אֲרַעʼăraʻ
ᵑ7: of direction, earthward, i.e.
Pronunciation: ar-ah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H772
Meanings
downward (Daniel 2:35; Daniel 2:39; Ezra 5:11; Jeremiah 10:11; Ruth 4:4)
: earth, = [אֲרַע] (Jeremiah 10:11)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 21 times in the Bible.
- Ezra 5:11 “This was their answer: ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the Temple that was built here many years ago by a great king of Israel.
- Jeremiah 10:11 Say this to those who worship other gods: “Your so-called gods, who did not make the heavens and earth, will vanish from the earth and from under the heavens.”
- Daniel 2:35 The whole statue was crushed into small pieces of iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold. Then the wind blew them away without a trace, like chaff on a threshing floor. But the rock that knocked the statue down became a great mountain that covered the whole earth.
- Daniel 2:39 “But after your kingdom comes to an end, another kingdom, inferior to yours, will rise to take your place. After that kingdom has fallen, yet a third kingdom, represented by bronze, will rise to rule the world.
- Daniel 4:1 King Nebuchadnezzar sent this message to the people of every race and nation and language throughout the world: “Peace and prosperity to you!
- Daniel 4:10 “‘While I was lying in my bed, this is what I dreamed. I saw a large tree in the middle of the earth.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).