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Strong's H776 - 'erets

אֶרֶץ

Transliteration 'erets		Pronunciation eh'·rets (Key)
Part of Speech feminine noun		Root Word (Etymology) From an unused root probably meaning to be firm
TWOT Reference 167

Outline of Biblical Usage

land, earth
1. earth
  1. whole earth (as opposed to a part)
  2. earth (as opposed to heaven)
  3. earth (inhabitants)
2. 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)
3. ground, surface of the earth
  1. ground
  2. soil
4. (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
5. (almost wholly late in usage)
  1. lands, countries
    1. often in contrast to Canaan

Authorized Version (KJV) Translation Count — Total: 2504

AV — land 1543, earth 712, country 140, ground 98, world 4, way 3, common 1, field 1, nations 1, wilderness + 04057 1

Strong's Definition (Help) (Legend)

אֶרֶץ ʼerets, eh'-rets; from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land):—× common, country, earth, field, ground, land, × natins, way, + wilderness, world.

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Concordance Results Using KJV

Strong's H776 - 'erets

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Strong's Number H776 matches the Hebrew אֶרֶץ ('erets), which occurs 0 time in 2 verses in Jon of the Hebrew concordance of the KJV
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Jon 1:8	Then said ^H559 they unto him, Tell ^H5046 us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil ^H7451 is upon us; What is thine occupation? ^H4399 and whence ^H370 comest ^H935 thou? what is thy country? ^H776 and of what people ^H5971 art thou?
Jon 2:6	I went down ^H3381 to the bottoms ^H7095 of the mountains; ^H2022 the earth ^H776 with her bars ^H1280 was about me for ever: ^H5769 yet hast thou brought up ^H5927 my life ^H2416 from corruption, ^H7845 O LORD ^H3068 my God. ^H430

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