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אֶרֶץ H776

H776 is the Hebrew word אֶרֶץ, transliterated ʼerets and said eh'-rets. The King James Version most often renders it land.

Word: אֶרֶץTransliteration: ʼeretsSaid: eh'-retsLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 1918 verses

What it means

the earth (at large, or partitively a land).

Where it comes from

from an unused root probably meaning to be firm.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 1,932 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

land 1137×earth 475×out of the land 80×country 67×ground 65×countries 25×lands 22×throughout all the land 17×whole earth 16×whole land 12×over the land 9×own land 7×

Strong's own list of renderings: [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Verses using אֶרֶץ

The first 40 of 1918 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 1:2 · KJV

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:10 · KJV

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:11 · KJV

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

Genesis 1:12 · KJV

And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:20 · KJV

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

Genesis 1:24 · KJV

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

Genesis 1:25 · KJV

And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:26 · KJV

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Genesis 1:28 · KJV

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Genesis 1:29 · KJV

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

Genesis 1:30 · KJV

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

Genesis 2:1 · KJV

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

Genesis 2:4 · KJV

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Genesis 2:5 · KJV

And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

Genesis 2:6 · KJV

But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

Genesis 2:11 · KJV

The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

Genesis 2:12 · KJV

And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

Genesis 2:13 · KJV

And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

Genesis 4:14 · KJV

Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

Genesis 4:16 · KJV

And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

Genesis 6:4 · KJV

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

Genesis 6:5 · KJV

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 6:6 · KJV

And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

Genesis 6:11 · KJV

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

Genesis 6:12 · KJV

And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

Genesis 6:13 · KJV

And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Genesis 6:17 · KJV

And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

Genesis 7:4 · KJV

For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

Genesis 7:12 · KJV

And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

Genesis 7:14 · KJV

They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.

Genesis 7:17 · KJV

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.

Genesis 7:18 · KJV

And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

Genesis 7:19 · KJV

And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.

Genesis 7:21 · KJV

And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:

Genesis 7:23 · KJV

And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

Genesis 7:24 · KJV

And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

Genesis 8:1 · KJV

And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

Genesis 8:3 · KJV

And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

Genesis 8:9 · KJV

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

Genesis 8:13 · KJV

And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

Common questions

What does Strong's H776 mean?

H776 is the Hebrew word אֶרֶץ (ʼerets), meaning the earth (at large, or partitively a land).

How is H776 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it land (1137 times), earth (475 times), out of the land (80 times), country (67 times), ground (65 times), among others.

How many times does H776 appear in the Bible?

אֶרֶץ (ʼerets) is tagged in 1918 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H776 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm.

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