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Land

אֶ֫רֶץStrong’s H0776

erets (e-rets)

Appears in 2,190 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Erets is the Hebrew word usually translated “land”, “earth” and “land of”. It appears in 2,190 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.”
Daniel 1:2 KJV
Meaning
  1. Land, earthearth · land · ground, surface of the earth · (in phrases)
  2. Earth, world, ground
How it's translated
  • the land 548
  • the earth 361
  • land of 220
  • in land of 214
  • earth 138
  • from land of 123
  • in the land 121
  • ground towards 67

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 252
  • Jeremiah 236
  • Psalms 188
  • Ezekiel 173
  • Deuteronomy 171
  • Isaiah 166

39 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 2,190 verses, by book
Genesis 252
1:11:21:101:111:121:151:171:201:221:241:251:261:281:291:302:12:42:52:62:112:122:134:124:144:166:46:56:66:116:126:136:177:37:47:67:107:127:147:177:187:197:217:237:248:18:38:78:98:118:138:148:178:198:229:19:29:79:109:119:139:149:169:179:1910:510:810:1010:1110:2010:2510:3110:3211:111:211:411:811:911:2811:3112:112:512:612:712:1013:613:713:913:1013:1213:1513:1613:1714:1914:2215:715:1315:1816:317:818:218:1818:2519:119:2319:2819:3120:120:1521:2121:2321:3221:3422:222:1823:223:723:1223:1323:1523:1924:324:424:524:724:3724:5224:6225:626:126:226:326:426:1226:2227:2827:3927:4628:428:1228:1328:1429:130:2531:331:1331:1832:332:933:333:1834:134:234:1034:2134:3035:635:1235:1635:2236:536:636:736:1636:1736:2036:2136:3036:3136:3436:4337:137:1038:940:1541:1941:2941:3041:3141:3341:3441:3641:4141:4341:4441:4541:4641:4741:4841:5241:5341:5441:5541:5641:5742:542:642:742:942:1242:1342:2942:3042:3242:3342:3443:143:1143:2644:844:1144:1445:645:745:845:1045:1745:1845:1945:2045:2545:2646:646:1246:2046:2846:3146:3447:147:447:647:1147:1347:1447:1547:2047:2747:2848:348:448:548:748:1248:1648:2149:1549:3050:550:750:850:1150:1350:24
Esther 2
8:1710:1
Psalms 188
2:22:82:107:58:18:910:1610:1812:616:317:1118:719:421:1022:2722:2924:125:1327:1333:533:833:1434:1635:2037:337:937:1137:2237:2937:3441:242:644:344:2545:1646:246:646:846:946:1047:247:747:948:248:1050:150:452:557:557:1158:258:1159:1360:261:263:163:965:565:966:166:467:267:467:667:768:868:3269:3471:2072:672:872:1672:1973:973:2574:774:874:1274:1774:2075:375:876:876:976:1277:1878:1278:6979:280:981:581:1082:582:883:1885:185:985:1185:1288:1289:1189:2789:3989:4490:294:295:496:196:996:1196:1397:197:497:597:998:398:498:999:1100:1101:6101:8102:15102:19102:25103:11104:5104:9104:13104:14104:24104:32104:35105:7105:11105:16105:23105:27105:30105:32105:35105:36105:44106:17106:22106:24106:27106:38107:3107:34107:35108:5109:15110:6112:2113:6114:7115:15115:16116:9119:19119:64119:87119:90119:119121:2124:8134:3135:6135:7135:12136:6136:21138:4139:15140:11141:7142:5143:3143:6143:10146:6147:6147:8147:15148:7148:11148:13
Song of Solomon 1
2:12
Jeremiah 236
1:11:141:182:22:62:72:152:313:13:23:93:163:183:194:54:74:164:204:234:274:285:195:306:86:126:196:206:227:77:227:257:337:348:168:199:39:129:199:2410:1010:1210:1310:1710:1810:2211:411:511:711:1912:412:512:1112:1212:1513:1314:214:414:814:1514:1815:315:415:715:1015:1416:316:416:616:1316:1416:1516:1816:1917:417:617:1317:2618:1619:722:1022:1222:2622:2722:2822:2923:323:523:723:823:1023:1523:2424:524:624:824:925:925:1125:1225:1325:2025:2625:2925:3025:3125:3225:3325:3826:626:1726:2027:527:627:728:829:1830:330:1031:831:1631:2231:2331:3231:3732:832:1532:1732:2032:2132:2232:3732:4132:4332:4433:933:1133:1333:1533:2534:134:1334:1734:1934:2035:1136:2937:137:237:737:1237:1939:539:1040:440:640:740:940:1140:1241:241:1842:1042:1342:1442:1643:443:543:743:1143:1243:1344:144:844:944:1244:1344:1444:1544:2144:2244:2444:2644:2744:2845:446:846:1046:1246:1346:1646:2747:248:2148:2448:3349:2150:150:350:850:950:1650:1850:2150:2250:2350:2550:2850:3450:3850:4150:4550:4651:251:451:551:751:951:1551:1651:2551:2751:2851:2951:4151:4351:4651:4751:4851:4951:5251:5452:652:952:1652:2552:27
Ezekiel 173
1:31:151:191:215:55:66:86:147:27:77:217:237:278:38:128:179:910:1610:1911:1511:1611:1712:612:1212:1312:1512:1912:2013:1414:1314:1514:1614:1714:1915:816:316:2917:417:517:1319:419:719:1219:1320:520:620:820:920:1020:1520:2320:2820:3220:3420:3620:3820:4020:4120:4221:1921:3021:3222:422:1522:2422:2922:3023:1523:1923:2723:4824:725:725:926:1126:1626:2027:1727:2927:3328:1728:1829:529:929:1029:1229:1429:1929:2030:530:730:1130:1230:1330:2330:2530:2631:1231:1431:1631:1832:432:632:832:932:1532:1832:2332:2432:2532:2632:2732:3233:233:333:2433:2533:2633:2833:2934:634:1334:2534:2734:2834:2935:1035:1436:536:1836:1936:2036:2436:2836:3436:3537:2237:2538:238:838:938:1138:1238:1638:2039:1239:1339:1439:1539:1639:1839:2740:241:1641:2042:643:243:1445:145:445:845:1645:2246:346:947:1347:1447:1547:1847:2148:1248:1448:29
Obadiah 1
1:3
Jonah 2
1:82:6
Malachi 2
3:124:6
Hebrew dictionary

אֶ֫רֶץ erets · land

: country/field 1) land, earth 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth …

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 “land” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

LAND, noun

  1. Earth, or the solid matter which constitutes the fixed part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the sea or other waters, which constitute the fluid or movable part.
  2. Any portion of the solid, superficial part of the globe, whether a kingdom or country, or a particular region.“Go, view the land even Jericho” Joshua 2:1
  3. Any small portion of the superficial part of the earth or ground.
  4. Ground; soil, or the superficial part of the earth in respect to its nature or quality; as good land; poor land; moist or dry land
All definitions and other forms of “land”
  1. Real Estate.
  2. The inhabitants of a country or region; a nation or people.
  3. The ground left unplowed between furrows, is by some of our farmers called a land

LAND, noun

Urine; whence the old expression, land dam, to kill. obsolete

    LAND, verb transitive

    to set on shore; to disembark; to debark; as, to land troops from a ship or boat; to land goods.

      LAND, verb intransitive

      To go on shore from a ship or boat; to disembark.

        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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.