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 8 of 11 — showing verses 1,401–1,600 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.
Psalms 188 verses
- Psalms 119:87 בָ/אָ֑רֶץ prep det + n c bs They had almost wiped me from the earth, But I didn't forsake your precepts.
- Psalms 119:90 אֶ֝֗רֶץ n c bs Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains.
- Psalms 119:119 אָ֑רֶץ n c bs You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.
- Psalms 121:2 וָ/אָֽרֶץ conj + n c bs My help comes from Yahweh, Who made heaven and earth.
- Psalms 124:8 וָ/אָֽרֶץ conj + n c bs Our help is in the name of Yahweh, Who made heaven and earth.
- Psalms 134:3 וָ/אָֽרֶץ conj + n c bs May Yahweh bless you from Zion; Even he who made heaven and earth.
- Psalms 135:6 וּ/בָ/אָ֑רֶץ conj + prep det + n c bs Whatever Yahweh pleased, that he has done, In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps;
- Psalms 135:7 הָ֫/אָ֥רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Who causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth; Who makes lightnings with the rain; Who brings forth the wind out of his treasuries;
- Psalms 135:12 אַרְצָ֣/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp And gave their land for a heritage, A heritage to Israel, his people.
- Psalms 136:6 הָ֭/אָרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs To him who spread out the earth above the waters; For his loving kindness endures forever:
- Psalms 136:21 אַרְצָ֣/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp And gave their land as an inheritance; For his loving kindness endures forever;
- Psalms 138:4 אָ֑רֶץ n c bs All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, Yahweh, For they have heard the words of your mouth.
- Psalms 139:15 אָֽרֶץ n c bs My frame wasn't hidden from you, When I was made in secret, Woven together in the depths of the earth.
- Psalms 140:11 בָּ֫/אָ֥רֶץ prep det + n c bs An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
- Psalms 141:7 בָּ/אָ֑רֶץ prep det + n c bs "As when one plows and breaks up the earth, Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol."
- Psalms 142:5 בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ prep + n c bs cs I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, "You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living."
- Psalms 143:3 לָ֭/אָרֶץ prep det + n c bs For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
- Psalms 143:6 כְּ/אֶֽרֶץ prep + n c bs I spread forth my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.
- Psalms 143:10 בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ prep + n c bs cs Teach me to do your will, For you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.
- Psalms 146:6 וָ/אָ֗רֶץ conj + n c bs Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that is in them; Who keeps truth forever;
- Psalms 147:6 אָֽרֶץ n c bs Yahweh upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.
- Psalms 147:8 לָ/אָ֣רֶץ prep det + n c bs Who covers the sky with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass grow on the mountains.
- Psalms 147:15 אָ֑רֶץ n c bs He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly.
- Psalms 148:7 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Praise Yahweh from the earth, You great sea creatures, and all depths!
- Psalms 148:11 אֶ֭רֶץ אָֽרֶץ n c bs n c bs Kings of the earth and all peoples; Princes and all judges of the earth;
- Psalms 148:13 אֶ֥רֶץ n c bs Let them praise the name of Yahweh, For his name alone is exalted. His glory is above the earth and the heavens.
Proverbs 21 verses
- Proverbs 2:21 אָ֑רֶץ n c bs For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.
- Proverbs 2:22 מֵ/אֶ֣רֶץ prep + n c bs But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
- Proverbs 3:19 אָ֑רֶץ n c bs By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.
- Proverbs 8:23 אָֽרֶץ n c bs I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth existed.
- Proverbs 8:26 אֶ֣רֶץ n c bs While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
- Proverbs 8:29 אָֽרֶץ n c bs When he gave to the sea its boundary, That the waters should not violate his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;
- Proverbs 8:31 אַרְצ֑/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.
- Proverbs 10:30 אָֽרֶץ n c bs The righteous will never be removed, But the wicked will not dwell in the land.
- Proverbs 11:31 בָּ/אָ֣רֶץ prep det + n c bs Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; How much more the wicked and the sinner!
- Proverbs 17:24 אָֽרֶץ n c bs Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, But the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
- Proverbs 21:19 בְּ/אֶֽרֶץ prep + n c bs cs It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
- Proverbs 25:3 וָ/אָ֣רֶץ conj + n c bs As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, So the hearts of kings are unsearchable.
- Proverbs 25:25 מֵ/אֶ֥רֶץ prep + n c bs cs Like cold water to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a far country.
- Proverbs 28:2 אֶ֭רֶץ n c bs In rebellion, a land has many rulers, But order is maintained by a man of understanding and knowledge.
- Proverbs 29:4 אָ֑רֶץ n c bs The king by justice makes the land stable, But he who takes bribes tears it down.
- Proverbs 30:4 אָ֑רֶץ n c bs Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if you know?
- Proverbs 30:14 מֵ/אֶ֑רֶץ prep + n c bs There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, And their jaws like knives, To devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
- Proverbs 30:16 אֶ֭רֶץ n c bs Sheol, The barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that doesn't say, 'Enough.'
- Proverbs 30:21 אֶ֑רֶץ n c bs "For three things the earth tremble, And under four, it can't bear up:
- Proverbs 30:24 אָ֑רֶץ n c bs "There are four things which are little on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise:
- Proverbs 31:23 אָֽרֶץ n c bs Her husband is respected in the gates, When he sits among the elders of the land.
Ecclesiastes 13 verses
- Ecclesiastes 1:4 וְ/הָ/אָ֖רֶץ conj + ptcl def.art + n c bs One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.
- Ecclesiastes 3:21 לָ/אָֽרֶץ prep det + n c bs Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?"
- Ecclesiastes 5:2 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Don't be rash with your mouth, and don't let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
- Ecclesiastes 5:9 אֶ֖רֶץ n c bs Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.
- Ecclesiastes 7:20 בָּ/אָ֑רֶץ prep det + n c bs Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn't sin.
- Ecclesiastes 8:14 הָ/אָרֶץ֒ ptcl def.art + n c bs There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 8:16 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes),
- Ecclesiastes 10:7 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking like servants on the earth.
- Ecclesiastes 10:16 אֶ֔רֶץ n c bs Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, And your princes eat in the morning!
- Ecclesiastes 10:17 אֶ֔רֶץ n c bs Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, And your princes eat in due season, For strength, and not for drunkenness!
- Ecclesiastes 11:2 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; For you don't know what evil will be on the earth.
- Ecclesiastes 11:3 הָ/אָ֣רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; And if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, In the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.
- Ecclesiastes 12:7 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs And the dust returns to the earth as it was, And the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Song of Solomon 1 verse
Isaiah 166 verses
- Isaiah 1:2 אֶ֔רֶץ n c bs Hear, heavens, And listen, earth; for Yahweh has spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against me.
- Isaiah 1:7 אַרְצְ/כֶ֣ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 2mp Your country is desolate. Your cities are burned with fire. Strangers devour your land in your presence, And it is desolate, As overthrown by strangers.
- Isaiah 1:19 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;
- Isaiah 2:7 אַרְצ/וֹ֙ אַרְצ/וֹ֙ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Their land is full of silver and gold, Neither is there any end of their treasures. Their land also is full of horses, Neither is there any end of their chariots.
- Isaiah 2:8 אַרְצ֖/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Their land also is full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, That which their own fingers have made.
- Isaiah 2:19 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Men shall go into the caves of the rocks, And into the holes of the earth, From before the terror of Yahweh, And from the glory of his majesty, When he arises to shake the earth mightily.
- Isaiah 2:21 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs To go into the caverns of the rocks, And into the clefts of the ragged rocks, From before the terror of Yahweh, And from the glory of his majesty, When he arises to shake the earth mightily.
- Isaiah 3:26 לָ/אָ֥רֶץ prep det + n c bs Her gates shall lament and mourn; And she shall be desolate and sit on the ground.
- Isaiah 4:2 הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ ptcl def.art + n c bs In that day, Yahweh's branch will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the beauty and glory of the survivors of Israel.
- Isaiah 5:8 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Woe to those who join house to house, Who lay field to field, until there is no room, And you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!
- Isaiah 5:26 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs He will lift up a banner to the nations from far, And he will whistle for them from the end of the earth. Behold, they will come speedily and swiftly.
- Isaiah 5:30 לָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ prep det + n c bs They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its clouds.
- Isaiah 6:3 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs One called to another, and said, "Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Hosts! The whole earth is full of his glory!"
- Isaiah 6:12 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs And Yahweh has removed men far away, And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
- Isaiah 7:18 בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ prep + n c bs cs It will happen in that day that Yahweh will whistle for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
- Isaiah 7:22 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs and it shall happen, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter: for everyone will eat butter and honey that is left in the midst of the land.
- Isaiah 7:24 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs People will go there with arrows and with bow, because all the land will be briers and thorns.
- Isaiah 8:8 אַרְצְ/ךָ֖ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms and it shall sweep onward into Judah; it shall overflow and pass through; it shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings shall fill the breadth of your land, Immanuel.
- Isaiah 8:9 אָ֑רֶץ n c bs Make an uproar, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces! And give ear, all you of far countries: gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces! Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces!
- Isaiah 8:22 אֶ֖רֶץ n c bs and they shall look to the earth, and see, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness [they shall be] driven away.
- Isaiah 9:1 אַ֤רְצָ/ה וְ/אַ֣רְצָ/ה n c bs cs + sfx dem conj + n c bs cs + sfx dem But there shall be no gloom to her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time has he made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.
- Isaiah 9:2 בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ prep + n c bs cs The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light: those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them has the light shined.
- Isaiah 9:19 אָ֑רֶץ n c bs Through the wrath of Yahweh of hosts is the land burnt up; and the people are as the fuel of fire: no man spares his brother.
- Isaiah 10:14 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs and my hand has found as a nest the riches of the peoples; and as one gathers eggs that are forsaken, have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or that opened the mouth, or chirped.
- Isaiah 10:23 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs For a full end, and that determined, will the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, make in the midst of all the earth.
- Isaiah 11:4 אָ֑רֶץ אֶ֨רֶץ֙ n c bs n c bs but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he kill the wicked.
- Isaiah 11:9 הָ/אָ֗רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
- Isaiah 11:12 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs He will set up an ensign for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
- Isaiah 11:16 מֵ/אֶ֥רֶץ prep + n c bs cs There shall be a highway for the remnant of his people, who shall remain, from Assyria; like as there was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
- Isaiah 12:5 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Sing to Yahweh, for he has done excellent things! Let this be known in all the earth!
- Isaiah 13:5 מֵ/אֶ֥רֶץ הָ/אָֽרֶץ prep + n c bs cs ptcl def.art + n c bs They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Yahweh, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
- Isaiah 13:9 הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ ptcl def.art + n c bs Behold, the day of Yahweh comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy the sinners of it out of it.
- Isaiah 13:13 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Therefore I will make the heavens to tremble, and the earth shall be shaken out of its place, in the wrath of Yahweh of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
- Isaiah 13:14 אַרְצ֖/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms It shall happen, that as the chased roe, and as sheep that no man gathers, they shall turn every man to his own people, and shall flee every man to his own land.
- Isaiah 14:7 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs The whole earth is at rest, [and] is quiet: they break forth into singing.
- Isaiah 14:9 אָ֔רֶץ n c bs Sheol from beneath is moved for you to meet you at your coming; it stirs up the dead for you, even all the chief ones of the earth; it has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
- Isaiah 14:12 לָ/אָ֔רֶץ prep det + n c bs How you are fallen from heaven, day-star, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low!
- Isaiah 14:16 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Those who see you shall gaze at you, they shall consider you, [saying], "Is this the man who made the earth to tremble, who shook kingdoms;
- Isaiah 14:20 אַרְצְ/ךָ֥ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms You shall not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, you have killed your people; the seed of evil-doers shall not be named forever.
- Isaiah 14:21 אָ֔רֶץ n c bs Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers, that they not rise up, and possess the earth, and fill the surface of the world with cities.
- Isaiah 14:25 בְּ/אַרְצִ֔/י prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and on my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulder.
- Isaiah 14:26 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs This is the purpose that is purposed on the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out on all the nations.
- Isaiah 16:1 אֶ֖רֶץ n c bs Send you the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.
- Isaiah 16:4 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Let my outcasts dwell with you; as for Moab, be a covert to him from the face of the destroyer. For the extortioner is brought to nothing, destruction ceases, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
- Isaiah 18:1 אֶ֖רֶץ n c bs cs Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;
- Isaiah 18:2 אַרְצֽ/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms that sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the waters, [saying], Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide!
- Isaiah 18:3 אָ֑רֶץ n c bs All you inhabitants of the world, and you dwellers on the earth, when an ensign is lifted up on the mountains, look; and when the trumpet is blown, listen.
- Isaiah 18:6 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs They shall be left together to the ravenous birds of the mountains, and to the animals of the earth; and the ravenous birds shall summer on them, and all the animals of the earth shall winter on them.
- Isaiah 18:7 אַרְצ֔/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms In that time shall a present be brought to Yahweh of Hosts [from] a people tall and smooth, even from a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of Yahweh of Hosts, Mount Zion.
- Isaiah 19:18 בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ prep + n c bs cs In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to Yahweh of hosts; one shall be called The city of destruction.
- Isaiah 19:19 אֶ֣רֶץ n c bs cs In that day shall there be an altar to Yahweh in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border of it to Yahweh.
- Isaiah 19:20 בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ prep + n c bs cs It shall be for a sign and for a witness to Yahweh of Hosts in the land of Egypt; for they shall cry to Yahweh because of oppressors, and he will send them a savior, and a defender, and he will deliver them.
- Isaiah 19:24 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth;
- Isaiah 21:1 מֵ/אֶ֖רֶץ prep + n c bs The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome land.
- Isaiah 21:9 לָ/אָֽרֶץ prep det + n c bs and, behold, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs. He answered, Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the engraved images of her gods are broken to the ground.
- Isaiah 21:14 אֶ֣רֶץ n c bs cs To him who was thirsty they brought water; the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread.
- Isaiah 22:18 אֶ֖רֶץ n c bs He will surely wind you round and round, [and toss you] like a ball into a large country; there shall you die, and there shall be the chariots of your glory, you shame of your lord's house.
- Isaiah 23:1 מֵ/אֶ֥רֶץ prep + n c bs cs The burden of Tyre. Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.
- Isaiah 23:8 אָֽרֶץ n c bs Who has purposed this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?
- Isaiah 23:9 אָֽרֶץ n c bs Yahweh of hosts has purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
- Isaiah 23:10 אַרְצֵ֖/ךְ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2fs Pass through your land as the Nile, daughter of Tarshish; there is no restraint any more.
- Isaiah 23:13 אֶ֣רֶץ n c bs cs Behold, the land of the Chaldeans: this people was not; the Assyrian founded it for those who dwell in the wilderness; they set up their towers; they overthrew the palaces of it; they made it a ruin.
- Isaiah 23:17 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs It shall happen after the end of seventy years, that Yahweh will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her hire, and shall play the prostitute with all the kingdoms of the world on the surface of the earth.
- Isaiah 24:1 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, and makes it waste, and turns it upside down, and scatters abroad the inhabitants of it.
- Isaiah 24:3 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs The earth shall be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word.
- Isaiah 24:4 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs The earth mourns and fades away, the world languishes and fades away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.
- Isaiah 24:5 וְ/הָ/אָ֥רֶץ conj + ptcl def.art + n c bs The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants of it; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.
- Isaiah 24:6 אֶ֔רֶץ אֶ֔רֶץ n c bs n c bs Therefore has the curse devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
- Isaiah 24:11 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
- Isaiah 24:13 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs For thus shall it be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.
- Isaiah 24:16 הָ/אָ֜רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous. But I said, I pine away, I pine away, woe is me! the treacherous have dealt treacherously; yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
- Isaiah 24:17 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are on you, O inhabitant of the earth.
- Isaiah 24:18 אָֽרֶץ n c bs It shall happen, that he who flees from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
- Isaiah 24:19 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ אֶ֔רֶץ אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs n c bs n c bs The earth is utterly broken, the earth is torn apart, the earth is shaken violently.
- Isaiah 24:20 אֶ֨רֶץ֙ n c bs The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway back and forth like a hammock; and the disobedience of it shall be heavy on it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.
- Isaiah 25:8 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs He has swallowed up death forever; and the Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Yahweh has spoken it.
- Isaiah 25:12 לָ/אָ֖רֶץ prep det + n c bs The high fortress of your walls has he brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.
- Isaiah 26:1 בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ prep + n c bs cs In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: we have a strong city; salvation will he appoint for walls and bulwarks.
- Isaiah 26:5 אֶ֔רֶץ n c bs For he has brought down those who dwell on high, the lofty city: he lays it low, he lays it low even to the ground; he brings it even to the dust.
- Isaiah 26:9 לָ/אָ֔רֶץ prep det + n c bs With my soul have I desired you in the night; yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly: for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
- Isaiah 26:10 בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ prep + n c bs cs Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not see the majesty of Yahweh.
- Isaiah 26:15 אָֽרֶץ n c bs You have increased the nation, O Yahweh, you have increased the nation; you are glorified; you have enlarged all the borders of the land.
- Isaiah 26:18 אֶ֔רֶץ n c bs We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not worked any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
- Isaiah 26:19 וָ/אָ֖רֶץ conj + n c bs Your dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is [as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
- Isaiah 26:21 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs For, behold, Yahweh comes forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
- Isaiah 27:13 בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ prep + n c bs cs prep + n c bs cs It shall happen in that day, that a great trumpet shall be blown; and they shall come who were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and those who were outcasts in the land of Egypt; and they shall worship Yahweh in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 28:2 לָ/אָ֖רֶץ prep det + n c bs Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one; as a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, as a tempest of mighty waters overflowing, will he cast down to the earth with the hand.
- Isaiah 28:22 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Now therefore don't you be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for a decree of destruction have I heard from the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, on the whole earth.
- Isaiah 29:4 מֵ/אֶ֣רֶץ מֵ/אֶ֨רֶץ֙ prep + n c bs prep + n c bs You shall be brought down, and shall speak out of the ground, and your speech shall be low out of the dust; and your voice shall be as of one who has a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and your speech shall whisper out of the dust.
- Isaiah 30:6 בְּ/אֶרֶץ֩ prep + n c bs cs The burden of the animals of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit [them].
- Isaiah 32:2 בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ prep + n c bs A man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
- Isaiah 33:9 אָ֔רֶץ n c bs The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is confounded and withers away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their leaves].
- Isaiah 33:17 אֶ֥רֶץ n c bs cs Your eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall see a land that reaches afar.
- Isaiah 34:1 הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ ptcl def.art + n c bs Come near, you nations, to hear; and listen, you peoples: let the earth hear, and the fullness of it; the world, and all things that come forth from it.
- Isaiah 34:6 בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ prep + n c bs cs The sword of Yahweh is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
- Isaiah 34:7 אַרְצָ/ם֙ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp The wild-oxen shall come down with them, and the bulls with the bulls: and their land shall be drunken with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
- Isaiah 34:9 אַרְצָ֔/הּ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3fs The streams of [Edom] shall be turned into pitch, and the dust of it into sulfur, and the land of it shall become burning pitch.
- Isaiah 36:10 הָ/אָ֥רֶץ הָ/אָ֥רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs Am I now come up without Yahweh against this land to destroy it? Yahweh said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
- Isaiah 36:17 אֶ֣רֶץ כְּ/אַרְצְ/כֶ֑ם אֶ֤רֶץ אֶ֥רֶץ n c bs prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 2mp 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.
- Isaiah 36:18 אַרְצ֔/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, Yahweh will deliver us. Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
- Isaiah 36:20 הָֽ/אֲרָצוֹת֙ אַרְצָ֖/ם ptcl def.art + n c bp n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp Who are they among all the gods of these countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
- Isaiah 37:7 אַרְצ֑/וֹ בְּ/אַרְצֽ/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear news, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
- Isaiah 37:11 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?
- Isaiah 37:16 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, who sits [above] the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
- Isaiah 37:18 הָ/אֲרָצ֖וֹת אַרְצָֽ/ם ptcl def.art + n c bp n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp Of a truth, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries, and their land,
- Isaiah 37:20 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are Yahweh, even you only.
- Isaiah 37:38 אֶ֣רֶץ n c bs cs It happened, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.
- Isaiah 38:11 בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ prep + n c bs cs I said, I shall not see Yah, Yah in the land of the living: I shall see man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
- Isaiah 39:3 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 to me, even from Babylon.
- Isaiah 40:12 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the sky with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
- Isaiah 40:21 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Have you not known? have yet not heard? has it not been told you from the beginning? have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
- Isaiah 40:22 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs [It is] he who sits above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants of it are as grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in;
- Isaiah 40:23 אֶ֖רֶץ n c bs who brings princes to nothing; who makes the judges of the earth as vanity.
- Isaiah 40:24 בָּ/אָ֖רֶץ prep det + n c bs Yes, they have not been planted; yes, they have not been sown; yes, their stock has not taken root in the earth: moreover he blows on them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.
- Isaiah 40:28 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Have you not known? have you not heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn't faint, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.
- Isaiah 41:5 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs The isles have seen, and fear; the ends of the earth tremble; they draw near, and come.
- Isaiah 41:9 הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs you whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from the corners of it, and said to you, You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you away;
- Isaiah 41:18 וְ/אֶ֥רֶץ conj + n c bs cs I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
- Isaiah 42:4 בָּ/אָ֖רֶץ prep det + n c bs He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.
- Isaiah 42:5 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Thus says God Yahweh, he who created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he who spread abroad the earth and that which comes out of it; he who gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to those who walk therein:
- Isaiah 42:10 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth; you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles, and the inhabitants of it.
- Isaiah 43:6 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs I will tell the north, Give up; and to the south, Don't keep back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth;
- Isaiah 44:23 אָ֔רֶץ n c bs Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it; shout, you lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.
- Isaiah 44:24 הָ/אָ֖רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb: I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who stretches forth the heavens alone; who spreads abroad the earth (who is with me?);
- Isaiah 45:8 אֶ֣רֶץ n c bs Distil, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Yahweh, have created it.
- Isaiah 45:12 אֶ֔רֶץ n c bs I have made the earth, and created man on it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and all their host have I commanded.
- Isaiah 45:18 הָ/אָ֤רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs For thus says Yahweh who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and didn't create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited: I am Yahweh; and there is no one else.
- Isaiah 45:19 אֶ֣רֶץ n c bs cs I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I didn't say to the seed of Jacob, Seek you me in vain: I, Yahweh, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
- Isaiah 45:22 אָ֑רֶץ n c bs Look to me, and be you saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.
- Isaiah 46:11 מֵ/אֶ֥רֶץ prep + n c bs cs calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yes, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it.
- Isaiah 47:1 לָ/אָ֥רֶץ prep det + n c bs Come down, and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans: for you shall no more be called tender and delicate.
- Isaiah 48:13 אֶ֔רֶץ n c bs Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens: when I call to them, they stand up together.
- Isaiah 48:20 הָ/אָ֑רֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs Go you forth from Babylon, flee you from the Chaldeans; with a voice of singing declare you, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth: say you, Yahweh has redeemed his servant Jacob.
- Isaiah 49:6 הָ/אָֽרֶץ ptcl def.art + n c bs yes, he says, It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the Gentiles, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.
- Isaiah 49:8 אֶ֔רֶץ n c bs Thus says Yahweh, In an acceptable time have I answered you, and in a day of salvation have I helped you; and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage:
- Isaiah 49:12 מֵ/אֶ֥רֶץ prep + n c bs cs Behold, these shall come from far; and, behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
- Isaiah 49:13 אָ֔רֶץ n c bs Sing, heavens; and be joyful, earth; and break forth into singing, mountains: for Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.
- Isaiah 49:19 וְ/אֶ֖רֶץ conj + n c bs cs For, as for your waste and your desolate places, and your land that has been destroyed, surely now shall you be too small for the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up shall be far away.
- Isaiah 49:23 אֶ֚רֶץ n c bs Kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed.
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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.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H776, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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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.
