Definition

the earth; by implication (figuratively) low

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to H776 (אֶרֶץ);

Word family

• אֶרֶץ ʼerets

How the KJV renders it

• earth
• interior

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.