Strong's #776: 'erets (pronounced eh'-rets)
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 natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
'erets
1) land, earth
1a) earth
1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part)
1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven)
1a3) earth (inhabitants)
1b) land
1b1) country, territory
1b2) district, region
1b3) tribal territory
1b4) piece of ground
1b5) land of Canaan, Israel
1b6) inhabitants of land
1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world
1b8) city (-state)
1c) ground, surface of the earth
1c1) ground
1c2) soil
1d) (in phrases)
1d1) people of the land
1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance)
1d3) level or plain country
1d4) land of the living
1d5) end(s) of the earth
1e) (almost wholly late in usage)
1e1) lands, countries
1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Relation: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
Usage:
This word is used 2505 times:
Genesis 36:31: "are the kings that reigned in the land before there reigned any king"
Genesis 36:34: "And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the land of Temani in his stead."
Genesis 36:43: "of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father"
Genesis 37:1: "And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, of Canaan."
Genesis 37:1: "in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan."
Genesis 37:10: "and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?"
Genesis 38:9: "his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother."
Genesis 40:15: "For indeed I was stolen away out of the land out of the land of the Hebrews: and here"
Genesis 41:19: "such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:"
Genesis 41:29: "of great throughout all the land of Egypt:"
Genesis 41:30: "the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume"
Genesis 41:30: "and the famine shall consume the land;"
Genesis 41:31: "And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of famine"
Genesis 41:33: "and set him over the land of Egypt."
Genesis 41:34: "this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt"
Genesis 41:34: "and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years."
Genesis 41:36: "And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven of famine, which"
Genesis 41:36: "of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not"
Genesis 41:36: "shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine."
Genesis 41:41: "thee over all the land of Egypt."
Genesis 41:43: "and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt."
Genesis 41:44: "his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt."
Genesis 41:45: "And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt."
Genesis 41:46: "from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt."
Genesis 41:47: "And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth"
Genesis 41:48: "which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities:"
Genesis 41:52: "For hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction."
Genesis 41:53: "of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended."
Genesis 41:54: "and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was"
Genesis 41:54: "in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread."
Genesis 41:55: "And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people to Pharaoh"
Genesis 41:56: "over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all"
Genesis 41:56: "unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt."
Genesis 41:57: "And all countries came into Egypt to for to buy corn; because"
Genesis 41:57: "that the famine was so sore in all lands."
Genesis 42:5: "for the famine was in the land of Canaan."
Genesis 42:6: "And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he to all the people"
Genesis 42:6: "to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves"
Genesis 42:6: "came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth."
Genesis 42:7: "them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land From the land of Canaan to buy"
Genesis 42:9: "to see the nakedness of the land ye are come."
Genesis 42:12: "but to see of the land ye are come."
Genesis 42:13: "brethren, the sons man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest"
Genesis 42:29: "unto Jacob their father unto the land and told him all"
Genesis 42:30: "The man, who is the lord of the land, spoke roughly us, and took us for spies"
Genesis 42:30: "us, and took us for spies of the country."
Genesis 42:32: "and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan."
Genesis 42:33: "And the man, the lord of the country, said unto shall I know that"
Genesis 42:34: "you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land."
Genesis 43:1: "And the famine was sore in the land."
