Reference: Earth
Hastings
EARTH in OT usually stands for one or other of the Heb. words 'eretz and 'ad
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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Then God said, "Let the water swarm with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky."
Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
Earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord!
For He has not subjected to angels the world to come that we are talking about.