What does אֶרֶץ · כְּנַעַן mean in the Bible?
אֶרֶץ · כְּנַעַן is a Hebrew phrase meaning "land of Canaan".
Hebrew · H776, H3667
אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן
The earth (at large, or partitively a land ) · Kenaan , a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him
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אֶרֶץ H776 the earth (at large, or partitively a land )
Pronunciation erets
Physical ground and soil extend metaphorically to inhabited territory, nation, and cosmic order under divine rule.
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כְּנַעַן H3667 Kenaan , a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him
Pronunciation kenaan
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What does אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן (erets Kena'an) mean in the Bible?
אֶרֶץ · כְּנַעַן is a Hebrew phrase meaning "land of Canaan".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H776, H3667?
H776, H3667 is connected to 2,599 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. land of Canaan
Strong's H776, H3667
Lexical occurrences 2,599 verses Source Gloss
land of Canaan
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain