Midvash

אֶרֶץʼerets

earth, land

Pronunciation: eh'-rets · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H776

Meanings

1.

a. whole earth (opposed to a part) (Genesis 18:18; Genesis 18:25; Genesis 22:18)

b. earth, opposed to heaven, sky (Genesis 1:2; Exodus 20:4; Deuteronomy 5:8)

c. = inhabitants of earth (Genesis 6:11; 1 Kings 2:2; 1 Kings 10:24)

2. land

e. land (Genesis 11:31; Genesis 12:1; Genesis 12:5)

g. Sh®°ôl, irƒit la târat (Job 10:21; Job 10:22; Psalms 139:15)

3.

a. ground (Genesis 1:26; Genesis 1:30; Genesis 18:2)

b. soil (Genesis 1:11; Genesis 1:12; Leviticus 19:9)

4. in phrases

a. people of the land (Genesis 23:7; Genesis 23:12; Genesis 23:13)

b. the space, distance of country (Genesis 35:16; Genesis 48:7; 2 Kings 5:19)

c. the country of the plain, level, plain country (Deuteronomy 4:33; Jeremiah 48:21; Psalms 143:10)

d. land of the living (Psalms 27:13; Psalms 142:6)

e. end(s) of the earth (Isaiah 42:10; Isaiah 43:6; Psalms 135:7)

5. denotes lands, countries, often in contrast to Canaan (Jeremiah 16:15; Isaiah 36:20; Isaiah 37:11)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2,504 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
  • Genesis 1:2 The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
  • Genesis 1:10 God called the dry ground “land” and the waters “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
  • Genesis 1:11 Then God said, “Let the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came.” And that is what happened.
  • Genesis 1:12 The land produced vegetation—all sorts of seed-bearing plants, and trees with seed-bearing fruit. Their seeds produced plants and trees of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.
  • Genesis 1:15 Let these lights in the sky shine down on the earth.” And that is what happened.
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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).