אֶרֶץ (erets) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning earth. It appears
2505 times
in 39 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H776).
Also rendered
land
country/planet
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 167)
Range of meaning (TWOT 167)earth, land; ground, soil; people of the land, the country of the plain, level, plain country, land of the living, end(s) of the earth; countries, lands of the nations; country, field, way, world
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
אֶ֫רֶץnoun, feminine: earth, land
1.
a.earth, whole earth (opposite to a part)
b.earth, opposite to heaven, sky
c.earth = inhabitants of earth
2.land
a.country, territory
b.district, region
c.trial territory
d.piece of ground
e.specifically land of Canaan, or Israel
f.inhabitants of land
g.used even of Shᵉʼôl
3.
a.ground, surface of ground
b.soil, as productive
4.אֶרֶץ in phrases
a.people of the land
b.in measurements of distance
c.the country of the plain, level or plain country
d.land of the living
e.end(s) of the earth
5.plural אֲרָצוֹת is almost wholly late; it denotes lands, countries, often in contrast to Canaan, lands of the nations
Strong's H776אֶרֶץ: the earth (at large, or partitively a land) KJV:× common, country, earth, field, ground, land, × natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.