(1) ‘erets;

 (2) ‘adhamah;

 (3) sadheh,

 "a piece of land";

 (4) ge, "earth";

 (5) agros, "field";

 (6) chora, "region";

 (7) chorion, diminutive of chora;

 (8) xeros, "dry land";

 (9) ‘ezrach, "native" the King James Version "born in the land," "born among you," the Revised Version (British and American) "home-born" (Le 19:34; 14:16; Nu 15:30); "like a green tree in its native soil" (Ps 37:35)):

 ‘Erets occurs hundreds of times and is used in much the same way as ‘adhamah, which also occurs often: e.g. "land of Egypt," ‘erets mitsrayim (Ge 13:10), and ‘adhmath mitsrayim (Ge 47:20). The other words occur less often, and are used in the senses indicated above.

  Alfred Ely Day

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