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Lexicon :: Strong's H730 - 'erez

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אֶרֶז
Transliteration
'erez
Pronunciation
eh-rez'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 160a

Strong’s Definitions

אֶרֶז ʼerez, eh-rez'; from H729; a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots):—cedar (tree).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 73x

The KJV translates Strong's H730 in the following manner: cedar (67x), cedar tree (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 73x
The KJV translates Strong's H730 in the following manner: cedar (67x), cedar tree (6x).

  1. cedar

    1. cedar tree

    2. cedar timber, cedar wood (in building)

    3. cedar wood (in purifications)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֶרֶז ʼerez, eh-rez'; from H729; a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots):—cedar (tree).
STRONGS H730: Abbreviations
† אֶ֫רֶז noun masculineEzekiel 17:23 cedar; — feminine Ezekiel 17:22 הָרָמָה א׳, but strike out הרמה Greek Version of the LXX Co; — (Arabic أَرْزً pine-tree, etc.; Ethiopic አርዝ፡ Syriac axzRAf  ) — א׳ absolute Leviticus 14:4 19 times, אָ֑רֶז Job 40:17 6 times; plural אֲרָזִיס Isaiah 9:9 35 times; construct אַרְזֵי Isaiah 2:13 5 times; suffix אֲרָזֶיךָ Jeremiah 22:17; Zechariah 11:1; אֲרָזָיו Isaiah 37:24 = 2 Kings 19:23; —
1. cedar-tree,
(a) as growing Numbers 24:6; Psalm 148:9; Isaiah 41:19; Isaiah 44:14 compare Ezekiel 31:8; especially as growing on Lebanon 1 Kings 5:13; 2 Kings 14:9 2 Chronicles 25:18 (both in fable of Jehoash); often אַרְזֵי (הַ) לְּבָנוֺן Judges 9:15; Isaiah 2:13; Isaiah 14:8; Psalm 29:5 (twice in verse) (figurative) Psalm 104:16, compare 1 Kings 5:20; 2 Kings 19:23 = Isaiah 37:24; Psalm 92:13; Songs 5:15; Ezekiel 27:5 (singular collective) Zechariah 11:1, 2(figurative); Songs 1:17; Ezra 3:7; Jeremiah 22:23 (figurative) Ezekiel 17:3 (figurative);
(b) especially in simile, of outward power, stateliness & majesty Psalm 80:11 (אֵל א׳) compare Ezekiel 31:3 (personified, but see Co on text), Amos 2:9; of individuals Jeremiah 22:7; Psalm 92:13; Ezekiel 17:22, 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 1 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 5:22 [1 Kings 5:8]; 1 Kings 5:24 [1 Kings 5:10]; 1 Kings 6:10; 1 Kings 9:11; 1 Chronicles 14:1; 1 Chronicles 22:4 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 2:7; Ezra 3:7; without עֵץ 2 Samuel 7:2, 7; 1 Kings 6:9, 15, 16, 18 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 6:20, 36; 1 Kings 7:2 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 7:3, 7, 11, 12; 1 Kings 10:27; 1 Chronicles 17:1; 1 Chronicles 17:6; 2 Chronicles 1:15; 2 Chronicles 2:3; 2 Chronicles 9:27 & Songs 8:9; Isaiah 9:9; Jeremiah 22:14, 15 (compare also Isaiah 44:14; 1 Kings 5:20; Ezekiel 27:5; Ezra 3:7 above)
3. cedar-wood used in purifications, with עֵץ Leviticus 14:4, 6, 49, 51, 52; Numbers 19:6 (all P).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

14:4; 14:4; 14:6; 14:49; 14:51; 14:52

Numbers

19:6; 24:6

Judges

9:15

1 Samuel

5:11

2 Samuel

7:2; 7:7

1 Kings

5:8; 5:10; 5:13; 6:9; 6:10; 6:15; 6:16; 6:18; 6:20; 6:36; 7:2; 7:3; 7:7; 7:11; 7:12; 9:11; 10:27

2 Kings

14:9; 19:23; 19:23

1 Chronicles

14:1; 17:1; 17:6; 22:4

2 Chronicles

1:15; 2:3; 2:7; 9:27; 25:18

Ezra

3:7; 3:7; 3:7

Job

40:17; 40:17

Psalms

29:5; 80:11; 92:13; 92:13; 104:16; 148:9

Song of Songs

1:17; 5:15; 8:9

Isaiah

2:13; 2:13; 9:9; 9:9; 14:8; 37:24; 37:24; 41:19; 44:14; 44:14

Jeremiah

22:7; 22:14; 22:15; 22:17; 22:23

Ezekiel

17:3; 17:22; 17:22; 17:23; 17:23; 27:5; 27:5; 31:3; 31:8

Amos

2:9

Zechariah

11:1; 11:1; 11:2

H730

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Strong's Number H730 matches the Hebrew אֶרֶז ('erez),
which occurs 73 times in 69 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Lev 14:4–Sng 8:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:4 - And the priest shall give directions, and they shall take for him that is cleansed two clean live birds, and cedar wood, and spun scarlet, and hyssop.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6 - And as for the living bird he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the spun scarlet, and the hyssop, and he shall dip them and the living bird into the blood of the bird that was slain over running water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:49 - And he shall take to purify the house two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and spun scarlet, and hyssop.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51 - And he shall take the cedar wood, and the spun scarlet, and the hyssop, and the living bird; and shall dip it into the blood of the bird slain over running water, and with them he shall sprinkle the house seven times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:52 - And he shall purify the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the spun scarlet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:6 - And the priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet wool, and they shall cast them into the midst of the burning of the heifer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:6 - as shady groves, and as gardens by a river, and as tents which God pitched, and as cedars by the waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:15 - And the bramble said to the trees, If ye in truth anoint me to reign over you, come, stand under my shadow; and if not, let fire come out from me and devour the cedars of Libanus.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:11 - And Chiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar wood, and carpenters, and stone-masons: and they built a house for David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:2 - that the king said to Nathan the prophet, Behold now, I live in a house of cedar, and the ark of the Lord dwells in the midst of a tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:7 - wheresoever I went with all Israel. Have I ever spoken to any of the tribes of Israel, which I commanded to tend my people Israel, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedar?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:33 - (LXX 5:13) And he spoke of trees, from the cedar in Libanus even to the hyssop which comes out through the wall: he spoke also of cattle, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:6 - (LXX 5:20) And now command, and let men cut wood for me out of Libanus: and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, and I will give thee the wages of thy service, according to all that thou shalt say, because thou knowest that we have no one skilled in cutting timber like the Sidonians.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:8 - (LXX 5:22) And he sent to Solomon, saying, I have listened concerning all that thou hast sent to me for: I will do all thy will: as for timber of cedar and fir,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:10 - (LXX 5:24) So Chiram gave to Solomon cedars, and fir trees, and all his desire.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:9 - So he built the house and finished it; and he made the ceiling of the house with cedars.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:10 - And he made the partitions through all the house, each five cubits high, and enclosed each partition with cedar boards.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:15 - And he framed the walls of the house within with cedar boards, from the floor of the house and on to the inner walls and to the beams: he lined the parts enclosed with boards within, and compassed the inward parts of the house with planks of fir.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16 - And he built the twenty cubits from the top of the wall, one side from the floor to the beams, and he made it from the [fn]oracle to the most holy place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20 - The length was twenty cubits, and the breadth was twenty cubits, and the height of it was twenty cubits. And he covered it with [fn]perfect gold, and he made an altar

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:36 - And he built the inner court, three rows of [fn]hewn stones, and a row of wrought cedar round about,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:2 - (LXX 7:39) And he built the house with the [fn]wood of Libanus; its length was a hundred cubits, and its breadth was fifty cubits, and its height was of thirty cubits, and it was made [fn]with three rows of cedar pillars, and the pillars had [fn]side-pieces of cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:3 - (LXX 7:40) And he [fn]formed the house with chambers above on the sides of the pillars, and the number of the pillars was each row forty and five,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:7 - (LXX 7:44) And there was the Porch of seats where he would judge, the porch of judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:11 - (LXX 7:48) And above with costly stones, according to the measure of hewn stones, and with cedars.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:12 - (LXX 7:49) There were three rows of hewn stones round about the great hall, and a row of sculptured cedar: (7:50) and Solomon finished all his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11 - Chiram king of Tyre helped Solomon with cedar [fn]wood, and fir [fn]wood, and with gold, and all that he wished for: then the king gave Chiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:27 - And the king [fn]made gold and silver in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as the sycamores in the plain for multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:9 - And Joas the king of Israel sent to Amessias king of Juda, saying, The thistle that was in Libanus sent to the cedar that was in Libanus, saying, Give my daughter to thy son to wife: and the wild beasts of the field that were in Libanus passed by and trod down the thistle.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:23 - By [fn]thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, I will go up with the multitude of my chariots, to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Libanus, and I have cut down the [fn]height of his cedar, and his choice cypresses; and I have come into the midst of the forest and of Carmel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:1 - And Chiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar timbers, and masons, and carpenters, to build a house for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:1 - And it came to pass as David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under curtains of skins.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:6 - in all places through which I have gone with all Israel: did I ever speak to any one tribe of Israel whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why is it that ye have not built me a house of cedar?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:4 - And cedar trees without number: for the Sidonians and the Tyrians brought cedar trees in abundance to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:15 - And the king made silver and gold in Jerusalem to be as stones, and cedars in Judea as sycamores in the plain for multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:3 - (LXX 2:2) And Solomon sent to Chiram king of Tyre, saying, Whereas thou didst deal favourably with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build for himself a house to dwell in,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:8 - (LXX 2:7) And send me from Libanus cedar wood, and wood of juniper, and pine; for I know that thy servants are skilled in cutting timber in Libanus: and, behold, thy servants shall go with my servants,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:27 - And the king made gold and silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars as the sycamore trees in the plain for abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:18 - And Joas king of Israel sent to Amasias king of Juda, saying, The thistle that was in Libanus sent to the cedar that was in Libanus, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife; but, behold, the wild beasts of the field that are in Libanus shall come: and the wild beasts did come, and trod down the thistle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - And they gave money to the stone-hewers and carpenters, and meat and drink, and oil, to the Sidonians, and Tyrians, to bring cedar trees from Libanus to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant of Cyrus king of the Persians to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:17 - He sets up his tail like a cypress; and his nerves are wrapped together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:5 - (LXX 28:5) There is the voice of the Lord who breaks the cedars; the Lord will break the cedars of Libanus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:10 - (LXX 79:11) Its shadow covered the mountains, and its shoots equalled the [fn]goodly cedars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:12 - (LXX 91:13) The righteous shall flourish as a palm-tree: he shall be increased as the cedar in Libanus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:16 - (LXX 103:16) The trees of the plain shall be full of sap; even the cedars of Libanus which he has planted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:9 - Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:17 - The beams of our house are cedars, our ceilings are of cypress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:15 - His legs are marble pillars set on golden sockets: his form is as Libanus, choice as the cedars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:9 - If she is a wall, let us build upon her silver bulwarks; and if she is a door, let us carve for her cedar panels.

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