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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
Root Word (Etymology)
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 2 / 2 (Isa 2:13–Zec 11:2)

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:13 -

against all the cedars of Lebanon,

lofty and lifted up,

against all the oaks of Bashan,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:10 -

“The bricks have fallen,

but we will rebuild with cut stones;

the sycamores have been cut down,

but we will replace them with cedars.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:8 -

Even the cypresses and the cedars of Lebanon

rejoice over you:

“Since you have been laid low,

no lumberjack has come against us.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:24 -

“You have mocked the Lord through your servants.

You have said, “With my many chariots

I have gone up to the heights of the mountains,

to the far recesses of Lebanon.

I cut down its tallest cedars,

its choice cypress trees.

I came to its distant heights,

its densest forest.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:19 -

I will plant cedar, acacia, myrtle, and olive trees

in the wilderness.

I will put juniper, elm, and cypress trees together

in the desert,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:14 -

He cuts down[fn] cedars for his use,

or he takes a cypress or an oak.

He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest.

He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:7 -

“I will set apart destroyers against you,

each with his weapons.

They will cut down the choicest of your cedars

and throw them into the fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:14 -

who says, “I will build myself a massive palace,

with spacious upstairs rooms.”

He will cut windows[fn] in it,

and it will be paneled with cedar

and painted bright red.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:15 -

Are you a king because you excel in cedar?

Didn’t your father eat and drink

and administer justice and righteousness?

Then it went well with him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:23 -

You residents of Lebanon,

nestled among the cedars,

how you will groan[fn] when pains come on you,

agony like a woman in labor.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:3 -

“You are to say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: A huge eagle with powerful wings, long feathers, and full plumage of many colors came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:22 -

“ ‘This is what the Lord GOD says:

I will take a sprig

from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it.

I will pluck a tender sprig

from its topmost shoots,

and I will plant it

on a high towering mountain.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:23 -

“I will plant it on Israel’s high mountain

so that it may bear branches, produce fruit,

and become a majestic cedar.

Birds of every kind will nest under it,

taking shelter in the shade of its branches.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:5 -

They constructed all your planking

with pine trees from Senir.

They took a cedar from Lebanon

to make a mast for you.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:3 -

“Think of Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon,

with beautiful branches and shady foliage

and of lofty height.

Its top was among the clouds.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:8 -

“The cedars in God’s garden could not eclipse it;

the pine trees couldn’t compare with its branches,

nor could the plane trees match its boughs.

No tree in the garden of God

could compare with it in beauty.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:9 -

Yet I destroyed the Amorite as Israel advanced;

his height was like the cedars,

and he was as sturdy as the oaks;

I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:1 -

Open your gates, Lebanon,

and fire will consume your cedars.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2 -

Wail, cypress, for the cedar has fallen;

the glorious trees are destroyed!

Wail, oaks of Bashan,

for the stately forest has fallen!


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