Strong's Lexicon

H730

H730 — אֶרֶז

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

Hebrewereznoun mascOccurrences: 70TWOT: 160a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H730
Word:אֶרֶז
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H729
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:70
Transliteration:erez
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:eh-rez'
Meaning:1. a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)
KJV Renderings:cedar (tree).

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אֶ֫רֶז noun masculine Ezek 17:23 cedar; — feminine Ezek 17:22 הָרָמָה ׳ א, but strike out הרמה ᵐ5 Co; — (Arabic [untranscribed source text 407] pine-tree, etc.; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 408] Syriac [untranscribed source text 409]) — ׳ א absolute Lev 14:4 + 19 t., אָ֑רֶז Job 40:17 + 6 t.; plural אֲרָזִיס Isa 9:9 + 35 t.; construct אַרְזֵי Isa 2:13 + 5 t.; suffix אֲרָזֶיךָ Jer 22:17; Zech 11:1 אֲרָזָיו Isa 37:24 = 2Kgs 19:23

1. cedar-tree,
(a) as growing Num 24:6; Ps 148:9; Isa 41:19; Isa 44:14 compare Ezek 31:8 especially as growing on Lebanon 1Kgs 5:13; 2Kgs 14:9 = 2Chr 25:18 (both in fable of Jehoash); often אַרְזֵי (הַ) לְּבָנוֺן Judg 9:15; Isa 2:13; Isa 14:8; Ps 29:5 (twice in verse) (figurative) Ps 104:16, compare 1Kgs 5:20; 2Kgs 19:23 = Isa 37:24; Ps 92:13; Song 5:15; Ezek 27:5 (singular collective) Zech 11:1; Zech 11:2 (figurative); Song 1:17; Ezra 3:7; Jer 22:23 (figurative) Ezek 17:3 (figurative); (
b) especially in simile, of outward power, stateliness & majesty Ps 80:11 (אֵל ׳ א) compare Ezek 31:3 (personified, but see Co on text), Amos 2:9 of individuals Jer 22:7; Ps 92:13; Ezek 17:22; Ezek 17:23 compare other examples of figurative use, above; simile of straightness & strength Job 40:17 (tail of hippopotamus).
2. cedar-timber, cedar-wood for building, עֲצֵי אֲרָזִים 1Sam 5:11; 1Kgs 5:22; 1Kgs 5:24; 1Kgs 6:10; 1Kgs 9:11; 1Chr 14:1; 1Chr 22:4 (twice in verse); 2Chr 2:7; Ezra 3:7 without עֵץ 2Sam 7:2; 2Sam 7:7; 1Kgs 6:9; 1Kgs 6:15; 1Kgs 6:16; 1Kgs 6:18 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 6:20; 1Kgs 6:36; 1Kgs 7:2 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 7:3; 1Kgs 7:7; 1Kgs 7:11; 1Kgs 7:12; 1Kgs 10:27; 1Chr 17:1; 1Chr 17:6; 2Chr 1:15; 2Chr 2:3; 2Chr 9:27 & Song 8:9; Isa 9:9; Jer 22:14; Jer 22:15 (compare also Isa 44:14; 1Kgs 5:20; Ezek 27:5; Ezra 3:7 above)
3. cedar-wood used in purifications, with עֵץ Lev 14:4; Lev 14:6; Lev 14:49; Lev 14:51; Lev 14:52; Num 19:6 (all P ).


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

ארז (eh’-rez)

Leviticus 14:4

KJV: Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:birds: or, sparrows
EHCC: 49. cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

Numbers 19:6

KJV: And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
EHCC: the priest shall take esdar wood,

Judges 9:15

KJV: And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
EHCC: devour the cedars of Lebanon.

2 Samuel 5:11

KJV: And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.masons: Heb. hewers of the stone of the wall
EHCC: cedar trees, and carpenters,

1 Kings 4:33

KJV: And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
EHCC: (5:13). from the cedar tree that (is) in 14-

1 Kings 10:0

EHCC: n the house with timber of cedar.

2 Kings 14:9

KJV: And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
EHCC: sent to the cedar that (was) in Lebanon,

1 Chronicles 14:1

KJV: Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.
EHCC: timber of cedars, with masons

2 Chronicles 1:15

KJV: And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance.made: Heb. gave
EHCC: cedar trees made he as

Job 40:17

KJV: He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.He…: or, He setteth up
EHCC: He moveth his tail like 6 cedar:

Psalms 29:5

KJV: The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
EHCC: the Lord breaketh the eedara; yea, the

Psalms 104:16

KJV: The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
EHCC: the cedars of Lebanon,

Psalms 148:9

KJV: Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:
EHCC: fruitful trees, and all cedars:

Song of Songs 1:17

KJV: The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.rafters: or, galleries
EHCC: The beams of our house (are) cedar,

Song of Songs 5:15

KJV: His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
EHCC: excellent as the cedars,

Song of Songs 8:9

KJV: If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
EHCC: inclose her with boards of cedar,

Isaiah 2:13

KJV: And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
EHCC: upon all the cedars of Lebanon,

Isaiah 14:8

KJV: Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
EHCC: codars of Lebanon,

Isaiah 37:24

KJV: By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.By thy…: Heb. By the hand of thy servantsthe tall…: Heb. the tallness of the cedars thereof and the choice of the fir trees thereofthe forest…: or, the forest and his fruitful field
EHCC: cut down the tall codare thereaf,

Isaiah 44:14

KJV: He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.strengtheneth: or, taketh courage
EHCC: He heweth him down cedars,

Jeremiah 22:7

KJV: And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
EHCC: shall cut down thy choice eedars,

Jeremiah 27:5

KJV: I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
EHCC: they have taken csdars from

Jeremiah 81:6

EHCC: Assyrian (was) a cedar

Amos 2:9

KJV: Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
EHCC: like the height of the cedars,

Zechariah 11:1

KJV: Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
EHCC: that the fire may devour thy onda.
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