אֶ֫רֶץ
e.rets
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
a. often in contrast to Canaan
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
a. often in contrast to Canaan
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
Translated as (BSB)
Forms
By book
Old Testament
New Testament
Concordance 2,190 verses
- 2 Chronicles 36:21 הָאָ֖רֶץ
So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD through Jeremiah.
- 2 Chronicles 36:23 הָאָ֙רֶץ֙
“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.’”
- Ezra 1:2 הָאָ֔רֶץ
“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.
- Ezra 3:3 הָאֲרָצ֑וֹת
They set up the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the LORD—both the morning and evening burnt offerings—even though they feared the people of the land.
- Ezra 4:4 הָאָ֔רֶץ
Then the people of the land set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to build.
- Ezra 6:21 הָאָ֖רֶץ
The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel.
- Ezra 9:1 הָאֲרָצ֑וֹת
After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
- Ezra 9:2 הָאֲרָצ֑וֹת
Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”
- Ezra 9:7 הָאֲרָצ֗וֹת
From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and put to the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.
- Ezra 9:11 הָאָ֗רֶץאֶ֤רֶץהָאֲרָצ֑וֹת
that You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end.
- Ezra 9:12 הָאָ֔רֶץ
Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, leaving it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’
- Ezra 10:2 הָאָ֑רֶץ
Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.
- Ezra 10:11 הָאָ֔רֶץ
Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”
- Nehemiah 4:4 בְּאֶ֥רֶץ
Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.
- Nehemiah 5:14 בְּאֶ֣רֶץ
Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.
- Nehemiah 8:6 אָֽרְצָה׃
Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands uplifted, all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
- Nehemiah 9:6 הָאָ֜רֶץ
You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.
- Nehemiah 9:8 אֶרֶץ֩
You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites— to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.
- Nehemiah 9:10 אַרְצ֔וֹ
You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.
- Nehemiah 9:15 הָאָ֔רֶץ
In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land which You had sworn to give them.
- Nehemiah 9:22 אֶ֣רֶץאֶ֙רֶץ֙אֶ֖רֶץ
You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan.
- Nehemiah 9:23 הָאָ֔רֶץ
You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.
- Nehemiah 9:24 הָאָ֔רֶץהָאָ֙רֶץ֙הָאָ֔רֶץ
So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished.
- Nehemiah 9:30 הָאֲרָצֹֽת׃
You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.
- Nehemiah 9:35 וּבְאֶ֨רֶץ
For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.
- Nehemiah 9:36 וְהָאָ֜רֶץ
So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness— here we are as slaves!
- Nehemiah 10:28 הָאֲרָצוֹת֙
“The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand,
- Nehemiah 10:30 הָאָ֑רֶץ
We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.
- Nehemiah 10:31 הָאָ֡רֶץ
When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow, and will cancel every debt.
- Esther 8:17 הָאָ֙רֶץ֙
In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.
- Esther 10:1 הָאָ֖רֶץ
Now King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its farthest shores.
- Job 1:1 בְאֶֽרֶץ־
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
- Job 1:7 בָּאָ֔רֶץ
“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”
- Job 1:8 בָּאָ֔רֶץ
Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”
- Job 1:10 בָּאָֽרֶץ׃
Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
- Job 1:20 אַ֖רְצָה
Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
- Job 2:2 בָּאָ֔רֶץ
“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”
- Job 2:3 בָּאָ֗רֶץ
Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
- Job 2:13 לָאָ֔רֶץ
Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.
- Job 3:14 אָ֑רֶץ
with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
- Job 5:10 אָ֑רֶץ
He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
- Job 5:22 הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ
You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
- Job 5:25 הָאָֽרֶץ׃
You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
- Job 7:1 אָ֑רֶץ
“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
- Job 8:9 אָֽרֶץ׃
For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
- Job 9:6 אֶ֭רֶץ
He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.
- Job 9:24 אֶ֤רֶץ׀
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
- Job 10:21 אֶ֖רֶץ
before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom,
- Job 10:22 אֶ֤רֶץ
to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
- Job 11:9 מֵאֶ֣רֶץ
Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.