H776 Earth, eres

• Pronounced "eh'-rets.
• Literally to be firm, the firmness.  Strongs: from an unused root probably meaning "to be firm".
• Used for:
  • The earth at large
  • A particular land or portion of the earth
  • For the physical creation in whole or in part.
  • For the earth’s people. Gen 11.9a (note Gen 11.9 uses the word in both senses, first as the earth’s people, then as the earth the people inhabit)
• English words used in the KJV (ref. Strongs Concordance): land, 1543 times; earth, 712 times; country, 140; ground, 8; world, 4; way, 3; common, 1; firld, 1; nations, 1; wilderness (used combined with midbar, a wilderness), 1.