Words the Bible translates as land
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- gēγῆthe earth: the physical world God made, from the soil underfoot to a named country to the whole created realm set against heaven.
- eretsאֶרֶץthe ground at any scale: the dirt underfoot, a country with borders, or the whole earth beneath the sky
- sadehשָׂדֶהa field: the land outside the settlement, from a plowed plot somebody owns to the untamed open country.
- chōraχώραa bounded stretch of land: a region, the countryside, or a field, with the scale set by context
- adamahאֲדָמָהthe cultivable ground: the living, reddish soil people are made from, work, belong to, and answer to
- katagōκατάγωto bring or lead someone or something down, from a higher place to a lower one
- katerchomaiκατέρχομαιto come down: to travel or move from a higher place, region, or point down to a lower one
- chōrionχωρίονa bounded piece of ground: a plot, field, or estate, thought of as somebody's property
- yabbashahיַבָּשָׁהdry land: the solid, habitable ground that stands apart from the sea
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