'erets

The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon

Strong's Number: 776

Original Word	Word Origin
#ra	from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
Transliterated Word	TDNT Entry
'erets	TWOT - 167
Phonetic Spelling	Parts of Speech
eh'-rets	Noun Feminine

Definition

land, earth
1. earth
  1. whole earth (as opposed to a part)
  2. earth (as opposed to heaven)
  3. earth (inhabitants)
2. land
  1. country, territory
  2. district, region
  3. tribal territory
  4. piece of ground
  5. land of Canaan, Israel
  6. inhabitants of land
  7. Sheol, land without return, (under) world
  8. city (-state)
3. ground, surface of the earth
  1. ground
  2. soil
4. (in phrases)
  1. people of the land
  2. space or distance of country (in measurements of distance)
  3. level or plain country
  4. land of the living
  5. end(s) of the earth
5. (almost wholly late in usage)
  1. lands, countries 1e
6. often in contrast to Canaan

NAS Word Usage - Total: 2495

common 1, countries 15, countries and their lands 1, country 44, countryside 1, distance* 3, dust 1, earth 655, earth the ground 1, earth's 1, fail* 1, floor 1, ground 119, land 1581, lands 57, lands have their land 2, open 1, other* 2, piece 1, plateau* 1, region 1, territories 1, wild 1, world 3

NAS Verse Count
Genesis	251
Exodus	111
Leviticus	67
Numbers	104
Deuteronomy	171
Joshua	92
Judges	53
Ruth	4
1 Samuel	45
2 Samuel	37
1 Kings	51
2 Kings	59
1 Chronicles	38
2 Chronicles	69
Ezra	11
Nehemiah	16
Esther	2
Job	57
Psalms	188
Proverbs	21
Ecclesiastes	13
Solomon	1
Isaiah	165
Jeremiah	235
Lamentations	10
Ezekiel	173
Daniel	17
Hosea	19
Joel	12
Amos	21
Obadiah	1
Jonah	2
Micah	13
Nahum	3
Habakkuk	10
Zephaniah	7
Haggai	5
Zechariah	32
Malachi	2

Total	2188

The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Bibliography Information

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

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