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Earth in Scripture.

Explore earth in the Bible through the Hebrew 'Eretz' (Earth, land) and Greek 'Gē' (Earth, land). Discover how every original-language word for Earth deepens your understanding of Scripture.

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Strong'sWordLanguageDefinitionOccurrences
H776אֶרֶץʼeretsHebrew

[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world. - the earth (at large, or partitively a land) 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

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G1093γῆGreek

contracted from a primary word country, earth(-ly), ground, land, world. - soil - by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application)

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