אֶ֫רֶץ

e.rets

Hebrew H0776 Noun, feminine 2,504 occurrences in 2,190 verses
אֶ֫רֶץ land: country/planet

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)

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Concordance 2,190 verses

  1. Genesis 42:29 אַ֣רְצָה

    When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:

  2. Genesis 42:30 הָאָ֛רֶץהָאָֽרֶץ׃

    “The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

  3. Genesis 42:32 בְּאֶ֥רֶץ

    We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’

  4. Genesis 42:33 הָאָ֔רֶץ

    Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go.

  5. Genesis 42:34 הָאָ֖רֶץ

    But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.’”

  6. Genesis 43:1 בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

    Now the famine was still severe in the land.

  7. Genesis 43:11 הָאָ֙רֶץ֙

    Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.

  8. Genesis 43:26 אָֽרְצָה׃

    When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.

  9. Genesis 44:8 מֵאֶ֣רֶץ

    We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?

  10. Genesis 44:11 אָ֑רְצָה

    So each one quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.

  11. Genesis 44:14 אָֽרְצָה׃

    When Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.

  12. Genesis 45:6 הָאָ֑רֶץ

    For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.

  13. Genesis 45:7 בָּאָ֑רֶץ

    God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

  14. Genesis 45:8 אֶ֥רֶץ

    Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

  15. Genesis 45:10 בְאֶֽרֶץ־

    You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.

  16. Genesis 45:17 אַ֥רְצָה

    Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan.

  17. Genesis 45:18 אֶ֣רֶץהָאָֽרֶץ׃

    Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’

  18. Genesis 45:19 מֵאֶ֨רֶץ

    You are also directed to tell them: ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your young children and your wives, and bring your father and come back.

  19. Genesis 45:20 אֶ֥רֶץ

    But pay no regard to your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”

  20. Genesis 45:25 אֶ֣רֶץ

    So the brothers went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.

  21. Genesis 45:26 אֶ֣רֶץ

    “Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.

  22. Genesis 46:6 בְּאֶ֣רֶץ

    They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.

  23. Genesis 46:12 בְּאֶ֣רֶץ

    The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

  24. Genesis 46:20 בְּאֶ֣רֶץ

    Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.

  25. Genesis 46:28 אַ֥רְצָה

    Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen,

  26. Genesis 46:31 בְּאֶֽרֶץ־

    Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh: ‘My brothers and my father’s household from the land of Canaan have come to me.

  27. Genesis 46:34 בְּאֶ֣רֶץ

    you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”

  28. Genesis 47:1 מֵאֶ֣רֶץבְּאֶ֥רֶץ

    So Joseph went and told Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.”

  29. Genesis 47:4 בָּאָרֶץ֮בְּאֶ֣רֶץבְּאֶ֥רֶץ

    Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”

  30. Genesis 47:6 אֶ֤רֶץהָאָ֔רֶץבְּאֶ֣רֶץ

    the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”

  31. Genesis 47:11 בְּאֶ֣רֶץהָאָ֖רֶץבְּאֶ֣רֶץ

    So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

  32. Genesis 47:13 הָאָ֔רֶץאֶ֤רֶץוְאֶ֣רֶץ

    There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.

  33. Genesis 47:14 בְאֶֽרֶץ־וּבְאֶ֣רֶץ

    Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh’s palace.

  34. Genesis 47:15 מֵאֶ֣רֶץוּמֵאֶ֣רֶץ

    When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our funds have run out!”

  35. Genesis 47:20 הָאָ֖רֶץ

    So Joseph acquired for Pharaoh all the land in Egypt; the Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields because the famine was so severe upon them. The land became Pharaoh’s,

  36. Genesis 47:27 בְּאֶ֥רֶץבְּאֶ֣רֶץ

    Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.

  37. Genesis 47:28 בְּאֶ֣רֶץ

    And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years.

  38. Genesis 48:3 בְּאֶ֣רֶץ

    Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me

  39. Genesis 48:4 הָאָ֧רֶץ

    and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’

  40. Genesis 48:5 בְּאֶ֣רֶץ

    And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.

  41. Genesis 48:7 בְּאֶ֤רֶץאֶ֖רֶץ

    Now as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way in the land of Canaan, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).

  42. Genesis 48:12 אָֽרְצָה׃

    Then Joseph removed his sons from his father’s knees and bowed facedown.

  43. Genesis 48:16 הָאָֽרֶץ׃

    the angel who has redeemed me from all harm— may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”

  44. Genesis 48:21 אֶ֖רֶץ

    Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.

  45. Genesis 49:15 הָאָ֖רֶץ

    He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.

  46. Genesis 49:30 בְּאֶ֣רֶץ

    The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

  47. Genesis 50:5 בְּאֶ֣רֶץ

    my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”

  48. Genesis 50:7 אֶֽרֶץ־

    Then Joseph went to bury his father, and all the servants of Pharaoh accompanied him—the elders of Pharaoh’s household and all the elders of the land of Egypt—

  49. Genesis 50:8 בְּאֶ֥רֶץ

    along with all of Joseph’s household, and his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen.

  50. Genesis 50:11 הָאָ֨רֶץ

    When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.

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