Genesis 10:20
These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
Read in context →DEEP KJV WORD STUDY
Countries
Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.
Luke 21:21
Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
Read in context →Ezekiel
24 occurrences in 22 verses.
Browse those occurrences →Where countries appears.
This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets · eh'-rets
48 times translated as this KJV form2,504 total Strong's occurrences
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Strong's KJV usage: × common, country, earth, field, ground, land, × natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 10:20Strong's last: Daniel 11:42
Open full H776 profile →χώρα
chṓra · kho'-rah
1 times translated as this KJV form27 total Strong's occurrences
room, i.e. a space of territory (more or less extensive; often including its inhabitants)
Strong's KJV usage: :--coast, county, fields, ground, land, region.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 21:21Strong's last: Luke 21:21
Open full G5561 profile →מֶרְחָק
merchâq · mer-khawk'
1 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar
Strong's KJV usage: (a-, dwell in, very) far (country, off). See also 1023.
Strong's first: Zechariah 10:9Strong's last: Zechariah 10:9
Open full H4801 profile →נֶפֶת
nepheth · neh'-feth
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a height
Strong's KJV usage: country.
Strong's first: Joshua 17:11Strong's last: Joshua 17:11
Open full H5316 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
Read the word in context.
4 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.
H776
O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
H776
And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
no direct Strong's tag
He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
H776
He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
English meaning and historical usage.
Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.
country
COUNTRY, noun [Latin , land adjacent to a city. Hence the citizen says, let us go into the country The Latin has conterraneus, a countryman.]
1. Properly, the land lying about or near a city; the territory situated in the vicinity of a city. Our friend has a seat in the country a few miles from town. See Mark 5:1. Luke 8:26. Hence,
2. The whole territory of a kingdom or state, as opposed to city. We say, the gentleman has a seat in the country at any distance from town indefinitely. Hence,
3. Any tract of land, or inhabited land; any region, as distinguished from other regions; a kingdom, state or lesser district. We speak of all the countries of Europe or Asia.
And they came into the country of Moab. Ruth 1:1.
4. The kingdom , state or territory in which one is born; the land of nativity; or the particular district indefinitely in which one is born. America is my country or Connecticut is my country
Laban said, it must not be so done in our country Genesis 29:26.
5. The region in which one resides.
He sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country Hebrews 11:9.
6. Land, as opposed to water; or inhabited territory.
The shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country Acts 27:27.
7. The inhabitants of a region.
All the country wept with a loud voice. 2 Samuel 15:23.
8. A place of residence; a region of permanent habitation.
They declare plainly that they seek a country Hebrews 11:9.
They desire a better country a heavenly. Hebrews 11:9.
9. In law, a jury or jurors; as, trial by the country per pais.
COUNTRY, adjective
1. Pertaining to the country or territory at a distance from a city; rural; rustic; as a country town; a country seat; a country squire; a country life; the country party, as opposed to city party.
2. Pertaining or peculiar to ones own country
He spoke in his country language.
3. Rude; ignorant.
COUNTRY-dance, and erroneous orthography. [See Contra-dance.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
Know what each layer is—and what it is not.
Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.