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).
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1 Kings 31 verses
- 1 Kings 9:21 בָּ/אָ֔רֶץ prep det + n c bs their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants to this day.
- 1 Kings 10:15 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs besides [that which] the traders [brought], and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mixed people, and of the governors of the country.
- 1 Kings 10:23 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
- 1 Kings 10:24 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs All the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
- 1 Kings 11:18 וְ/אֶ֖רֶץ conj + n c bs They arose out of Midian, and came to Paran; and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave him a house, and appointed him food, and gave him land.
- 1 Kings 14:24 בָ/אָ֑רֶץ prep det + n c bs and there were also sodomites in the land: they did according to all the abominations of the nations which Yahweh drove out before the children of Israel.
- 1 Kings 15:12 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
- 1 Kings 17:7 בָּ/אָֽרֶץ prep det + n c bs It happened after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
- 1 Kings 18:5 בָּ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ prep det + n c bs Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks: peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.
- 1 Kings 18:6 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
- 1 Kings 18:42 אַ֔רְצָ/ה n c bs + sfx dem So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.
- 1 Kings 20:7 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Please notice how this man seeks mischief: for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I didn't deny him.
- 1 Kings 20:27 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs The children of Israel were mustered, and were provisioned, and went against them: and the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
- 1 Kings 22:46 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs The remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.
2 Kings 42 verses
- 2 Kings 2:15 אָֽרְצָ/ה n c bs + sfx dem When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho over against him saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah does rest on Elisha. They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
- 2 Kings 2:19 וְ/הָ/אָ֥רֶץ conj + ptcl def.art + n c bs The men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, we pray you, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees: but the water is bad, and the land miscarries.
- 2 Kings 3:20 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs It happened in the morning, about the time of offering the offering, that behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
- 2 Kings 3:27 לָ/אָֽרֶץ prep det + n c bs Then he took his eldest son who would have reigned in his place, and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. There was great wrath against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
- 2 Kings 4:37 אָ֑רְצָ/ה n c bs + sfx dem Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; and she took up her son, and went out.
- 2 Kings 4:38 בָּ/אָ֔רֶץ prep det + n c bs Elisha came again to Gilgal. There was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.
- 2 Kings 5:15 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs He returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him; and he said, See now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, please take a present from your servant.
- 2 Kings 5:19 אָֽרֶץ n c bs He said to him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.
- 2 Kings 8:1 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Now Elisha had spoken to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go you and your household, and sojourn wherever you can sojourn: for Yahweh has called for a famine; and it shall also come on the land seven years.
- 2 Kings 8:6 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs When the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed to her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.
- 2 Kings 10:10 אַ֔רְצָ/ה n c bs + sfx dem Know now that there shall fall to the earth nothing of the word of Yahweh, which Yahweh spoke concerning the house of Ahab: for Yahweh has done that which he spoke by his servant Elijah.
- 2 Kings 11:3 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs He was with her hid in the house of Yahweh six years. Athaliah reigned over the land.
- 2 Kings 11:14 הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ ptcl def.art + n c bs and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and cried, Treason! treason!
- 2 Kings 11:18 הָ/אָ֨רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs All the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images broke they in pieces thoroughly, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. The priest appointed officers over the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 11:19 הָ/אָ֗רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs He took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of Yahweh, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. He sat on the throne of the kings.
- 2 Kings 11:20 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. Athaliah they had slain with the sword at the king's house.
- 2 Kings 13:18 אַ֔רְצָ/ה n c bs + sfx dem He said, Take the arrows; and he took them. He said to the king of Israel, Smite on the ground; and he struck thrice, and stayed.
- 2 Kings 13:20 בָ/אָ֖רֶץ prep det + n c bs Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
- 2 Kings 15:5 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Yahweh struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house. Jotham the king's son was over the household, judging the people of the land.
- 2 Kings 15:19 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs There came against the land Pul the king of Assyria; and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
- 2 Kings 15:20 בָּ/אָֽרֶץ prep det + n c bs Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and didn't stay there in the land.
- 2 Kings 16:15 הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ ptcl def.art + n c bs King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meal-offering, and the king's burnt offering, and his meal-offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: but the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by.
- 2 Kings 17:5 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
- 2 Kings 17:26 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs Therefore they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which you have carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, don't know the law of the god of the land: therefore he has sent lions among them, and, behold, they kill them, because they don't know the law of the god of the land.
- 2 Kings 17:27 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry there one of the priests whom you brought from there; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the law of the god of the land.
- 2 Kings 18:25 הָ/אָ֥רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Am I now come up without Yahweh against this place to destroy it? Yahweh said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
- 2 Kings 18:32 אֶ֣רֶץ כְּ/אַרְצְ/כֶ֗ם אֶרֶץ֩ אֶ֧רֶץ אֶ֣רֶץ n c bs prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 2mp n c bs cs n c bs cs n c bs cs Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and of honey, that you may live, and not die: and don't listen to Hezekiah, when he persuades you, saying, Yahweh will deliver us.
- 2 Kings 18:35 הָֽ/אֲרָצ֔וֹת אַרְצָ֖/ם ptcl def.art + n c bp n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
- 2 Kings 19:11 הָ/אֲרָצ֖וֹת ptcl def.art + n c bp Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shall you be delivered?
- 2 Kings 19:15 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh, and said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sit [above] the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
- 2 Kings 19:19 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save you us, I beg you, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you Yahweh are God alone.
- 2 Kings 20:14 מֵ/אֶ֧רֶץ prep + n c bs Then came Isaiah the prophet to king Hezekiah, and said to him, What said these men? and from whence came they to you? Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon.
- 2 Kings 21:24 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ הָ/אָ֛רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.
- 2 Kings 23:30 הָ/אָ֗רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs His servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's place.
- 2 Kings 23:33 בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ הָ/אָ֔רֶץ prep + n c bs cs ptcl def.art + n c bs Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of one hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
- 2 Kings 23:35 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of everyone according to his taxation, to give it to Pharaoh Necoh.
- 2 Kings 24:14 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
- 2 Kings 24:15 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the chief men of the land, carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
- 2 Kings 25:3 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs On the ninth day of the [fourth] month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
- 2 Kings 25:12 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
- 2 Kings 25:19 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king's face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city.
- 2 Kings 25:24 בָ/אָ֗רֶץ prep det + n c bs Gedaliah swore to them and to their men, and said to them, Don't be afraid because of the servants of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
1 Chronicles 26 verses
- 1 Chronicles 1:10 בָּ/אָֽרֶץ prep det + n c bs Cush became the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
- 1 Chronicles 1:19 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 the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
- 1 Chronicles 4:40 וְ/הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ conj + ptcl def.art + n c bs They found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for those who lived there before were of Ham.
- 1 Chronicles 5:23 בָּ/אָ֑רֶץ prep det + n c bs The children of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land: they increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon and Senir and Mount Hermon.
- 1 Chronicles 5:25 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs They trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played the prostitute after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them.
- 1 Chronicles 7:21 בָּ/אָ֔רֶץ prep det + n c bs and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to take away their cattle.
- 1 Chronicles 11:4 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (the same is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there.
- 1 Chronicles 14:17 הָֽ/אֲרָצ֑וֹת ptcl def.art + n c bp The fame of David went out into all lands; and Yahweh brought the fear of him on all nations.
- 1 Chronicles 16:14 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs He is Yahweh our God; His judgments are in all the earth.
- 1 Chronicles 16:23 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Sing to Yahweh, all the earth; Show forth his salvation from day to day.
- 1 Chronicles 16:30 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Tremble before him, all the earth: The world also is established that it can't be moved.
- 1 Chronicles 16:31 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; Let them say among the nations, Yahweh reigns.
- 1 Chronicles 16:33 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Then shall the trees of the wood sing for joy before Yahweh; For he comes to judge the earth.
- 1 Chronicles 17:8 בָּ/אָֽרֶץ prep det + n c bs and I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a name, like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.
- 1 Chronicles 17:21 בָּ/אָ֑רֶץ prep det + n c bs What one nation in the earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, to make you a name by great and awesome things, in driving out nations from before your people, whom you redeem out of Egypt?
- 1 Chronicles 19:3 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Think you that David does honor your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Aren't his servants come to you to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
- 1 Chronicles 21:12 בָּ/אָ֔רֶץ prep det + n c bs either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you; or else three days the sword of Yahweh, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of Yahweh destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.
- 1 Chronicles 21:16 הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ ptcl def.art + n c bs David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Yahweh standing between earth and the sky, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.
- 1 Chronicles 21:21 אָֽרְצָ/ה n c bs + sfx dem As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.
- 1 Chronicles 22:5 הָ֣/אֲרָצ֔וֹת ptcl def.art + n c bp David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for Yahweh must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
- 1 Chronicles 22:8 אַ֖רְצָ/ה n c bs + sfx dem But the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, You have shed blood abundantly, and have made great wars: you shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight.
- 1 Chronicles 22:18 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ הָ/אָ֛רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs Isn't Yahweh your God with you? Hasn't he given you rest on every side? for he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before Yahweh, and before his people.
- 1 Chronicles 28:8 הָ/אָ֣רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of Yahweh, and in the audience of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of Yahweh your God; that you may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you forever.
- 1 Chronicles 29:11 וּ/בָ/אָ֑רֶץ conj + prep det + n c bs Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.
- 1 Chronicles 29:15 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs For we are strangers before you, and foreigners, as all our fathers were: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.
- 1 Chronicles 29:30 הָ/אֲרָצֽוֹת ptcl def.art + n c bp with all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
2 Chronicles 49 verses
- 2 Chronicles 1:9 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Now, Yahweh God, let your promise to David my father be established; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
- 2 Chronicles 2:12 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Huram said moreover, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom.
- 2 Chronicles 6:14 וּ/בָ/אָ֑רֶץ conj + prep det + n c bs and he said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven, or on earth; who keep covenant and loving kindness with your servants, who walk before you with all their heart;
- 2 Chronicles 6:18 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how much less this house which I have built!
- 2 Chronicles 6:28 בָ/אָ֗רֶץ בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ prep det + n c bs prep + n c bs cs If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatever plague or whatever sickness there be;
- 2 Chronicles 6:32 מֵ/אֶ֣רֶץ prep + n c bs Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he shall come from a far country for your great name's sake, and your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house:
- 2 Chronicles 6:33 הָ/אָ֜רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, and fear you, as does your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.
- 2 Chronicles 6:36 אֶ֥רֶץ n c bs If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn't sin), and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to a land far off or near;
- 2 Chronicles 6:37 בָּ/אָ֖רֶץ בְּ/אֶ֤רֶץ prep det + n c bs prep + n c bs cs yet if they shall repent themselves in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;
- 2 Chronicles 7:3 אַ֤רְצָ/ה n c bs + sfx dem All the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the glory of Yahweh was on the house; and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshiped, and gave thanks to Yahweh, [saying], For he is good; for his loving kindness endures for ever.
- 2 Chronicles 7:13 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs If I shut up the sky so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
- 2 Chronicles 7:21 לָ/אָ֥רֶץ prep det + n c bs This house, which is so high, everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall say, Why has Yahweh done thus to this land, and to this house?
- 2 Chronicles 8:8 בָּ/אָ֔רֶץ prep det + n c bs of their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel didn't consume, of them did Solomon raise a levy [of bondservants] to this day.
- 2 Chronicles 9:14 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs besides that which the traders and merchants brought: and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 9:22 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
- 2 Chronicles 9:23 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
- 2 Chronicles 9:28 הָ/אֲרָצֽוֹת ptcl def.art + n c bp They brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
- 2 Chronicles 12:8 הָ/אֲרָצֽוֹת ptcl def.art + n c bp Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
- 2 Chronicles 13:9 הָ/אֲרָצ֔וֹת ptcl def.art + n c bp Haven't you driven out the priests of Yahweh, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made you priests after the manner of the peoples of [other] lands? so that whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams, the same may be a priest of [those who are] no gods.
- 2 Chronicles 14:1 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
- 2 Chronicles 14:6 הָ/אָ֗רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had given him rest.
- 2 Chronicles 14:7 הָ/אָ֜רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs For he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is yet before us, because we have sought Yahweh our God; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
- 2 Chronicles 15:5 הָ/אֲרָצֽוֹת ptcl def.art + n c bp In those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in; but great vexations were on all the inhabitants of the lands.
- 2 Chronicles 16:9 הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ ptcl def.art + n c bs For the eyes of Yahweh run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein you have done foolishly; for from henceforth you shall have wars.
- 2 Chronicles 17:10 הָֽ/אֲרָצ֔וֹת ptcl def.art + n c bp The fear of Yahweh fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
- 2 Chronicles 19:3 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.
- 2 Chronicles 19:5 בָּ/אָ֗רֶץ prep det + n c bs He set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
- 2 Chronicles 20:7 הָ/אָ֣רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Did not you, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham your friend forever?
- 2 Chronicles 20:18 אָ֑רְצָ/ה n c bs + sfx dem Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Yahweh, worshipping Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 20:24 אַ֖רְצָ/ה n c bs + sfx dem When Judah came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they looked at the multitude; and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none who escaped.
- 2 Chronicles 20:29 הָ/אֲרָצ֑וֹת ptcl def.art + n c bp The fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that Yahweh fought against the enemies of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 22:12 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs He was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.
- 2 Chronicles 23:13 הָ/אָ֜רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets; the singers also [played] on instruments of music, and led the singing of praise. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and said, Treason! treason!
- 2 Chronicles 23:20 הָ/אָ֗רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs He took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of Yahweh: and they came through the upper gate to the king's house, and set the king on the throne of the kingdom.
- 2 Chronicles 23:21 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. Athaliah they had slain with the sword.
- 2 Chronicles 26:21 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of Yahweh: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.
- 2 Chronicles 30:9 לָ/אָ֣רֶץ prep det + n c bs For if you turn again to Yahweh, your brothers and your children shall find compassion before those who led them captive, and shall come again into this land: for Yahweh your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.
- 2 Chronicles 32:4 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs So there was gathered much people together, and they stopped all the springs, and the brook that flowed through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
- 2 Chronicles 32:13 הָ/אֲרָצ֑וֹת הָ/אֲרָצ֔וֹת אַרְצָ֖/ם ptcl def.art + n c bp ptcl def.art + n c bp n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp Don't you know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any wise able to deliver their land out of my hand?
- 2 Chronicles 32:17 הָ/אֲרָצוֹת֙ ptcl def.art + n c bp He wrote also letters, to rail on Yahweh, the God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of the lands, which have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall the God of Hezekiah not deliver his people out of my hand.
- 2 Chronicles 32:19 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs They spoke of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.
- 2 Chronicles 32:31 בָ/אָ֔רֶץ prep det + n c bs However in [the business of] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
- 2 Chronicles 33:25 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ הָ/אָ֛רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 34:8 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of Yahweh his God.
- 2 Chronicles 34:33 הָ/אֲרָצוֹת֮ ptcl def.art + n c bp Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all who were found in Israel to serve, even to serve Yahweh their God. All his days they didn't depart from following Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 36:1 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 36:3 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs The king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and fined the land one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
- 2 Chronicles 36:21 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs to fulfill the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths: [for] as long as it lay desolate it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.
- 2 Chronicles 36:23 הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ ptcl def.art + n c bs Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has Yahweh, the God of heaven, given me; and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, Yahweh his God be with him, and let him go up.
Ezra 11 verses
- Ezra 1:2 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has Yahweh, the God of heaven, given me; and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
- Ezra 3:3 הָ/אֲרָצ֑וֹת ptcl def.art + n c bp They set the altar on its base; for fear was on them because of the peoples of the countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon to Yahweh, even burnt offerings morning and evening.
- Ezra 4:4 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
- Ezra 6:21 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs The children of Israel who had come again out of the captivity, and all such as had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, ate,
- Ezra 9:1 הָ/אֲרָצ֑וֹת ptcl def.art + n c bp Now when these things were done, the princes drew near to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, [doing] according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
- Ezra 9:2 הָ/אֲרָצ֑וֹת ptcl def.art + n c bp For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have mixed themselves with the peoples of the lands: yes, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass.
- Ezra 9:7 הָ/אֲרָצ֗וֹת ptcl def.art + n c bp Since the days of our fathers we have been exceeding guilty to this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to plunder, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
- Ezra 9:11 הָ/אָ֗רֶץ אֶ֤רֶץ הָ/אֲרָצ֑וֹת ptcl def.art + n c bs n c bs cs ptcl def.art + n c bp which you have commanded by your servants the prophets, saying, The land, to which you go to possess it, is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness:
- Ezra 9:12 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs now therefore don't give your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity forever; that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.
- Ezra 10:2 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land: yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.
- Ezra 10:11 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Now therefore make confession to Yahweh, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign women.
Nehemiah 10 verses
- Nehemiah 8:6 אָֽרְצָ/ה n c bs + sfx dem and Ezra blessed Yahweh, the great God. All the people answered, Amen, Amen, with the lifting up of their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground.
- Nehemiah 9:6 הָ/אָ֜רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs You are Yahweh, even you alone; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are thereon, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all; and the host of heaven worships you.
- Nehemiah 9:15 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commanded those who they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.
- Nehemiah 9:23 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Their children also multiplied you as the stars of the sky, and brought them into the land concerning which you did say to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
- Nehemiah 9:24 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs So the children went in and possessed the land, and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings, and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
- Nehemiah 9:30 הָ/אֲרָצֹֽת ptcl def.art + n c bp Yet many years did you bear with them, and testified against them by your Spirit through your prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gave you them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
- Nehemiah 9:36 וְ/הָ/אָ֜רֶץ conj + ptcl def.art + n c bs Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat the fruit of it and the good of it, behold, we are servants in it.
- Nehemiah 10:28 הָ/אֲרָצוֹת֙ ptcl def.art + n c bp The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinim, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge, and understanding;
- Nehemiah 10:30 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;
- Nehemiah 10:31 הָ/אָ֡רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs and if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy of them on the Sabbath, or on a holy day; and that we would forego the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.
Esther 2 verses
- Esther 8:17 הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ ptcl def.art + n c bs In every province, and in every city, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness and joy, a feast and a good day. Many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen on them.
- Esther 10:1 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs The king Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land, and on the isles of the sea.
Job 52 verses
- Job 1:7 בָּ/אָ֔רֶץ prep det + n c bs Yahweh said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it."
- Job 1:8 בָּ/אָ֔רֶץ prep det + n c bs Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil."
- Job 1:10 בָּ/אָֽרֶץ prep det + n c bs Haven't you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
- Job 1:20 אַ֖רְצָ/ה n c bs + sfx dem Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.
- Job 2:2 בָּ/אָ֔רֶץ prep det + n c bs Yahweh said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it."
- Job 2:3 בָּ/אָ֗רֶץ prep det + n c bs Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause."
- Job 2:13 לָ/אָ֔רֶץ prep det + n c bs So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
- Job 3:14 אָ֑רֶץ n c bs With kings and counselors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;
- Job 5:10 אָ֑רֶץ n c bs Who gives rain on the earth, And sends waters on the fields;
- Job 5:22 הָ֝/אָ֗רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs At destruction and famine you shall laugh, Neither shall you be afraid of the animals of the earth.
- Job 5:25 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs You shall know also that your seed shall be great, Your offspring as the grass of the earth.
- Job 7:1 אָ֑רֶץ n c bs "Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?
- Job 8:9 אָֽרֶץ n c bs (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days on earth are a shadow.)
- Job 9:6 אֶ֭רֶץ n c bs Who shakes the earth out of its place; The pillars of it tremble;
- Job 9:24 אֶ֤רֶץ n c bs The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of the judges of it. If not he, then who is it?
- Job 11:9 מֵ/אֶ֣רֶץ prep + n c bs The measure of it is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.
- Job 12:8 לָ/אָ֣רֶץ prep det + n c bs Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you; The fish of the sea shall declare to you.
- Job 12:15 אָֽרֶץ n c bs Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
- Job 12:24 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
- Job 14:8 בָּ/אָ֣רֶץ prep det + n c bs Though the root of it grows old in the earth, And the stock of it dies in the ground;
- Job 14:19 אָ֑רֶץ n c bs The waters wear the stones; The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth: So you destroy the hope of man.
- Job 15:19 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs To whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them):
- Job 15:29 לָ/אָ֣רֶץ prep det + n c bs He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.
- Job 16:13 לָ֝/אָ֗רֶץ prep det + n c bs His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my gall on the ground.
- Job 16:18 אֶ֭רֶץ n c bs "Earth, don't cover my blood, Let my cry have no place to rest.
- Job 18:4 אָ֑רֶץ n c bs You who tear yourself in your anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
- Job 18:10 בָּ/אָ֣רֶץ prep det + n c bs A noose is hidden for him in the ground, A trap for him in the way.
- Job 18:17 אָ֑רֶץ n c bs His memory shall perish from the earth. He shall have no name in the street.
- Job 20:4 אָֽרֶץ n c bs Don't you know this from old time, Since man was placed on earth,
- Job 20:27 וְ֝/אֶ֗רֶץ conj + n c bs The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, The earth shall rise up against him.
- Job 22:8 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it.
- Job 24:4 אָֽרֶץ n c bs They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
- Job 24:18 בָּ/אָ֑רֶץ prep det + n c bs "They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth: They don't turn into the way of the vineyards.
- Job 26:7 אֶ֝֗רֶץ n c bs He stretches out the north over empty space, And hangs the earth on nothing.
- Job 28:5 אֶ֗רֶץ n c bs As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
- Job 28:24 הָ/אָ֣רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs For he looks to the ends of the earth, And sees under the whole sky.
- Job 30:8 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs They are children of fools, yes, children of base men. They were flogged out of the land.
- Job 34:13 אָ֑רְצָ/ה n c bs + sfx dem Who gave him a charge over the earth? Or who has appointed him over the whole world?
- Job 35:11 אָ֑רֶץ n c bs Who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, And makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'
- Job 37:3 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs He sends it forth under the whole sky, And his lightning to the ends of the earth.
- Job 37:6 אָ֥רֶץ n c bs For he says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth;' Likewise to the shower of rain, And to the showers of his mighty rain.
- Job 37:12 אָֽרְצָ/ה n c bs + sfx dem It is turned round about by his guidance, That they may do whatever he commands them On the surface of the habitable world,
- Job 37:17 אֶ֝֗רֶץ n c bs You whose clothing is warm, When the earth is still by reason of the south wind?
- Job 38:4 אָ֑רֶץ n c bs "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
- Job 38:13 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And shake the wicked out of it?
- Job 38:18 אָ֑רֶץ n c bs Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know it all.
About this entry
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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
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
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;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
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
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
