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((1) 'erets; (2) 'adhamah; (3) sadheh, "a piece of land"; (4) ge, "earth"; (5) agros, "field"; (6) chora, "region"; (7) chorion, diminutive of chora; (8) xeros, "dry land"; (9) 'ezrach, "native" the King James Version "born in the land," "born among you," the Revised Version (British and American) "home-born" ( Le 19:34 ; 14:16 ; Nu 15:30 ); "like a green tree in its native soil" ( Ps 37:35 )): 'Erets occurs hundreds of times and is used in much the same way as 'adhamah, which also occurs often: e.g. "land of Egypt," 'erets mitsrayim ( Ge 13:10 ), and 'adhmath mitsrayim ( Ge 47:20 ). The other words occur less often, and are used in the senses indicated above. See COUNTRY ; EARTH . Alfred Ely Day