your land. H776 We will not turn off into field or vineyard; we will not drink water from wells. We will go by the king’s highway until we have passed through your border.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:24 - Then Israel [fn]struck him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land H776 from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the sons of Ammon; for the border of the sons of Ammon was [fn]Jazer.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:26 - For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all his land H776 out of his hand, as far as the Arnon.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:31 - Thus Israel lived in the land H776 of the Amorites.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:34 - But the LORD said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have given him into your hand, and all his people and his land; H776 and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:35 - So they [fn]killed him and his sons and all his people, until there was no remnant left him; and they possessed his land. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:5 - So he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, at Pethor, which is near the [fn]River, in the land H776 of the sons of his people, to call him, saying, “Behold, a people came out of Egypt; behold, they cover the surface of the land, H776 and they are living opposite me.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - “Now, therefore, please come, curse this people for me since they are too [fn]mighty for me; perhaps I may be able to [fn]defeat them and drive them out of the land. H776 For I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:11 - ‘Behold, there is a people who came out of Egypt and they cover the surface of the land; H776 now come, curse them for me; perhaps I may be able to fight against them and drive them out.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:13 - So Balaam arose in the morning and said to Balak’s leaders, “Go back to your land, H776 for the LORD has refused to let me go with you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:4 - Take a census of the people from twenty years old and upward, as the LORD has commanded Moses.” Now the sons of Israel who came out of the land H776 of Egypt were:
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:10 - and the earth H776 opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, so that they became a [fn]warning.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:19 - The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land H776 of Canaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:53 - [fn]Among these the land H776 shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:55 - “But the land H776 shall be divided by lot. They shall [fn]receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:12 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up to this mountain of Abarim, and see the land H776 which I have given to the sons of Israel.

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