0776 – אֶ֫רֶץ (erets)

land

Type:	Noun Noun   fem. ♀ feminine
Hebrew:	אֶ֫רֶץ (erets)
Pronunciation:	e-rets    Listen
Gematria:	1101(1 + 200 + 900)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
Usage:	2504 times in OT

Description

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
1e) (almost wholly late in usage)
1e1) lands, countries
1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan

Synonyms

אֶ֫רֶץ	erets	♀	H0776	(2504 ggr)	land
אָבָק	avaq	♂	H0080	(6 ggr)	dust
אֲדָמָה	adamah	♀	H0127	(225 ggr)	land
אֵ֫פֶר	efer	♂	H0665	(22 ggr)	ashes
חֹ֫מֶר	chomer	♂	H2563a	(17 ggr)	clay
טִיט	tit	♂	H2916	(13 ggr)	mud
עָפָר	afar	♂	H6083	(110 ggr)	dust

*The bars show how many times the word is used in the Old Testament.

Word root

Word with erets as root:

אַרְצָא

Artsa

H0777

Arza

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word erets was translated to the following:

ἄγριος	agrios	G0066	wild
ἀγρός	agros	G0068	field
ἄνθρωπος	anthropos	G0444	man
γῆ	ge	G1093	earth
ἔδαφος	edaphos	G1475	ground
ἔθνος	ethnos	G1484	Gentiles
ἔξωθεν	exothen	G1855	xothen /ex·o·then/] adv
κατοικέω	katoikeo	G2730	dwell
ὁδός	hodos	G3598	way
οἰκέω	oikeo	G3611	dwell
οἶκος	oikos	G3624	house
οἰκουμένη	oikoumene	G3625	world
ὅριον	horion	G3725	coast
οὐρανός	ouranos	G3772	heaven
χώρα	chora	G5561	country

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