אֶ֫רֶץ
land
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Both
- Attested as both masculine and feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute 1,596 times (64%)
- Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct 833 times (33%)
- Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Absolute 66 times (3%)
- Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Construct 10 times (0%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 2,505 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 1 of 11 — showing verses 1–200 of 2,190 distinct verses where H776 appears, across 39 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 252 verses
- Genesis 1:1 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Genesis 1:2 וְ/הָ/אָ֗רֶץ conj + ptcl def.art + n c bs Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
- Genesis 1:10 אֶ֔רֶץ n c bs God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:11 הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:12 הָ/אָ֜רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind: and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:15 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:17 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,
- Genesis 1:20 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."
- Genesis 1:22 בָּ/אָֽרֶץ prep det + n c bs God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
- Genesis 1:24 הָ/אָ֜רֶץ אֶ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs n c bs God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:25 הָ/אָ֜רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:26 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
- Genesis 1:28 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
- Genesis 1:29 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
- Genesis 1:30 הָ֠/אָרֶץ הָ/אָ֗רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food." And it was so.
- Genesis 2:1 וְ/הָ/אָ֖רֶץ conj + ptcl def.art + n c bs The heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
- Genesis 2:4 וְ/הָ/אָ֖רֶץ אֶ֥רֶץ conj + ptcl def.art + n c bs n c bs This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made earth and the heavens.
- Genesis 2:5 בָ/אָ֔רֶץ הָ/אָ֔רֶץ prep det + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
- Genesis 2:6 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the ground.
- Genesis 2:11 אֶ֣רֶץ n c bs cs The name of the first is Pishon: this is the one which flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
- Genesis 2:12 הָ/אָ֥רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs and the gold of that land is good. There is aromatic resin and the onyx stone.
- Genesis 2:13 אֶ֥רֶץ n c bs cs The name of the second river is Gihon: the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.
- Genesis 4:12 בָ/אָֽרֶץ prep det + n c bs From now on, when you till the ground, it won't yield its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth."
- Genesis 4:14 בָּ/אָ֔רֶץ prep det + n c bs Behold, you have driven me out this day from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. It will happen that whoever finds me will kill me."
- Genesis 4:16 בְּ/אֶֽרֶץ prep + n c bs cs Cain went out from Yahweh's presence, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
- Genesis 6:4 בָ/אָרֶץ֮ prep det + n c bs The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God's sons came to men's daughters. They bore children to them: the same were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
- Genesis 6:5 בָּ/אָ֑רֶץ prep det + n c bs Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Genesis 6:6 בָּ/אָ֑רֶץ prep det + n c bs Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
- Genesis 6:11 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
- Genesis 6:12 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
- Genesis 6:13 הָ/אָ֛רֶץ הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
- Genesis 6:17 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ בָּ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs prep det + n c bs I, even, I do bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.
- Genesis 7:3 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.
- Genesis 7:4 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. Every living thing that I have made, I will destroy from the surface of the ground."
- Genesis 7:6 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came on the earth.
- Genesis 7:10 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs It happened after the seven days, that the waters of the flood came on the earth.
- Genesis 7:12 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs The rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.
- Genesis 7:14 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs they, and every animal after its kind, all the cattle after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.
- Genesis 7:17 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.
- Genesis 7:18 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs The waters prevailed, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.
- Genesis 7:19 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs The waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.
- Genesis 7:21 הָ/אָ֗רֶץ הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs All flesh died that moved on the earth, including birds, cattle, animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.
- Genesis 7:23 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, cattle, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark.
- Genesis 7:24 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs The waters prevailed on the earth one hundred fifty days.
- Genesis 8:1 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.
- Genesis 8:3 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs The waters receded from off the earth continually. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters decreased.
- Genesis 8:7 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs and he sent forth a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
- Genesis 8:9 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him into the ark; for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. He put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ark.
- Genesis 8:11 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs The dove came back to him at evening, and, behold, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
- Genesis 8:13 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs It happened in the six hundred first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked. He saw that the surface of the ground was dried.
- Genesis 8:14 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
- Genesis 8:17 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ בָ/אָ֔רֶץ הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs prep det + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, cattle, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth."
- Genesis 8:19 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatever moves on the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.
- Genesis 8:22 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."
- Genesis 9:1 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
- Genesis 9:2 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that the ground teems with, and all the fish of the sea are delivered into your hand.
- Genesis 9:7 בָ/אָ֖רֶץ prep det + n c bs Be fruitful, and multiply. Bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it."
- Genesis 9:10 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the cattle, and every animal of the earth with you. Of all that go out of the ark, even every animal of the earth.
- Genesis 9:11 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs I will establish my covenant with you; neither will all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither will there any more be a flood to destroy the earth."
- Genesis 9:13 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be for a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.
- Genesis 9:14 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs It will happen, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud,
- Genesis 9:16 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs The rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."
- Genesis 9:17 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs God said to Noah, "This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth."
- Genesis 9:19 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs These three were the sons of Noah, and from these, the whole earth was populated.
- Genesis 10:5 בְּ/אַרְצֹתָ֔/ם prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3mp Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.
- Genesis 10:8 בָּ/אָֽרֶץ prep det + n c bs Cush became the father of Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
- Genesis 10:10 בְּ/אֶ֖רֶץ prep + n c bs cs The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- Genesis 10:11 הָ/אָ֥רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
- Genesis 10:20 בְּ/אַרְצֹתָ֖/ם prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3mp These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, in their nations.
- Genesis 10:25 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days was the earth divided. His brother's name was Joktan.
- Genesis 10:31 בְּ/אַרְצֹתָ֖/ם prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3mp These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, after their nations.
- Genesis 10:32 בָּ/אָ֖רֶץ prep det + n c bs These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations. Of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
- Genesis 11:1 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
- Genesis 11:2 בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ prep + n c bs cs It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they lived there.
- Genesis 11:4 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs They said, "Come, let's build us a city, and a tower, whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."
- Genesis 11:8 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.
- Genesis 11:9 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because Yahweh confused the language of all the earth, there. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
- Genesis 11:28 בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ prep + n c bs cs Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
- Genesis 11:31 אַ֣רְצָ/ה n c bs cs + sfx dem Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife. They went forth from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran, and lived there.
- Genesis 12:1 מֵ/אַרְצְ/ךָ֥ הָ/אָ֖רֶץ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms ptcl def.art + n c bs Now Yahweh said to Abram, "Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you.
- Genesis 12:5 אַ֣רְצָ/ה אַ֥רְצָ/ה n c bs cs + sfx dem n c bs cs + sfx dem Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother's son, all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls who they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan. Into the land of Canaan they came.
- Genesis 12:6 בָּ/אָ֔רֶץ בָּ/אָֽרֶץ prep det + n c bs prep det + n c bs Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. The Canaanite was then in the land.
- Genesis 12:7 הָ/אָ֣רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said, "I will give this land to your seed." He built an altar there to Yahweh, who appeared to him.
- Genesis 12:10 בָּ/אָ֑רֶץ בָּ/אָֽרֶץ prep det + n c bs prep det + n c bs There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was sore in the land.
- Genesis 13:6 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together: for their substance was great, so that they could not live together.
- Genesis 13:7 בָּ/אָֽרֶץ prep det + n c bs There was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived then in the land.
- Genesis 13:9 הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ ptcl def.art + n c bs Isn't the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left."
- Genesis 13:10 כְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ prep + n c bs cs Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.
- Genesis 13:12 בְּ/אֶֽרֶץ prep + n c bs cs Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
- Genesis 13:15 הָ/אָ֛רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring forever.
- Genesis 13:16 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered.
- Genesis 13:17 בָּ/אָ֔רֶץ prep det + n c bs Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it to you."
- Genesis 14:19 וָ/אָֽרֶץ conj + n c bs He blessed him, and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth:
- Genesis 14:22 וָ/אָֽרֶץ conj + n c bs Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
- Genesis 15:7 הָ/אָ֥רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs He said to him, "I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it."
- Genesis 15:13 בְּ/אֶ֨רֶץ֙ prep + n c bs He said to Abram, "Know for sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.
- Genesis 15:18 הָ/אָ֣רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
- Genesis 16:3 בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ prep + n c bs cs Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
- Genesis 17:8 אֶ֣רֶץ אֶ֣רֶץ n c bs cs n c bs cs I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God."
- Genesis 18:2 אָֽרְצָ/ה n c bs + sfx dem He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
- Genesis 18:18 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs seeing that Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?
- Genesis 18:25 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"
- Genesis 19:1 אָֽרְצָ/ה n c bs + sfx dem The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth,
- Genesis 19:23 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs The sun was risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar.
- Genesis 19:28 אֶ֣רֶץ הָ/אָ֔רֶץ n c bs cs ptcl def.art + n c bs He looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and looked, and saw that the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.
- Genesis 19:31 בָּ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ הָ/אָֽרֶץ prep det + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs The firstborn said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth.
- Genesis 20:1 אַ֣רְצָ/ה n c bs cs + sfx dem Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foriegner in Gerar.
- Genesis 20:15 אַרְצִ֖/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you. Dwell where it pleases you."
- Genesis 21:21 מֵ/אֶ֥רֶץ prep + n c bs cs He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 21:23 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner."
- Genesis 21:32 אֶ֥רֶץ n c bs cs So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
- Genesis 21:34 בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ prep + n c bs cs Abraham lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines many days.
- Genesis 22:2 אֶ֖רֶץ n c bs cs He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of."
- Genesis 22:18 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."
- Genesis 23:2 בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ prep + n c bs cs Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
- Genesis 23:7 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
- Genesis 23:12 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
- Genesis 23:13 הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ ptcl def.art + n c bs He spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, "But if you will, please hear me. I will give the price of the field. Take it from me, and I will bury my dead there."
- Genesis 23:15 אֶרֶץ֩ n c bs cs "My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury your dead."
- Genesis 23:19 בְּ/אֶ֖רֶץ prep + n c bs cs After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 24:3 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.
- Genesis 24:4 אַרְצִ֛/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac."
- Genesis 24:5 הָ/אָ֣רֶץ הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs The servant said to him, "What if the woman isn't willing to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the land you came from?"
- Genesis 24:7 וּ/מֵ/אֶ֣רֶץ הָ/אָ֣רֶץ conj + prep + n c bs cs ptcl def.art + n c bs Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, 'I will give this land to your seed.' He will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.
- Genesis 24:37 בְּ/אַרְצֽ/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms My master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,
- Genesis 24:52 אַ֖רְצָ/ה n c bs + sfx dem It happened that when Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh.
- Genesis 24:62 בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ prep + n c bs cs Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi. For he lived in the land of the South.
- Genesis 25:6 אֶ֥רֶץ n c bs cs but to the sons of the concubines who Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts. He sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, to the east country.
- Genesis 26:1 בָּ/אָ֔רֶץ prep det + n c bs There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
- Genesis 26:2 בָּ/אָ֔רֶץ prep det + n c bs Yahweh appeared to him, and said, "Don't go down into Egypt. Dwell in the land which I will tell you of.
- Genesis 26:3 בָּ/אָ֣רֶץ הָֽ/אֲרָצֹ֣ת prep det + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bp Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For to you, and to your seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
- Genesis 26:4 הָ/אֲרָצֹ֖ת הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bp ptcl def.art + n c bs I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and will give to your seed all these lands. In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed,
- Genesis 26:12 בָּ/אָ֣רֶץ prep det + n c bs Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. Yahweh blessed him.
- Genesis 26:22 בָ/אָֽרֶץ prep det + n c bs He left that place, and dug another well. They didn't argue over that one. He called it Rehoboth. He said, "For now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land."
- Genesis 27:28 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.
- Genesis 27:39 הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ ptcl def.art + n c bs Isaac his father answered him, "Behold, of the fatness of the earth will be your dwelling, and of the dew of the sky from above.
- Genesis 27:46 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?"
- Genesis 28:4 אֶ֣רֶץ n c bs cs and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your seed with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham."
- Genesis 28:12 אַ֔רְצָ/ה n c bs + sfx dem He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
- Genesis 28:13 הָ/אָ֗רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, "I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed.
- Genesis 28:14 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Your seed will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.
- Genesis 29:1 אַ֥רְצָ/ה n c bs cs + sfx dem Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.
- Genesis 30:25 וּ/לְ/אַרְצִֽ/י conj + prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs 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 country.
- Genesis 31:3 אֶ֥רֶץ n c bs cs Yahweh said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you."
- Genesis 31:13 הָ/אָ֣רֶץ אֶ֥רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs n c bs cs I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth."
- Genesis 31:18 אַ֥רְצָ/ה n c bs cs + sfx dem and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father to the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 32:3 אַ֥רְצָ/ה n c bs cs + sfx dem Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
- Genesis 32:9 לְ/אַרְצְ/ךָ֛ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Jacob said, "God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, 'Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good.'
- Genesis 33:3 אַ֨רְצָ/ה֙ n c bs + sfx dem He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
- Genesis 33:18 בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ prep + n c bs cs Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan Aram; and encamped before the city.
- Genesis 34:1 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
- Genesis 34:2 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.
- Genesis 34:10 וְ/הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ conj + ptcl def.art + n c bs You shall dwell with us: and the land will be before you. Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it."
- Genesis 34:21 בָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ וְ/הָ/אָ֛רֶץ prep det + n c bs conj + ptcl def.art + n c bs "These men are peaceful with us. Therefore let them live in the land and trade in it. For, behold, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
- Genesis 34:30 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my house."
- Genesis 35:6 בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ prep + n c bs cs So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Bethel), he and all the people who were with him.
- Genesis 35:12 הָ/אָ֗רֶץ הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your seed after you will I give the land."
- Genesis 35:16 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.
- Genesis 35:22 בָּ/אָ֣רֶץ prep det + n c bs It happened, while Israel lived in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
- Genesis 36:5 בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ prep + n c bs cs Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 36:6 בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ אֶ֔רֶץ prep + n c bs cs n c bs Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, with his cattle, all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.
- Genesis 36:7 אֶ֤רֶץ n c bs cs For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels couldn't bear them because of their cattle.
- Genesis 36:16 בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ prep + n c bs cs chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek: these are the chiefs who came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.
- Genesis 36:17 בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ prep + n c bs cs These are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah: these are the chiefs who came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife.
- Genesis 36:20 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
- Genesis 36:21 בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ prep + n c bs cs Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the chiefs who came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
- Genesis 36:30 בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ prep + n c bs cs chief Dishon, chief Ezer, and chief Dishan: these are the chiefs who came of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.
- Genesis 36:31 בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ prep + n c bs cs These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the children of Israel.
- Genesis 36:34 מֵ/אֶ֥רֶץ prep + n c bs cs Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
- Genesis 36:43 בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ prep + n c bs cs chief Magdiel, and chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau, the father of the Edomites.
- Genesis 37:1 בְּ/אֶ֖רֶץ בְּ/אֶ֖רֶץ prep + n c bs cs prep + n c bs cs Jacob lived in the land of his father's travels, in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 37:10 אָֽרְצָ/ה n c bs + sfx dem He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to you to the earth?"
- Genesis 38:9 אַ֔רְצָ/ה n c bs + sfx dem Onan knew that the seed wouldn't be his; and it happened, when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.
- Genesis 40:15 מֵ/אֶ֖רֶץ prep + n c bs cs For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon."
- Genesis 41:19 אֶ֥רֶץ n c bs cs and, behold, seven other cattle came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.
- Genesis 41:29 אֶ֥רֶץ n c bs cs Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:30 בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ הָ/אָֽרֶץ prep + n c bs cs ptcl def.art + n c bs There will arise after them seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will consume the land,
- Genesis 41:31 בָּ/אָ֔רֶץ prep det + n c bs and the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that famine which follows; for it will be very grievous.
- Genesis 41:33 אֶ֥רֶץ n c bs cs Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:34 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ אֶ֣רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs n c bs cs Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt's produce in the seven plenteous years.
- Genesis 41:36 לָ/אָ֔רֶץ בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ הָ/אָ֖רֶץ prep det + n c bs prep + n c bs cs ptcl def.art + n c bs The food will be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; that the land not perish through the famine."
- Genesis 41:41 אֶ֥רֶץ n c bs cs Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Behold, I have set you over all the land of Egypt."
- Genesis 41:43 אֶ֥רֶץ n c bs cs and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had. They cried before him, "Bow the knee!" He set him over all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:44 אֶ֥רֶץ n c bs cs Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, and without you shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt."
- Genesis 41:45 אֶ֥רֶץ n c bs cs Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On as a wife. Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:46 אֶ֥רֶץ n c bs cs Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:47 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs In the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth abundantly.
- Genesis 41:48 בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ prep + n c bs cs He gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, he laid up in the same.
- Genesis 41:52 בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ prep + n c bs cs The name of the second, he called Ephraim: "For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."
- Genesis 41:53 בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ prep + n c bs cs The seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end.
- Genesis 41:54 הָ֣/אֲרָצ֔וֹת אֶ֥רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bp n c bs cs The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
- Genesis 41:55 אֶ֣רֶץ n c bs cs When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do."
- Genesis 41:56 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs prep + n c bs cs The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:57 הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs All countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all the earth.
- Genesis 42:5 בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ prep + n c bs cs The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 42:6 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ הָ/אָ֑רֶץ אָֽרְצָ/ה ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs n c bs + sfx dem Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.
- Genesis 42:7 מֵ/אֶ֥רֶץ prep + n c bs cs Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, "Where did you come from?" They said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."
- Genesis 42:9 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land."
- Genesis 42:12 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs He said to them, "No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land."
- Genesis 42:13 בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ prep + n c bs cs They said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more."
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At its core, ארץ (ʼerets) means “land.” Carrying more than one sense, it rewards its full sense range. Spanning 2,190 verses in 39 books, it ranks among the most common words of the Hebrew Bible. Scripture first uses it in Genesis 1:1. From the same root come ארע and ארצא. See the sense tree, 2,190-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H776 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 2,190
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 2,190 distinct verses.
- 39 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 39 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #17
- by frequency
- Top 25 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 17 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 2,190 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 2,190 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 1,038 verses · 47%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 705 verses · 32%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 447 verses · 20%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Land 1,210×, Earth 543×, Ground 82×
- American Standard Version: Land 1,137×, Earth 505×, Ground 73×
- Berean Standard Bible: Land 1,415×, Earth 544×, Ground 117×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Land 994×, Earth 596×, Land of 491×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H776 across 2,504 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 180 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H776 across 2,502 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 304 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H776 across 2,375 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 82 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 108 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H776 across 2,463 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 60 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
18 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 18 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1.
- a. earth, whole earth (opp. to a part) Gn 18:18, 25; 22:18 (= הָאֲדָמָה 12:3) Je 25:26, 29, 30; 26:6 Is 37:16, 20 = 2 K 19:15, 19 Zc 4:10, 14 +. e.g. Genesis 18:18
- b. earth, opp. to heaven, sky Gn 1:2 Ex 20:4 Dt 5:8; 30:19 Ju 5:4 La 2:1 Is 37:16 = 2 K 19:15 ψ 146:6 1 Ch 21:16; 29:11 2 Ch 2:11 +; as permanent Ec 1:4; built on foundations, or pillars 1 S 2:8 ψ 104:5 Jb 38:4 Is 48:13; 51:13, 16 cf. also Is 24:18 ψ 82:5; firm, so that its shaking is something terrible, & token of terrible power 1 S 14:5 2 S 22:8 = ψ 18:8 Jb 9:6 cf. ψ 46:3 & v 7; so also Am 8:8 Is 2:19, 21; 24:18, 19, 20 ψ 60:4; 77:19; 99:1; 114:7; as hung on nothing Jb 26:7; with waters under it Ex 20:4 = Dt 5:8 cf. Gn 7:11; personified, especially as addressed, called to witness, etc. Dt 32:1 Je 6:19; 22:29 Is 1:2 Mi 1:2 Jb 16:18. e.g. Genesis 1:2
- c. earth = inhabitants of earth Gn 6:11; 11:1 1 K 2:2; 10:24 ψ 33:8; 66:4 + cf. תֵּבֵל א׳ Pr 8:31 Jb 37:12. e.g. Genesis 6:11
- 2. land =
- a. country, territory, א׳ שִׁנְעָר Gn 10:10, א׳ מִצְרַיִם 21:21; cf. also 10:11; 11:28, 31; 13:10; 47:6, 27; 50:8 Is 7:18; 23:1, 13; 27:13 ψ 78:12 Je 25:20 1 Ch 1:43; personif. Is 62:4 Ec 10:16, 17. e.g. Genesis 10:10
- b. district, region Gn 19:28; 22:2 Jos 11:3 ψ 42:7. e.g. Genesis 19:28
- c. tribal territory Dt 34:2 Ju 21:21 1 S 9:4, 16; 13:7 1 K 15:20 Is 8:23; and still smaller territories 1 S 9:4, 5. e.g. Deuteronomy 34:2
- d. piece of ground Gn 23:15. e.g. Genesis 23:15
- e. specif. land of Canaan, or Israel Gn 11:31; 12:1, 5, 6, 7; 31:3 Lv 14:34 Dt 17:14; 18:9 2 K 5:2, 4 +; especially obj. of יָרַשׁ possess Dt 3:20 + often Dt ψ al.; so after נָחַל Jos 19:49 +; נָתַן Dt 1:21 +. f. = inhabitants of land Lv 19:29 Ez 14:13 + cf. Dt 24:4 Zc 12:12 etc. g. used even of Sheʾôl Jb 10:21, 22 (cf. Assyrian irṣit la târat, land without return, in Descent of Ishtar, v. Jr 10.65); v. also ψ 139:15 Is 44:23. e.g. Genesis 11:31
- 3.
- a. ground, surface of ground = אֲדָמָה q.v. Gn 1:26, 30; 18:2; 33:3; 38:9 Ex 4:3; 16:14 Ru 2:10 1 S 5:4 + very often in S. e.g. Genesis 1:26
- b. soil, as productive = אֲדָמָה Gn 1:11, 12 Lv 19:9; 25:19; 26:4 cf. Nu 14:7, 8 Is 36:17 = 2 K 18:32 ψ 72:6, 16; 107:34, 35 Ezr 9:12 Ne 9:35. e.g. Genesis 1:11
- 4. אֶרֶץ in phrases:
- a. people of the land עַם־הָא׳ of non-Israelites Gn 23:7, 12, 13 (P) Nu 14:9 (JE); as well as Isr. Lv 20:4 (H) 2 K 15:5; 16:15; 21:24(×2); especially common people, opp. officials, princes Lv 4:27 (P) Ez 7:27 2 K 11:18, 19. e.g. Genesis 23:7
- b. in measurements of distance, כִּבְרַת הָא׳ the space or distance of country (v. כּברה) Gn 35:16, so כִּבְרַת א׳ some distance Gn 48:7 2 K 5:19. e.g. Genesis 35:16
- c. אֶרֶץ הַמִּישׁוֹר the country of the plain, level or plain country Dt 4:33 Je 48:21; א׳ מִישׁוֹר fig. ψ 143:10 (but read אֹרַח 𝔖 Bi Gr Che, cf. ψ 27:11). e.g. Deuteronomy 4:33
- d. א׳חַיִּים land of the living ψ 27:13; א׳ הַחַיִּים ψ 142:6 +. e.g. Psalms 27:13
- e. קְצֵה הָא׳ end(s) of the earth Is 42:10; 43:6 (‖ רָחוֹק) ψ 135:7 Pr 17:24, so אַפְסֵי א׳ Pr 30:4 +; קְצוֹת הָא׳ Is 40:28; 41:5, 9. e.g. Isaiah 42:10
- 5. pl. אֲרָצוֹת is almost wholly late, Je 16:15 + 6 times Je; 23 times Ez; Is 36:20; 37:11 = 2 K 18:35; 19:11 (Is 37:18 read הַגּוֹיִם v. Che Di & cf. 2 K 19:17); 22 times Chr; Dn 9:7; 11:40, 42; ψ 105:44; 106:27; 107:3; 116:9; besides these only P Gn 10:5, 20, 31 Lv 26:36, 39, except Gn 26:3, 4 (JR) 41:54 (JE); it denotes lands, countries, often in contrast to Canaan, lands of the nations, etc., v. especially abs. Ez 20:32; 22:4; = the various petty divisions of Canaan afterward united under Israel’s control Gn 26:3, 4, cf. 1 Ch 13:2 אַרְצוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל, 2 Ch 11:23 אַרְצוֹת יְהוּדָה. e.g. Jeremiah 16:15
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Word origin
n.f. Gn 10:11 & (seld.) m. Ez 21:24 earth, land (Ph. MI ארץ, Assyrian irṣitu COTGloss, Arabic أَرْضٌ, Sab. ארץֿ e.g. Os 9 DHMZMG 1875, 594, 614; Sem. Sprachf. 12, cf. PräBAS i. 374 n., Aramaic אֲרַע, ܐܰܪܥܳܐ )—א׳ abs. Gn 1:24 +; cstr. 2:11 +; אָ֑רֶץ 1:10 +; c. art. always הָאָ֫רֶץ 1:11 +; c. ה—ָloc. אַ֫רְצָה 11:31 +, (poet. = אָרֶץ Jb 34:13; cf. 1 S 25:23 1 K 1:31); sf. אַרְצִי 20:15 + אַרְצְךָ (אַרְצֶ֑ךָ) 12:1 +, etc.; pl. אֲרָצוֹת Je 28:8 + 65 times; cstr. אַרְצוֹת Ez 39:27 + 6 times; sf. אַרְצֹתָם Gn 10:5 + 2 times;—
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Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
אֶרֶץ
- רצץ; Ch. a. oth. dial. ארע fr. רעע to press together, stamp—from the rugged appearance of the surface after the subsidence of the waters) earth, dry land; country, land, field (opp. to town). Ex. R. s. 13 … threw dust upon the waters ונעשה א׳ and earth (crust) was formed.—א׳ ישראל (abbr. א"י) Palestine, opp. חוצה לָאָ׳, or מדינת הים foreign countries, or distant countries. Gitt. I, 2. Ib. 6ᵃ; a. fr.—הָאָרֶץ Palestine, Ḥull. 16ᵇ משנכנסו לא׳ since entering Palestine (under Joshua); a. fr.—עם הָאָ׳ (abbr. ע"ה) country people, hence illiterate, coarse, unrefined (often applied to an individual); pl. עַמֵּי הא׳, opp. תלמיד חכם. Sabb. 63ᵃ. Ḥull. 92ᵃ; a. v. fr.—Esp. ע"ה those not observing certain religious customs regarding tithes, levitical cleanness &c., opp. חָבֵר q. v. Dem. I, 2; a. fr.—Pl. אֲרָצוֹת. Shebi. IX, 2 שלש א׳ וכ׳ Palestine is divided into three countries with reference to the laws of the Sabbath year. Keth. 111ᵃ; a. e., v. עִיסָה; a. fr.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 297 distinct written forms H776 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 237 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 2,063 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 2,190 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 1:1
- Exodus 1:7
- Leviticus 4:27
- Numbers 1:1
- Deuteronomy 1:5
- Joshua 1:2
- Judges 1:2
- Ruth 1:1
- 1 Samuel 2:8
- 2 Samuel 1:2
- 1 Kings 1:23
- 2 Kings 2:15
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