Earth
אֲרַעStrong’s H0772ara (a-ra)
Appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ara is the Aramaic word usually translated “earth the”, “land the” and “ground the”. It appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.”
Meaning
- Earth, world, ground
How it's translated
- earth the 11
- land the 3
- in ground the 2
- and earth the 1
- from earth the 1
- earthward 1
- and on earth the 1
- on earth the 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 15
- Ezra 1
- Jeremiah 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:39In contextAnd after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
- Daniel 4:1In contextNebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
- Daniel 4:10In contextThus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.
- Daniel 4:11In contextThe tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
- Daniel 4:15In contextNevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:
- Daniel 4:20In contextThe tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;
Aramaic dictionary
אֲרַע ara · earth
: soil earth, world, ground Aramaic of e.rets (אֶ֫רֶץ ": soil" H0776H)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “earth” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EARTH, noun
erth.
- earth in its primary sense, signifies the particles which compose the mass of the globe, but more particularly the particles which form the fine mold on the surface of the globe; or it denotes any indefinite mass or portion of that matter.
- In chimistry, the term earth was, till lately, employed to denote a simple elementary body or substance, tasteless, inodorous, uninflammable and infusible.
- The terraqueous globe which we inhabit.
- The world, as opposed to other scenes of existence.
All definitions and other forms of “earth”
- The inhabitants of the globe.“The whole earth was of one language” Genesis 11:1
- Dry land, opposed to the sea.“God called the dry land earth” Genesis 1:10
- Country; region; a distinct part of the globe.
- The ground; the surface of the earth He fell to the earth The ark was lifted above the earth
- In scripture, things on the earth are carnal, sensual, temporary things; opposed to heavenly, spiritual or divine things.
- Figuratively, a low condition. Revelation 12:4
- [from ear, Latin aro, to plow.] The act of turning up the ground in tillage. [Not used.]
EARTH, verb transitive
To hide in the earth
- To cover with earth or mold.
EARTH, verb intransitive
To retire under ground; to burrow. Here foxes earthed.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.