אֶרֶץ

Strong’s Definition

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Etymology & Derivation

from an unused root probably meaning to be firm;

KJV Usage

[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.land, earth
• 2.earth
• 3.land
• 4.ground, surface of the earth
• 5.(in phrases)
• 6.(almost wholly late in usage)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼerets; Pronunciation: eh'-rets