erets: earth, land Original Word: אָ֫רֶץ
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: erets
Phonetic Spelling: (eh'-rets)
Short Definition: land
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
earth, land
NASB Word Usage
common (1), countries (15), countries and their lands (1), country (44), countryside (1), distance* (3), dust (1), earth (655), earth the ground (1), earth's (1), fail* (1), floor (1), ground (119), land (1581), lands (57), lands have their land (2), open (1), other* (2), piece (1), plateau* (1), region (1), territories (1), wild (1), world (3).
אֶ֫רֶץ2407 noun feminineGenesis 10:11 & (seldom) masculineGenesis 13:16 earth, land (Phoenician, MI ארץ, Assyrian irƒitu COTGloss, Arabic  , Sabean ארץֿ e.g. Os9 DHMZMG 1875, 594, 614; Semitic Sprachf. 12, compare PräBAS i. 374 n., Aramaic אֲרַע,  ) — ׳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 65t.; construct אַרְצוֺת Ezekiel 39:27 6t.; suffix אַרְצֹתָם Genesis 10:5 2t.; — 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; 2Chron 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 #NAME?׳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 #NAME? Deuteronomy, Psalms and elsewhere; so after נָחַל Joshua 19:49 +; נָתַן Deuteronomy 1:21 +. f. = inhabitants land Leviticus 19:29; Ezekiel 14:13 #NAME? Deuteronomy 24:4; Zechariah 12:12 etc. g. used even of Sh®°ôl Job 10:21,22 (compare Assyrian irƒit 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 ׳עַםהָֿא 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 ᵑ6 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 6t. Jeremiah; 23t. 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); 22t. 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.
common, country, earth, field, ground, land, nations, way, From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
bə·’ar·ṣê·nū — 2 Occ.
bə·’ar·ṣî — 4 Occ.
bə·’ar·ṣōw — 3 Occ.
bə·’ar·ṣōṯ — 3 Occ.
bə·’ar·ṣō·ṯām — 3 Occ.
bə·’e·reṣ- — 229 Occ.
ḵā·’ā·reṣ — 2 Occ.
ḵə·’e·reṣ — 1 Occ.
’e·reṣ — 379 Occ.
hā·’ă·rā·ṣōṯ — 47 Occ.
kə·’ar·ṣə·ḵem — 2 Occ.
kə·’e·reṣ — 4 Occ.
lā·’ā·reṣ — 51 Occ.
lə·’ar·ṣāh — 2 Occ.
lə·’ar·ṣə·ḵā — 2 Occ.
lə·’ar·ṣōw — 10 Occ.
lə·’e·reṣ — 4 Occ.
mê·’ā·reṣ — 2 Occ.
mê·’ar·ṣām — 1 Occ.
mê·’ar·ṣə·ḵā — 2 Occ.
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Strong's Hebrew 776
2503 Occurrences
’aḏ·maṯ — 1 Occ.
’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ — 5 Occ.
’ā·reṣ — 108 Occ.
’ā·rə·ṣāh — 35 Occ.
’ar·ṣāh — 58 Occ.
’ar·ṣām — 24 Occ.
’ar·ṣêḵ — 3 Occ.
’ar·ṣe·ḵā — 18 Occ.
’ar·ṣə·ḵem — 11 Occ.
’ar·ṣê·nū — 2 Occ.
’ar·ṣî — 11 Occ.
’ar·ṣōw — 32 Occ.
’ar·ṣō·wṯ — 3 Occ.
bā·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ — 12 Occ.
bā·’ā·reṣ — 155 Occ.
bə·’ar·ṣām — 10 Occ.
bə·’ar·ṣêḵ — 1 Occ.
bə·’ar·ṣe·ḵā — 8 Occ.
bə·’ar·ṣə·ḵem — 7 Occ.
bə·’ar·ṣê·nū — 2 Occ.
bə·’ar·ṣî — 4 Occ.
bə·’ar·ṣōw — 3 Occ.
bə·’ar·ṣōṯ — 3 Occ.
bə·’ar·ṣō·ṯām — 3 Occ.
bə·’e·reṣ- — 229 Occ.
ḵā·’ā·reṣ — 2 Occ.
ḵə·’e·reṣ — 1 Occ.
’e·reṣ — 379 Occ.
hā·’ă·rā·ṣōṯ — 47 Occ.
hā·’ā·reṣ — 934 Occ.
kə·’ar·ṣə·ḵem — 2 Occ.
kə·’e·reṣ — 4 Occ.
lā·’ā·reṣ — 51 Occ.
lə·’ar·ṣāh — 2 Occ.
lə·’ar·ṣə·ḵā — 2 Occ.
lə·’ar·ṣōw — 10 Occ.
lə·’e·reṣ — 4 Occ.
mê·’ā·reṣ — 2 Occ.
mê·’ar·ṣām — 1 Occ.
mê·’ar·ṣə·ḵā — 2 Occ.
mê·’ar·ṣōw — 7 Occ.
mê·’ar·ṣō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
mê·’e·reṣ — 158 Occ.
mê·hā·’ā·reṣ — 5 Occ.
ṣe·ḏeq — 1 Occ.
ū·lə·’ar·ṣām — 1 Occ.
ū·lə·’ar·ṣêḵ — 2 Occ.
ū·lə·’ar·ṣî — 1 Occ.
ū·mê·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
ū·mê·’ar·ṣōw — 1 Occ.
ū·mê·’e·reṣ — 7 Occ.
ū·ḇā·’ā·reṣ — 7 Occ.
ū·ḇə·’ar·ṣə·ḵem — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·’e·reṣ — 5 Occ.
ḇa·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
ḇā·’ā·reṣ — 45 Occ.
wə·’ar·ṣāh — 1 Occ.
wə·’ar·ṣêḵ — 1 Occ.
ḇə·’ar·ṣe·ḵā — 5 Occ.
wə·’ar·ṣê·nū — 3 Occ.
ḇə·’ar·ṣōw — 1 Occ.
ḇə·’e·reṣ- — 18 Occ.
wə·hā·’ā·reṣ — 38 Occ.
wə·lā·’ā·reṣ — 1 Occ.
Genesis 1:1
BIB: הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: created the heavens and the earth.
KJV: the heaven and the earth.
INT: God the heavens the earthGenesis 1:2
BIB: וְהָאָ֗רֶץ הָיְתָ֥ה תֹ֙הוּ֙
NAS: The earth was formless and void,
KJV: And the earth was without form,
INT: the earth was was formless Genesis 1:10
BIB: אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ לַיַּבָּשָׁה֙ אֶ֔רֶץ וּלְמִקְוֵ֥ה הַמַּ֖יִם
NAS: the dry land earth, and the gathering
KJV: the dry [land] Earth; and the gathering together
INT: God the dry earth and the gathering of the waters Genesis 1:11
BIB: אֱלֹהִ֗ים תַּֽדְשֵׁ֤א הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ דֶּ֔שֶׁא עֵ֚שֶׂב
NAS: said, Let the earth sprout
KJV: said, Let the earth bring forth
INT: God sprout the earth vegetation plants Genesis 1:11
BIB: ב֖וֹ עַל־ הָאָ֑רֶץ וַֽיְהִי־ כֵֽן׃
NAS: trees on the earth bearing
KJV: seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
INT: seed on the earth and it was so Genesis 1:12
BIB: וַתּוֹצֵ֨א הָאָ֜רֶץ דֶּ֠שֶׁא עֵ֣שֶׂב
NAS: The earth brought forth vegetation,
KJV: And the earth brought forth grass,
INT: brought the earth vegetation plants Genesis 1:15
BIB: לְהָאִ֖יר עַל־ הָאָ֑רֶץ וַֽיְהִי־ כֵֽן׃
NAS: to give light on the earth; and it was so.
KJV: to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
INT: to give on the earth and it was so Genesis 1:17
BIB: לְהָאִ֖יר עַל־ הָאָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: to give light on the earth,
KJV: to give light upon the earth,
INT: to give on the earth Genesis 1:20
BIB: יְעוֹפֵ֣ף עַל־ הָאָ֔רֶץ עַל־ פְּנֵ֖י
NAS: above the earth in the open
KJV: above the earth in the open
INT: fly above the earth above the open Genesis 1:22
BIB: וְהָע֖וֹף יִ֥רֶב בָּאָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: and let birds multiply on the earth.
KJV: and let fowl multiply in the earth.
INT: birds multiply the earth Genesis 1:24
BIB: אֱלֹהִ֗ים תּוֹצֵ֨א הָאָ֜רֶץ נֶ֤פֶשׁ חַיָּה֙
NAS: said, Let the earth bring forth
KJV: said, Let the earth bring forth
INT: God bring the earth creatures living Genesis 1:24
BIB: וָרֶ֛מֶשׂ וְחַֽיְתוֹ־ אֶ֖רֶץ לְמִינָ֑הּ וַֽיְהִי־
NAS: and beasts of the earth after their kind;
KJV: and beast of the earth after his kind:
INT: and creeping living of the earth their kind and it was Genesis 1:25
BIB: אֶת־ חַיַּ֨ת הָאָ֜רֶץ לְמִינָ֗הּ וְאֶת־
NAS: the beasts of the earth after their kind,
KJV: the beast of the earth after his kind,
INT: God the beast of the earth their kind and the cattle Genesis 1:26
BIB: וּבַבְּהֵמָה֙ וּבְכָל־ הָאָ֔רֶץ וּבְכָל־ הָרֶ֖מֶשׂ
NAS: and over all the earth, and over every
KJV: and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing
INT: the cattle all the earth every creeping Genesis 1:26
BIB: הָֽרֹמֵ֥שׂ עַל־ הָאָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: that creeps on the earth.
KJV: that creepeth upon the earth.
INT: creeps on the earth Genesis 1:28
BIB: וּמִלְא֥וּ אֶת־ הָאָ֖רֶץ וְכִבְשֻׁ֑הָ וּרְד֞וּ
NAS: and fill the earth, and subdue
KJV: and replenish the earth, and subdue it:
INT: and multiply and fill the earth and subdue and rule Genesis 1:28
BIB: הָֽרֹמֶ֥שֶׂת עַל־ הָאָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: living thing that moves on the earth.
KJV: that moveth upon the earth.
INT: moves on the earth Genesis 1:29
BIB: פְּנֵ֣י כָל־ הָאָ֔רֶץ וְאֶת־ כָּל־
NAS: of all the earth, and every
KJV: which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree,
INT: the surface of all the earth and every tree Genesis 1:30
BIB: וּֽלְכָל־ חַיַּ֣ת הָ֠אָרֶץ וּלְכָל־ ע֨וֹף
NAS: beast of the earth and to every
KJV: And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl
INT: every beast of the earth every bird Genesis 1:30
BIB: רוֹמֵ֣שׂ עַל־ הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־ בּוֹ֙
NAS: that moves on the earth which
KJV: and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein [there is] life,
INT: moves on the earth which any Genesis 2:1
BIB: וַיְכֻלּ֛וּ הַשָּׁמַ֥יִם וְהָאָ֖רֶץ וְכָל־ צְבָאָֽם׃
NAS: Thus the heavens and the earth were completed,
KJV: Thus the heavens and the earth were finished,
INT: were completed the heavens and the earth and all their hosts Genesis 2:4
BIB: תוֹלְד֧וֹת הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם וְהָאָ֖רֶץ בְּהִבָּֽרְאָ֑ם בְּי֗וֹם
NAS: of the heavens and the earth when they were created,
KJV: of the heavens and of the earth when they were created,
INT: is the account of the heavens and the earth were created the day Genesis 2:4
BIB: יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶ֥רֶץ וְשָׁמָֽיִם׃
NAS: God made earth and heaven.
KJV: God made the earth and the heavens,
INT: the LORD God earth and heaven Genesis 2:5
BIB: טֶ֚רֶם יִֽהְיֶ֣ה בָאָ֔רֶץ וְכָל־ עֵ֥שֶׂב
NAS: was yet in the earth, and no
KJV: before it was in the earth, and every herb
INT: was yet become the earth and every herb Genesis 2:5
BIB: אֱלֹהִים֙ עַל־ הָאָ֔רֶץ וְאָדָ֣ם אַ֔יִן
NAS: had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no
KJV: caused it to rain upon the earth, and [there was] not
INT: God upon the earth man no 2503 Occurrences
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