Strong's Lexicon

H1918

H1918 — הֲדַס

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewhadacnoun mascOccurrences: 6TWOT: 475

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1918
Word:	הֲדַס
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	of uncertain derivation
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	6
Transliteration:	hadac
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	had-as'
Meaning:	1. the myrtle
KJV Renderings:	myrtle (tree).

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הֲדַס noun masculine^{Isa 55:13} myrtle (-tree), only late (Late Hebrew, Aram id.; Arabic [untranscribed source text 1251] (in the dialect of Yemen); also [untranscribed source text 1252], Aramaic אָסָה, [untranscribed source text 1253]; compare Löw^{No. 25}) — absolute ׳ ה Isa 41:19; Neh 8:15 הֲדַ֑ס Isa 55:13 plural הַהֲדַסִּים Zech 1:8 + 2 t. (on form compare Ges^{«GKC:98»§ 98}, R. 4) — Isa 41:9 (|| תְּאַשּׁוּר , תִּדְהָר, בְּרוֺשׁ, עֵץ שָׁ֑מֶן, שִׁטָּה אֶרֶז); Isa 55:13 (|| בְּרוֺשׁ; opposed to הַסִּרְפַֹּד ), עֲלֵי הֲדַס Neh 8:15 (|| עֵץ עָבוֺת ׳ ע, תְּמָרִים ׳ ע, עֲץשֶֿׁמֶן ׳ ע עֲלֵיזַֿיִת); plural Zech 1:8; Zech 1:10; Zech 1:11.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

הדס (hs)

Nehemiah 8:15

KJV: And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.

EHCC: and myrile

Isaiah 41:19

KJV: I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:

EHCC: the shittah focraen the myrtle,

Isaiah 85:13

EHCC: shall come up the myrtle tree ;

Zechariah 1:8

KJV: I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.speckled: or, bay

EHCC: he stood among the myrtle trecs

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