אֶרֶץ erets

Hebrew word for “land” · Strong’s H776 · used 2,504 times in 2,190 verses

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Meaning

: country/field; 1) land, earth;

Senses in the lexicon

• land: country/planet (2,318)
• land: soil (186)

How it is translated

Glosses given for erets in context, with how often each is used:

• land 1,613
• earth 609
• ground 77
• ground towards 67
• lands 63
• own land 22
• land of towards 13
• among the lands 10
• earth towards 5
• will be in the land 4
• over the land 3
• like the land 2

Where it is used

Also in 27 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 41 (20), Jeremiah 51 (19), Leviticus 26 (18), Numbers 14 (17), Leviticus 25 (16), Deuteronomy 4 (16), Jeremiah 50 (16), Genesis 1 (15), Ezekiel 20 (15), Deuteronomy 11 (14)

Forms

• הארץ 935
• ארץ 489
• בארץ 422
• מארץ 160
• ארצה 93
• לארץ 55
• הארצות 44
• והארץ 38
• ארצו 32
• וארץ 25

Words used with it

Words that share verses with erets more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 257
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 245
• שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 180
• גּוֹי goy “nation” 141
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 161
• יָרַשׁ yarash “to possess” 98
• הֶם hem “them” 144
• רָאָה raah “to see” 148
• מִן־ min “from” 140
• אָב av “father” 139
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 128
• שָׁם sham “there” 120

Key verses

The verses using erets that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
• Genesis 15:18 — In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river…
• Exodus 3:8 — And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing…
• Exodus 19:5 — Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
• Psalms 22:27 — All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
• Isaiah 49:6 — And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give…
• Jeremiah 10:10 — But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide…
• Jeremiah 16:19 — O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say,…
• Jeremiah 23:5 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and…
• Jeremiah 25:9 — Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against…
• Jeremiah 33:11 — The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of…
• Lamentations 2:15 — All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.