אֶרֶץ
erets · earth, land
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H776 · appears 2504 times in the Bible
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erets (אֶרֶץ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “earth, land”.
The earth, in two senses: the whole world in contrast with the heavens, or a particular country or region ("the land of Egypt").
How to say it
e·rets
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The whole world, everything under the sky.
- A region or nation, above all Israel's.
- What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
- The people who live on the earth.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Word study
The earth. BDB defines it as the earth as a whole or, in part, a country or region.
- The whole earth, together with the heavens Genesis 1:1Psalms 24:1
- A country or region; the promised land Genesis 12:1Exodus 3:8Genesis 42:6
- The ground where one stands: “bowed down to the ground” Genesis 18:2
- The people of the earth Genesis 11:1
Historical and cultural background
The land promised to Israel is described as “a good and broad land, to a land flowing with milk and honey” (Exodus 3:8).
How we translate it
“Land” 1658 times, “earth” 652, “lands” 76. This edition's glossary sets “earth, land” for אֶרֶץ: “earth” where the whole world is meant, beside the heavens, and “land” for a country or territory (Joseph, “governor over the land”, Genesis 42:6). It keeps “ground” for אֲדָמָה, but in the expression “bowed down to the ground” and a few like it this edition also writes “ground” for אֶרֶץ (112 times), because the point there is the floor where one stands.
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- land ×1658
- earth ×652
- ground ×112
- lands ×76
- floor ×3
- some distance ×2
- country ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis×311
- Exodus×136
- Leviticus×82
- Numbers×123
- Deuteronomy×197
- Joshua×107
- Judges×60
- Ruth×4
- 1 Samuel×52
- 2 Samuel×40
- 1 Kings×56
- 2 Kings×71
- 1 Chronicles×39
- 2 Chronicles×75
- Ezra×13
- Nehemiah×20
- Esther×2
- Job×57
- Psalms×190
- Proverbs×21
- Ecclesiastes×13
- Song of Songs×2
- Isaiah×190
- Jeremiah×271
- Lamentations×11
- Ezekiel×198
- Daniel×20
- Hosea×20
- Joel×12
- Amos×23
- Obadiah×1
- Jonah×2
- Micah×15
- Nahum×3
- Habakkuk×10
- Zephaniah×8
- Haggai×5
- Zechariah×42
- Malachi×2
- Genesis 1:1
In the beginning Elohim created the heavens and the earth.
- Genesis 1:2
Now the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the spirit of Elohim was hovering over the surface of the waters.
- Genesis 1:10
And Elohim called the dry ground “Earth,” and the gathering of the waters he called “Seas.” And Elohim saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:11
And Elohim said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit according to its kind, that has its seed in it, on the earth.” And it was so.
- Genesis 1:12
And the earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed according to its kind, and trees bearing fruit that has its seed in it, according to its kind. And Elohim saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:15
and let them be lights in the vault of the heavens to give light on the earth.” And it was so.
- Genesis 1:17
And Elohim set them in the vault of the heavens to give light on the earth,
- Genesis 1:20
And Elohim said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living beings, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the vault of the heavens.”
- Genesis 1:22
And Elohim blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”
- Genesis 1:24
And Elohim said, “Let the earth bring forth living beings according to their kind: livestock and creeping things and animals of the earth according to their kind.” And it was so.
- Genesis 1:25
And Elohim made the animals of the earth according to their kind, and the livestock according to their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind. And Elohim saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:26
And Elohim said, “Let us make the human being in our image, according to our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
- Genesis 1:28
And Elohim blessed them, and Elohim said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every animal that creeps on the earth.”
- Genesis 1:29
And Elohim said, “Look, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree that has fruit yielding seed; it will be food for you.
- Genesis 1:30
And to every animal of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to everything that creeps on the earth, that has life, I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.
- Genesis 2:1
So the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their army.
- Genesis 2:4
These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that YHWH Elohim made earth and heavens.
- Genesis 2:5
Now no shrub of the field was yet on the earth and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for YHWH Elohim had not sent rain on the earth, and there was no human being to work the ground;
- Genesis 2:6
but a mist would go up from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground.
- Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one that goes around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
- Genesis 2:12
And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there.
- Genesis 2:13
And the name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one that goes around the whole land of Cush.
- Genesis 4:12
When you work the ground, it will no longer give its strength to you; a wanderer and a drifter you will be on the earth.”
- Genesis 4:14
Look, you have driven me out today from the face of the ground, and from your presence I will be hidden; and I will be a wanderer and a drifter on the earth, and it will happen that whoever finds me will kill me.”
- Genesis 4:16
And Cain went out from the presence of YHWH and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
- Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of Elohim went in to the daughters of human beings and they bore children to them; they were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
- Genesis 6:5
And YHWH saw that the wickedness of the human being was great on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the day.
- Genesis 6:6
And YHWH was sorry that he had made the human being on the earth, and he was grieved in his heart.
- Genesis 6:11
And the earth was corrupt before Elohim, and the earth was filled with violence.
- Genesis 6:12
And Elohim saw the earth, and look, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its way on the earth.
- Genesis 6:13
And Elohim said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and look, I am going to destroy them with the earth.
- Genesis 6:17
And I, look, I am bringing the flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the spirit of life, from under the heavens; everything that is on the earth will perish.
- Genesis 7:3
also of the birds of the sky seven and seven, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth.
- Genesis 7:4
For in seven more days I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe out all that exists, which I have made, from the face of the ground.”
- Genesis 7:6
And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood came, waters on the earth.
- Genesis 7:10
And it happened after the seven days that the waters of the flood came on the earth.
- Genesis 7:12
And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.
- Genesis 7:14
they, and every animal according to its kind, and all the livestock according to their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind, every bird, every winged creature.
- Genesis 7:17
And the flood was forty days on the earth; and the waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose above the earth.
- Genesis 7:18
And the waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark moved on the surface of the waters.
And 2464 more times.