What does אֶרֶץ · γῆ mean in the Bible?
אֶרֶץ · γῆ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "earth, land, territory, the inhabited world".
Hebrew · H776, G1093
Erets
The earth (at large, or partitively a land ) · earth: soil
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אֶרֶץ H776 the earth (at large, or partitively a land )
Pronunciation erets
Physical ground and soil extend metaphorically to inhabited territory, nation, and cosmic order under divine rule.
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γῆ G1093 earth: soil
Pronunciation gē
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What does erets (erets) mean in the Bible?
אֶרֶץ · γῆ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "earth, land, territory, the inhabited world".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H776, G1093?
H776, G1093 is connected to 2,505 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. earth, land, territory, the inhabited world
Strong's H776, G1093
Lexical occurrences 2,505 verses Source Gloss
earth, land, territory, the inhabited world
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain