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(2). As the rendering of ’erets, it means the whole world (Genesis 1:2); the land as opposed to the sea (1:10). Erets also denotes a country (21:32); a plot of ground (23:15); the ground on which a man stands (33:3); the inhabitants of the earth (6:1; 11:1); all the world except Israel (2 Chronicles 13:9). In the New Testament “the earth” denotes the land of Judea (Matthew 23:35); also things carnal in contrast with things heavenly (John 3:31; Colossians 3:1, 2).
•EARTHQUAKE mentioned among the extraordinary phenomena of Palestine (Psalm 18:7; comp. Habakkuk 3:6; Nah. 1:5; Isaiah 5:25).