- Original: ארץ - Transliteration: 'erets - Phonetic: eh'-rets - Definition: 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 entry: 167 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large or partitively a land): - X common country earth field ground land X nations way + wilderness world. Total KJV Occurrences: 2504 • countries, 48 Genesis 10:20; Genesis 26:3; Genesis 26:4; Genesis 41:57; 2 Kings 18:35; 1 Chronicles 22:5; 1 Chronicles 29:30; 2 Chronicles 11:23; 2 Chronicles 12:8; 2 Chronicles 15:5; 2 Chronicles 20:29; 2 Chronicles 34:33; Ezra 3:3; Psalm 110:6; Isaiah 8:9; Isaiah 37:18; Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 23:8; Jeremiah 28:8; Jeremiah 32:37; Jeremiah 40:11; Ezekiel 5:5; Ezekiel 5:6; Ezekiel 6:8; Ezekiel 11:16(2); Ezekiel 11:17; Ezekiel 12:15; Ezekiel 20:23; Ezekiel 20:32; Ezekiel 20:34; Ezekiel 20:41; Ezekiel 22:4; Ezekiel 22:15; Ezekiel 25:7; Ezekiel 29:12(2); Ezekiel 30:7; Ezekiel 30:23; Ezekiel 30:26; Ezekiel 32:9; Ezekiel 34:13; Ezekiel 35:10; Ezekiel 36:19; Ezekiel 36:24; Daniel 9:7; Daniel 11:40; Daniel 11:42 • country, 92 Genesis 12:1; Genesis 19:28; Genesis 20:1; Genesis 24:4; Genesis 24:62; Genesis 25:6; Genesis 30:25; Genesis 32:9; Genesis 34:2; Genesis 36:6; Genesis 42:30; Genesis 42:33; Genesis 47:27; Leviticus 25:31; Numbers 20:17; Numbers 32:4; Numbers 32:33; Deuteronomy 4:43; Deuteronomy 26:3; Joshua 2:2; Joshua 2:3; Joshua 2:24; Joshua 6:22; Joshua 6:27; Joshua 7:2; Joshua 9:6; Joshua 9:9; Joshua 9:11; Joshua 10:40; Joshua 10:41; Joshua 12:7; Joshua 13:21; Joshua 19:51; Joshua 22:9; Judges 8:28; Judges 11:21; Judges 12:12; Judges 16:24; Judges 18:14; 2 Samuel 15:23; 2 Samuel 18:8; 2 Samuel 21:14; 1 Kings 4:19(2); 1 Kings 8:41; 1 Kings 10:13; 1 Kings 10:15; 1 Kings 11:21; 1 Kings 11:22; 1 Kings 20:27; 1 Kings 22:36; 2 Kings 3:20; 2 Kings 18:35; 2 Kings 20:14; 1 Chronicles 20:1; 2 Chronicles 6:32; 2 Chronicles 9:14; 2 Chronicles 30:10; Proverbs 25:25; Isaiah 1:7; Isaiah 13:5; Isaiah 22:18; Isaiah 39:3; Isaiah 46:11; Jeremiah 2:7; Jeremiah 4:16; Jeremiah 6:20; Jeremiah 6:22; Jeremiah 8:19; Jeremiah 10:22; Jeremiah 22:10; Jeremiah 22:26; Jeremiah 23:8; Jeremiah 31:8; Jeremiah 32:8; Jeremiah 44:1; Jeremiah 46:10; Jeremiah 48:21; Jeremiah 50:9; Jeremiah 51:9; Ezekiel 20:38; Ezekiel 20:42; Ezekiel 25:9; Ezekiel 32:15; Ezekiel 34:13; Jonah 1:8; Zechariah 6:6(2); Zechariah 6:8(2); Zechariah 8:7(2) • desolation, 1 Leviticus 26:32 • earth, 711 Genesis 1:1; Genesis 1:2; Genesis 1:10; Genesis 1:11(2); Genesis 1:12; Genesis 1:15; Genesis 1:17; Genesis 1:20; Genesis 1:22; Genesis 1:24(2); Genesis 1:25; Genesis 1:26(2); Genesis 1:28(2); Genesis 1:29; Genesis 1:30(2); Genesis 2:1; Genesis 2:4(2); Genesis 2:5(2); Genesis 2:6; Genesis 4:12; Genesis 4:14; Genesis 6:4; Genesis 6:5; Genesis 6:6; Genesis 6:11(2); Genesis 6:12(2); Genesis 6:13(2); Genesis 6:17(2); Genesis 7:3; Genesis 7:4; Genesis 7:6; Genesis 7:10; Genesis 7:12; Genesis 7:14; Genesis 7:17(2); Genesis 7:18; Genesis 7:19; Genesis 7:21(2); Genesis 7:23; Genesis 7:24; Genesis 8:1; Genesis 8:3; Genesis 8:7; Genesis 8:9; Genesis 8:11; Genesis 8:13; Genesis 8:14; Genesis 8:17(3); Genesis 8:19; Genesis 8:22; Genesis 9:1; Genesis 9:2; Genesis 9:7; Genesis 9:10(2); Genesis 9:11; Genesis 9:13; Genesis 9:14; Genesis 9:16; Genesis 9:17; Genesis 9:19; Genesis 10:8; Genesis 10:25; Genesis 10:32; Genesis 11:1; Genesis 11:4; Genesis 11:8; Genesis 11:9(2); Genesis 13:16(2); Genesis 14:19; Genesis 14:22; Genesis 18:18; Genesis 18:25; Genesis 19:23; Genesis 19:31(2); Genesis 22:18; Genesis 24:3; Genesis 24:52; Genesis 26:4; Genesis 27:28; Genesis 27:39; Genesis 28:12; Genesis 28:14; Genesis 37:10; Genesis 41:47; Genesis 41:56; Genesis 42:6; Genesis 43:26; Genesis 45:7; Genesis 48:12; Genesis 48:16; Exodus 8:17; Exodus 8:22; Exodus 9:14; Exodus 9:15; Exodus 9:16; Exodus 9:29; Exodus 9:33; Exodus 10:5(2); Exodus 10:15; Exodus 15:12; Exodus 19:5; Exodus 20:4(2); Exodus 20:11; Exodus 31:17; Exodus 34:8; Exodus 34:10; Leviticus 11:2; Leviticus 11:21; Leviticus 11:29; Leviticus 11:41; Leviticus 11:42; Leviticus 11:44; Leviticus 11:46; Leviticus 26:19; Numbers 11:31; Numbers 14:21; Numbers 16:32; Numbers 16:33; Numbers 16:34; Numbers 22:5; Numbers 22:11; Numbers 26:10; Deuteronomy 3:24; Deuteronomy 4:17; Deuteronomy 4:18; Deuteronomy 4:26; Deuteronomy 4:32; Deuteronomy 4:36; Deuteronomy 4:39; Deuteronomy 5:8(2); Deuteronomy 10:14; Deuteronomy 11:6; Deuteronomy 11:21; Deuteronomy 12:16; Deuteronomy 12:24; Deuteronomy 13:7(2); Deuteronomy 28:1; Deuteronomy 28:10; Deuteronomy 28:23; Deuteronomy 28:25; Deuteronomy 28:26; Deuteronomy 28:49; Deuteronomy 28:64; Deuteronomy 30:19; Deuteronomy 31:28; Deuteronomy 32:1; Deuteronomy 32:13; Deuteronomy 32:22; Deuteronomy 33:16; Deuteronomy 33:17; Joshua 2:11; Joshua 3:11; Joshua 3:13; Joshua 4:24; Joshua 5:14; Joshua 7:6; Joshua 7:9; Joshua 7:21; Joshua 23:14; Judges 3:25; Judges 5:4; Judges 6:4; Judges 6:37; Judges 18:10; 1 Samuel 2:8; 1 Samuel 2:10; 1 Samuel 4:5; 1 Samuel 5:3; 1 Samuel 14:15; 1 Samuel 17:46(2); 1 Samuel 17:49; 1 Samuel 24:8; 1 Samuel 25:41; 1 Samuel 26:8; 1 Samuel 26:20; 1 Samuel 28:13; 1 Samuel 28:20; 1 Samuel 28:23; 1 Samuel 30:16; 2 Samuel 1:2; 2 Samuel 4:11; 2 Samuel 7:9; 2 Samuel 7:23; 2 Samuel 12:16; 2 Samuel 12:17; 2 Samuel 12:20; 2 Samuel 13:31; 2 Samuel 14:11; 2 Samuel 14:20; 2 Samuel 18:9; 2 Samuel 18:28; 2 Samuel 22:8; 2 Samuel 22:43; 2 Samuel 23:4; 1 Kings 1:31; 1 Kings 1:40; 1 Kings 1:52; 1 Kings 2:2; 1 Kings 4:34; 1 Kings 8:23; 1 Kings 8:27; 1 Kings 8:43; 1 Kings 8:53; 1 Kings 8:60; 1 Kings 10:23; 1 Kings 10:24; 1 Kings 18:42; 2 Kings 5:15; 2 Kings 10:10; 2 Kings 19:15(2); 2 Kings 19:19; 1 Chronicles 1:10; 1 Chronicles 1:19; 1 Chronicles 16:14; 1 Chronicles 16:23; 1 Chronicles 16:30; 1 Chronicles 16:31; 1 Chronicles 16:33; 1 Chronicles 17:8; 1 Chronicles 17:21; 1 Chronicles 21:16; 1 Chronicles 22:8; 1 Chronicles 29:11; 1 Chronicles 29:15; 2 Chronicles 1:9; 2 Chronicles 2:12; 2 Chronicles 6:14; 2 Chronicles 6:18; 2 Chronicles 6:33; 2 Chronicles 9:22; 2 Chronicles 9:23; 2 Chronicles 16:9; 2 Chronicles 20:24; 2 Chronicles 32:19; 2 Chronicles 36:23; Ezra 1:2; Nehemiah 9:6; Job 1:7; Job 1:8; Job 2:2; Job 2:3; Job 3:14; Job 5:10; Job 5:22; Job 5:25; Job 7:1; Job 8:9; Job 9:6; Job 9:24; Job 11:9; Job 12:8; Job 12:15; Job 12:24; """