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HebrewH0776Noun (Feminine)

אֶ֫רֶץ

e.rets

2,045Occurrences
H0776Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

from an unused root probably meaning to be firm;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
country/field 1) land, earth 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth 1e) (almost wholly late in usage) 1e1) lands, countries 1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

אֶ֫רֶץ appears 2,045 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
250
Jeremiah
232
Ezk
170
Isaiah
163
Deuteronomy
156
Psalms
119
Numbers
104
Exodus
101

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:10BSB

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.

Deuteronomy 3:12BSB

So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.

Genesis 13:17BSB

Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you.”

Judges 11:15BSB

to tell him, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or of the Ammonites.

Joshua 24:15BSB

But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.