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H776Ancient Hebrew (Old Testament)

ʼerets (Erets)

Pronunciation: /eh'-rets/

אֶרֶץ
Noun Feminine
Part of Speech

Noun Feminine

KJV Concordance

2504 Total Occurrences

Derivation / Root

From an unused root meaning to be firm.

Thayer / Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon
Concise Definition

earth, land, territory, world

Exhaustive Strong\'s Commentary

From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).

Theological Outline of Biblical Usage
  • 1The created terrestrial globe (Genesis 1:1).
  • 2The Promised Land of covenant inheritance for Israel.

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