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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 1 / 2 (Lev 14:4–Sng 8:9)

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:4 -

“the priest will order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one who is to be cleansed.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6 -

“He is to take the live bird together with the cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop, and dip them all into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:49 -

“He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51 -

“He will take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:52 -

“He will purify the house with the blood of the bird, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:6 -

“The priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and crimson yarn, and throw them onto the fire where the cow is burning.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:6 -

They stretch out like river valleys,[fn]

like gardens beside a stream,

like aloes the LORD has planted,

like cedars beside the water.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:15 -

The bramble said to the trees,

“If you really are anointing me

as king over you,

come and find refuge in my shade.

But if not,

may fire come out from the bramble

and consume the cedars of Lebanon.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:11 -

King Hiram of Tyre sent envoys to David; he also sent cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:2 -

the king said to the prophet Nathan, “Look, I am living in a cedar house while the ark of God sits inside tent curtains.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:7 -

“In all my journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever spoken a word to one of the tribal leaders of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, asking: Why haven’t you built me a house of cedar? ’

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:33 -

He spoke about trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing out of the wall. He also spoke about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:6 -

“Therefore, command that cedars from Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants’ wages according to whatever you say, for you know that not a man among us knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:8 -

Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying, “I have heard your message; I will do everything you want regarding the cedar and cypress timber.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:10 -

So Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:9 -

When he finished building the temple, he paneled it with boards and planks of cedar.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:10 -

He built the chambers along the entire temple, joined to the temple with cedar beams; each story was 7 1/2 feet high.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:15 -

he paneled the interior temple walls with cedar boards; from the temple floor to the surface of the ceiling he overlaid the interior with wood. He also overlaid the floor with cypress boards.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16 -

Then he lined thirty feet of the rear of the temple with cedar boards from the floor to the surface of the ceiling,[fn] and he built the interior as an inner sanctuary, the most holy place.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:18 -

The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with ornamental gourds and flower blossoms. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20 -

The interior of the sanctuary was thirty feet long, thirty feet wide, and thirty feet high; he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the cedar altar.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:36 -

He built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:2 -

He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. It was one hundred fifty feet[fn] long, seventy-five feet[fn] wide, and forty-five feet[fn] high on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on top of the pillars.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:3 -

It was paneled above with cedar at the top of the chambers that rested on forty-five pillars, fifteen per row.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:7 -

He made the Hall of the Throne where he would judge ​— ​the Hall of Judgment. It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the rafters.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:11 -

Above were also costly stones, cut to size, as well as cedar wood.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:12 -

Around the great courtyard, as well as the inner courtyard of the LORD’s temple and the portico of the temple, were three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11 -

King Hiram of Tyre having supplied him with cedar and cypress logs and gold for his every wish ​— ​King Solomon gave Hiram twenty towns in the land of Galilee.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:27 -

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as abundant as sycamore in the Judean foothills.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:9 -

King Jehoash of Israel sent word to King Amaziah of Judah, saying, “The thistle in Lebanon once sent a message to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild animal in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:23 -

“You have mocked the Lord[fn] through[fn] your messengers.

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 farthest outpost,

its densest forest.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:1 -

King Hiram of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters to build a palace for him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:1 -

When David had settled into his palace, he said to the prophet Nathan, “Look! I am living in a cedar house while the ark of the LORD’s covenant is under tent curtains.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:6 -

“In all my journeys throughout Israel, have I ever spoken a word to even one of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people, asking: Why haven’t you built me a house of cedar? ’

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:4 -

and innumerable cedar logs because the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large quantity of cedar logs to David.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:15 -

The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as abundant as sycamore in the Judean foothills.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:3 -

Then Solomon sent word to King Hiram[fn] of Tyre:

Do for me what you did for my father David. You sent him cedars to build him a house to live in.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:8 -

Also, send me cedar, cypress, and algum[fn] logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut the trees of Lebanon. Note that my servants will be with your servants

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:27 -

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as abundant as sycamore in the Judean foothills.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:18 -

King Jehoash of Israel sent word to King Amaziah of Judah, saying, “The thistle in Lebanon sent a message to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild animal in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 -

They gave money to the stonecutters and artisans, and gave food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, so they would bring cedar wood from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, according to the authorization given them by King Cyrus of Persia.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:17 -

He stiffens his tail like a cedar tree;

the tendons of his thighs are woven firmly together.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:5 -

The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars;

the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:10 -

The mountains were covered by its shade,

and the mighty cedars[fn] with its branches.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:12 -

The righteous thrive like a palm tree

and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:16 -

The trees of the LORD flourish,[fn]

the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:9 -

mountains and all hills,

fruit trees and all cedars,

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:17 -

the beams of our house are cedars,

and our rafters are cypresses.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:15 -

His legs are alabaster pillars

set on pedestals of pure gold.

His presence is like Lebanon,

as majestic as the cedars.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:9 -

If she is a wall,

we will build a silver barricade on her.

If she is a door,

we will enclose her with cedar planks.


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