H776

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets · eh'-rets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Lexicon

Derivation: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm;

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Letters

Alef

Resh

Tsade

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
צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
Concrete
hook · trail · side · a man bowed
Extended
to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

strength, the leader › the head, the highest › to pursue the straight path

Strength, the leader of the head, the highest that works to pursue the straight path.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶרֶץ 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

2504 occurrences · 2504 OT · 0 NT · 316 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

in the land233 · 15%
of the land207 · 14%
of the earth202 · 13%
the land172 · 11%
the earth96 · 6%
out of the land78 · 5%
into the land59 · 4%
upon the earth48 · 3%
land48 · 3%
and the land43 · 3%
in the earth39 · 3%
to the ground36 · 2%
country33 · 2%
unto the land29 · 2%
and the earth27 · 2%
to the earth21 · 1%
and earth18 · 1%
a land18 · 1%
from the land17 · 1%
their land16 · 1%
from the earth16 · 1%
upon the land15 · 1%
throughout all the land15 · 1%
to the land15 · 1%
of all the earth14 · 1%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

הָאָ֔רֶץ181הָאָ֑רֶץ169הָאָֽרֶץ׃156הָאָ֖רֶץ129אֶ֣רֶץ126בְּאֶ֣רֶץ110אֶ֥רֶץ78מֵאֶ֣רֶץ78בְּאֶ֥רֶץ65מֵאֶ֥רֶץ51הָאָ֣רֶץ48אָֽרֶץ׃47

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.