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'erets

eh'-rets
Parts of Speech Noun Feminine

'erets Definition

  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 1e
    6. often in contrast to Canaan
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
#ra
Origin
from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
Strong's Number
0776
TDNT Entry
TWOT - 167

KJV Word Usage

land
1543
earth
712
country
140
ground
98
world
4
way
3
common
1
field
1
nations
1
wilderness + (04057)
1
Total
2504

KJV Verse Count

252
111
67
104
171
91
53
4
45
37
51
59
38
69
11
16
2
57
188
22
13
1
166
236
10
173
17
19
12
21
1
2
13
3
10
7
5
32
2
Total
2191
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The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for 'erets". "The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". . .