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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

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 the priest shall give orders to take two live clean birds and cedar wood and scarlet string and [fn]hyssop for the one to be cleansed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6 - “As for the live bird, he shall take it together with the cedar wood and the scarlet string and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird sacrificed over the running water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:49 - “To cleanse the house then, he shall take two birds and cedar wood and scarlet string and hyssop;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51 - and he shall take the cedar wood and the hyssop and the scarlet string, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird as well as 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 - “So he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the running water, along with the live bird and the cedar wood and the hyssop and the scarlet string.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:6 - ‘The priest shall take cedar wood and [fn]hyssop and scarlet [material] and cast them into the midst of the burning heifer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:6 -

“Like valleys that stretch out,

Like gardens beside the river,

Like aloes planted by the LORD,

Like cedars beside the waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:15 - “So the bramble said to the trees, ‘If in truth you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:11 -

Now Hiram the king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees, carpenters, and stonemasons; and they built a house (palace) for David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:2 - the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within tent curtains.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:7 - “Wherever I have gone with all the Israelites, did I speak a word to any from the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, asking, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:33 - He spoke of trees, from the cedar which is in Lebanon to the hyssop [vine] that grows on the wall; he spoke also of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and fish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:6 - “So now, command that they cut cedar trees from Lebanon for me, and my servants will join your servants, and I will give you whatever wages you set for your servants. For you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the men of Sidon.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:8 - So Hiram sent word to Solomon, saying, “I have heard the message which you sent to me; I will do everything you wish concerning the cedar and cypress timber.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:10 - So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar and cypress timber he desired,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:9 - So Solomon built the house (temple) and finished it, and roofed the house with beams and boards of cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:10 - Then he built the extensions [of rooms] against the entire house, each [story] five cubits high; and they were attached to the house with timbers of cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:15 - He built the walls of the interior of the house [that is, the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies] with boards of cedar, from the floor of the house to the rafters of the ceiling. He overlaid the interior with wood, and he 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 - He built twenty cubits on the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling; he built its interior as the [inner] sanctuary, the Holy of Holies.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:18 - The cedar on the house within had wood carvings in the shape of gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; no stone was visible.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20 - The Holy of Holies was twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in height (a cube), and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the cedar altar [with gold].

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:36 - He built the inner courtyard with three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:2 - He also built the House of the Forest of Lebanon; its length was a hundred [fn]cubits (150 ft.), its width fifty cubits (75 ft.), and its height thirty cubits (45 ft.), 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 [as a roof] on the supporting beams that were upon the forty-five pillars, fifteen in each row.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:7 -

He made the hall for the throne where he was to judge, the Hall of Judgment; it was paneled with cedar from [one] floor to [another] floor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:11 - And above [the foundation] were expensive stones, stones cut according to measure, and cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:12 - So the great courtyard all around had three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams like the inner courtyard of the house of the LORD, and the porch of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11 - (Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with as much cedar and cypress timber [from Lebanon] and gold as he desired), at that time King Solomon gave Hiram [fn]twenty cities in the land of Galilee (northern Israel).

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:27 - The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars as plentiful as the [fn]sycamore trees that are in the lowland.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:9 - Jehoash the king of Israel sent word to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The [little] thorn-bush in Lebanon sent word to the [tall] cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife.’ But a wild beast that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thorn-bush.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:23 -

‘Through your messengers you have taunted and defied the Lord,

And have said [boastfully], “With my many chariots

I came up to the heights of the mountains,

To the remotest parts of Lebanon;

I cut down its tall cedar trees and its choicest cypress trees.

I entered its most distant lodging, its densest forest.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:1 -

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar timbers, masons and carpenters, to build a house (palace) for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:1 -

As David sat in his house (palace), he said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I live in a house of cedars, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under tent curtains.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:6 - “Wherever I have walked with all Israel, did I say a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, ‘Why have you not built for Me a house of cedar?’”’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:4 - and cedar trees beyond number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought large quantities of cedar timber to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:15 - The king made silver and gold as plentiful and common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as plentiful as the [fn]sycamore-fig trees in the lowland.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:3 -

Then Solomon sent word to [fn]Hiram king of Tyre, saying, “As you dealt with my father David and sent him cedars to build himself a house in which to live, [please] do the same for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:8 - “Send me also cedar, cypress, and [fn]algum timber, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. And indeed my servants will work with your servants

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:27 - The king made silver in Jerusalem as common as stones, and cedar wood as plentiful as the [fn]sycamore-fig trees that are in the [fn]lowland.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:18 - Then Joash king of Israel sent word to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The [little] thorn bush in Lebanon sent word to the [great] cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ But a wild beast in Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thorn bush.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - They gave money to the masons and to the carpenters, and gave food, drink, and [olive] oil to the people from Sidon and Tyre, to bring cedar wood from Lebanon to the seaport of Joppa, in accordance with the authorization they had from Cyrus king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:17 -

“He sways his tail like a cedar;

The tendons of his thighs are twisted and knit together [like a rope].

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:5 -

The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars;

Yes, the LORD breaks in pieces 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 its branches were like the cedars of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:12 -

The righteous will flourish like the date palm [long-lived, upright and useful];

They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic and stable].

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:16 -

The trees of the LORD drink their fill,

The cedars of Lebanon which He has planted,

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Mountains and all hills;

Fruitful trees and all cedars;

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:17 -

“The beams of our houses are cedars,

Our rafters and panels are cypresses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:15 -

“His legs are [strong and steady] pillars of alabaster

Set upon pedestals of fine gold.

His appearance is like Lebanon,

Stately and choice as the cedars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:9 -

“If she is a wall (discreet, womanly),

We will build on her a turret (dowry) of silver;

But if she is a door (bold, flirtatious),

We will enclose her with planks of cedar.”


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