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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).
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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 - then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two clean living birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6 - as to the living bird -- he shall take it, and the cedar-wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:49 - And he shall take, to purge the house from the defilement, two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51 - and he shall take the cedar-wood and the hyssop and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the bird that was killed, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:52 - and he shall purge the house from the defilement 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 scarlet;

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:6 - Like valleys are they spread forth, like gardens by the river side, Like aloe-trees which Jehovah hath planted, like cedars beside the waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:15 - And the thorn-bush said to the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, come, put confidence in my shadow; but if not, fire shall come out of the thorn-bush and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:11 - And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:2 - that the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedars, and the ark of God dwells under curtains.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:7 - In all my going about with all the children of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye me not a house of cedars?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:33 - And he spoke of the trees, from the cedar-tree that is on Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of cattle, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:6 - And now command that they hew me cedar-trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants; and I will give thee hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt say; for thou knowest that there is not among us any that are experienced in cutting timber like to the Zidonians.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:8 - And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have heard the things which thou sentest to me for: I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of cypress.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:10 - So Hiram gave Solomon cedar-trees and cypress-trees according to all his desire.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:9 - And he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:10 - And he built the floors against all the house, five cubits high; and they held to the house by the timbers of cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:15 - And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, from the floor of the house to the walls of the roof; he overlaid them on the inside with wood, and overlaid the floor of the house with boards of cypress.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16 - And he built twenty cubits of the innermost part of the house, both floor and walls, with boards of cedar; and he built them for it within, to be the oracle, the most holy place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:18 - And the cedar of the house within was carved with colocynths and half-open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20 - And the oracle within was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold; and he overlaid the cedar-wood altar --

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:36 - And he built the inner court of three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar-beams.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:2 - And he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was a hundred cubits, and its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar-pillars, with cedar-beams upon the pillars;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:3 - and it was covered with cedar above upon the side-chambers, which were on forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:7 - And he made the porch for the throne where he judged, the porch of judgment; and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:11 - And above were costly stones, hewn stones, according to the measures, and cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:12 - And the great court round about had three rows of hewn stones, and a row of cedar-beams; and so it was for the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and the porch of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11 - Hiram the king of Tyre having furnished Solomon with cedar-trees and cypress-trees, and with gold, according to all his desire, -- that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:27 - And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he as the sycamores that are in the lowland for abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:9 - And Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thorn-bush that is in Lebanon sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son as wife; and there passed by the wild beast that is in Lebanon, and trode down the thorn-bush.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:23 - By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots have I come up To the height of the mountain, to the recesses of Lebanon, And I will cut down its tall cedars, the choice of its cypresses; And I will enter into its furthest lodging-place, into the forest of its fruitful field.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:1 - And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him a house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 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 cedars, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah under curtains.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:6 - In all my going about with all Israel, did I speak a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why build ye me not a house of cedars?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:4 - and cedar-trees innumerable; for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar-wood in abundance to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:15 - And the king made silver and gold in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he as the sycamores that are in the lowland for abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:3 - And Solomon sent to Huram king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein so do for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:8 - Send me also cedar-trees, cypress-trees, and sandal-wood trees, out of Lebanon; for I know that thy servants are experienced in cutting timber in Lebanon; and behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:27 - And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he as the sycamores that are in the lowland for abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:18 - And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thorn-bush that is in Lebanon sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son as wife; and there passed by the wild beast that is in Lebanon, and trode down the thorn-bush.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - And they gave money to the masons and to the carpenters; and meat and drink and oil to the Zidonians and to the Tyrians, to bring cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea at Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:17 - He bendeth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are woven together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:5 - The voice of Jehovah breaketh cedars; yea, Jehovah breaketh the cedars of Lebanon:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:10 - The mountains were covered with its shadow, and the branches thereof were like cedars of God;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:12 - The righteous shall shoot forth like a palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar on Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:16 - The trees of Jehovah are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:17 - The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters are cypresses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:15 - His legs, pillars of marble, set upon bases of fine gold: His bearing as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars;

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:9 - If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver; And if she be a door, We will enclose her with boards of cedar.

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