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'erets

eh'-rets
Parts of Speech Noun Feminine

'erets Definition

NAS Word Usage - Total: 2495
  1. 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
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
#ra
Origin
from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
Strong's Number
776
TDNT Entry
TWOT - 167

NAS Word Usage

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
Total
2495

NAS Verse Count

251
111
67
104
171
92
53
4
45
37
51
59
38
69
11
16
2
57
188
21
13
1
165
235
10
173
17
19
12
21
1
2
13
3
10
7
5
32
2
Total
2188
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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.

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