אֲרַע
ʼăraʻ · ar-ah'
the earth; by implication (figuratively) low
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H776 (אֶרֶץ);
the earth; by implication (figuratively) low
- the earth
- by implication, (figuratively) low
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: earth, interior.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the head, the highest › to see and know
Strength, the leader of the head, the highest that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲרַע above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the earth7 · 33%
- of the earth5 · 24%
- earth2 · 10%
- and earth1 · 5%
- from the earth1 · 5%
- inferior1 · 5%
- in the earth1 · 5%
- thereof in the earth1 · 5%
- and in earth1 · 5%
- upon earth1 · 5%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.