אֲרַק
ʼăraq · H778 · Aramaic · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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heaven and earth, universe
A more or less fixed phrase: the heavens and the earth, equivalent to a single lexical item: the totality of God's creation
ExamplesJeremiah 10:11 This is what you shall say to them: “The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עֲבַדcut 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- עָפָר ʻâphâr · H6083 · dirt, dust, powder
- עָפָר emphasizes the material substance of earth as dust or loose soil, often contrasting with the more general territorial or cosmic sense of 'earth,' but can overlap in contexts referring to the ground or earthly material.
- אֲדָמָה ʼădâmâh · H127 · ground, earth, land
- אֲדָמָה typically denotes cultivable soil or ground with agricultural connotations, though it can also refer more generally to 'earth' or 'land' in contexts overlapping with אֲרַק's sense.
Contrasting words 1 word
- שָׁמַיִם shâmayim · H8064 · heaven, sky, heavenly beings
- שָׁמַיִם ('heaven/sky') stands as the standard lexical opposite to 'earth' in biblical cosmology, representing the upper realm in contrast to the lower/terrestrial realm denoted by earth-terms.
In the other Testament 1 word
- γῆ gē · G1093 · earth, world, land
- γῆ is the standard Greek equivalent for Hebrew terms meaning 'earth' or 'land,' serving as the direct translation counterpart in the LXX for most Hebrew earth/land vocabulary.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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