ארץ
'erets
eh'-rets
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV Usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X nations, way, + wilderness, world.
ארץ
'erets
eh'-rets
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions
1. land, earth
a. earth
1. whole earth (as opposed to a part)
2. earth (as opposed to heaven)
3. earth (inhabitants)
b. land
1. country, territory
2. district, region
3. tribal territory
4. piece of ground
5. land of Canaan, Israel
6. inhabitants of land
7. Sheol, land without return, (under) world
8. city (-state)
c. ground, surface of the earth
1. ground
2. soil
d. (in phrases)
1. people of the land
2. space or distance of country (in measurements of distance)
3. level or plain country
4. land of the living
5. end(s) of the earth
e. (almost wholly late in usage)
1. lands, countries 1e
f. often in contrast to Canaan
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
TWOT: 167
Parts of Speech: Noun Feminine