730. erez

Lexicon

erez: Cedar

Original Word: אֶרֶז
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: erez
Pronunciation: EH-rez
Phonetic Spelling: (eh-rez')
Definition: Cedar
Meaning: a cedar tree

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

cedar tree

From 'araz; a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots) -- cedar (tree).

see HEBREW 'araz

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word (729)
Definition
a cedar
NASB Translation
cedar (48), cedars (25).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אֶ֫רֶז noun masculine^{Ezekiel 17:23} cedar; — feminine Ezekiel 17:22 הָרָמָה ׳א, but strike out הרמה ᵐ5 Co; — (Arabic pine-tree, etc.; Ethiopic Syriac ) — ׳א absolute Leviticus 14:4 19t., אָ֑רֶז Job 40:17 6t.; plural אֲרָזִיס Isaiah 9:9 35t.; construct אַרְזֵי Isaiah 2:13 5t.; 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 2Chronicles 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 5:24; 1 Kings 6:10; 1 Kings 9:11; 1 Chronicles 14:1; 1 Chronicles 22:4 (twice in verse); 2Chron 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; 2Chron 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).

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root probably meaning to be firm.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The corresponding Greek entry related to cedar is Strong's Greek Number G2748, κέδρος (kedros), which also refers to the cedar tree. This term is used in the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, to translate אֶרֶז, maintaining the symbolic and practical significance of the cedar in the biblical text.

Usage: The term אֶרֶז is used in the Hebrew Bible to refer to the cedar tree, a large and noble tree known for its durability, fragrance, and resistance to decay. It is often associated with strength and majesty.

Context: The cedar tree, אֶרֶז, holds significant symbolic and practical importance in the biblical narrative. It is frequently mentioned in the context of construction and craftsmanship due to its desirable qualities. The wood of the cedar was used in the building of Solomon's Temple and his palace, as described in 1 Kings 6:9-10: "So he built the house and finished it, and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar." The cedar's strength and longevity made it an ideal material for such grand structures.

In addition to its practical uses, the cedar tree is often used metaphorically in the Bible to represent strength, beauty, and the righteous. For instance, in Psalm 92:12, it is written, "The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon." This imagery highlights the cedar's towering presence and enduring nature, symbolizing the prosperity and stability of the righteous.

The cedar of Lebanon, in particular, is renowned for its height and grandeur, making it a fitting symbol of majesty and power. The prophets frequently used the cedar as a metaphor for powerful nations or leaders, as seen in Ezekiel 31:3, where Assyria is compared to a cedar in Lebanon: "Consider Assyria, once a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches overshadowing the forest; it towered on high, its top above the thick foliage."

The cedar's aromatic wood was also used in religious rituals, as indicated in Leviticus 14:4, where cedar wood is part of the purification process for leprosy: "the priest shall order that two live clean birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed."

Forms and Transliterations

אֲרָזִ֑ים אֲרָזִ֔ים אֲרָזִ֖ים אֲרָזִ֛ים אֲרָזִ֜ים אֲרָזִ֣ים אֲרָזִ֤ים אֲרָזִ֨ים אֲרָזִֽים׃ אֲרָזִים֙ אֲרָזֶ֔יךָ אֲרָזָיו֙ אֶ֔רֶז אֶ֛רֶז אֶ֣רֶז אֶ֤רֶז אַֽרְזֵ֥י אַֽרְזֵי־ אַרְזֵ֣י אַרְזֵ֥י אָ֑רֶז אָֽרֶז׃ ארז ארז׃ ארזי ארזי־ ארזיו ארזיך ארזים ארזים׃ בַּאֲרָזֶֽיךָ׃ בָּֽאֲרָזִ֑ים בָּאֶ֔רֶז בָּאֶ֗רֶז בָּאָ֔רֶז בָאָ֑רֶז בארז בארזיך׃ בארזים הָ֠אֶרֶז הָאֲרָזִ֗ים הָאֶ֙רֶז֙ הָאֶ֛רֶז הָאֶ֜רֶז הָאָֽרֶז׃ הארז הארז׃ הארזים וְאֶ֤רֶז וַאֲרָזִ֖ים וָאָֽרֶז׃ וארז וארז׃ וארזים כְּאֶ֖רֶז כַּאֲרָזִ֖ים כָּאֲרָזִֽים׃ כארז כארזים כארזים׃ לְאֶ֣רֶז לארז ’ă·rā·zāw ’ă·rā·ze·ḵā ’ă·rā·zîm ’ā·rez ’ar·zê ’ar·zê- ’ărāzāw ’ărāzeḵā ’ărāzîm ’ārez ’arzê ’arzê- ’e·rez ’erez araZav araZeicha araZim Arez arZei ba’ărāzeḵā bā’ărāzîm bā’ārez ḇā’ārez bā’erez ba·’ă·rā·ze·ḵā bā·’ă·rā·zîm bā·’ā·rez ḇā·’ā·rez bā·’e·rez baaraZeicha baaraZim baArez baErez Erez hā’ărāzîm hā’ārez hā’erez hā·’ă·rā·zîm hā·’ā·rez hā·’e·rez haaraZim haArez haErez ka’ărāzîm kā’ărāzîm ka·’ă·rā·zîm kā·’ă·rā·zîm kaaraZim kə’erez kə·’e·rez keErez lə’erez lə·’e·rez leErez vaaraZim vaArez veErez wa’ărāzîm wā’ārez wa·’ă·rā·zîm wā·’ā·rez wə’erez wə·’e·rez

Englishman's Concordance

Leviticus 14:4
HEB: טְהֹר֑וֹת וְעֵ֣ץ אֶ֔רֶז וּשְׁנִ֥י תוֹלַ֖עַת
NAS: birds and cedar wood
KJV: [and] clean, and cedar wood,
INT: clean wood and cedar scarlet oppressor

Leviticus 14:6
HEB: וְאֶת־ עֵ֥ץ הָאֶ֛רֶז וְאֶת־ שְׁנִ֥י
NAS: he shall take it together with the cedar wood
KJV: he shall take it, and the cedar wood,
INT: shall take wood the cedar and the scarlet oppressor

Leviticus 14:49
HEB: צִפֳּרִ֑ים וְעֵ֣ץ אֶ֔רֶז וּשְׁנִ֥י תוֹלַ֖עַת
NAS: two birds and cedar wood and a scarlet
KJV: birds, and cedar wood,
INT: birds wood and cedar scarlet oppressor

Leviticus 14:51
HEB: אֶת־ עֵֽץ־ הָ֠אֶרֶז וְאֶת־ הָ֨אֵזֹ֜ב
NAS: Then he shall take the cedar wood
KJV: And he shall take the cedar wood,
INT: shall take wood the cedar and the hyssop and the scarlet

Leviticus 14:52
HEB: הַחַיָּ֗ה וּבְעֵ֥ץ הָאֶ֛רֶז וּבָאֵזֹ֖ב וּבִשְׁנִ֥י
NAS: bird and with the cedar wood
KJV: bird, and with the cedar wood,
INT: the live wood the cedar the hyssop the scarlet

Numbers 19:6
HEB: הַכֹּהֵ֗ן עֵ֥ץ אֶ֛רֶז וְאֵז֖וֹב וּשְׁנִ֣י
NAS: shall take cedar wood
KJV: shall take cedar wood,
INT: the priest wood cedar and hyssop and scarlet

Numbers 24:6
HEB: נָטַ֣ע יְהוָ֔ה כַּאֲרָזִ֖ים עֲלֵי־ מָֽיִם׃
NAS: by the LORD, Like cedars beside
KJV: hath planted, [and] as cedar trees beside the waters.
INT: planted the LORD cedars beside the waters

Judges 9:15
HEB: וְתֹאכַ֖ל אֶת־ אַרְזֵ֥י הַלְּבָנֽוֹן׃
NAS: and consume the cedars of Lebanon.'
KJV: and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
INT: the bramble and consume the cedars of Lebanon

2 Samuel 5:11
HEB: דָּוִד֒ וַעֲצֵ֣י אֲרָזִ֔ים וְחָרָשֵׁ֣י עֵ֔ץ
NAS: to David with cedar trees
KJV: to David, and cedar trees,
INT: David trees cedar and carpenters trees

2 Samuel 7:2
HEB: יוֹשֵׁ֖ב בְּבֵ֣ית אֲרָזִ֑ים וַֽאֲרוֹן֙ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים
NAS: in a house of cedar, but the ark
KJV: in an house of cedar, but the ark
INT: dwell A house of cedar the ark of God

2 Samuel 7:7
HEB: לִ֖י בֵּ֥ית אֲרָזִֽים׃
NAS: Me a house of cedar?''
KJV: Why build ye not me an house of cedar?
INT: built A house cedar

1 Kings 4:33
HEB: הָֽעֵצִים֒ מִן־ הָאֶ֙רֶז֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּלְּבָנ֔וֹן
NAS: of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon
KJV: of trees, from the cedar tree that [is] in Lebanon
INT: trees from the cedar is in Lebanon

1 Kings 5:6
HEB: וְיִכְרְתוּ־ לִ֨י אֲרָזִ֜ים מִן־ הַלְּבָנ֗וֹן
NAS: that they cut for me cedars from Lebanon,
KJV: thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon;
INT: command cut cedars from Lebanon

1 Kings 5:8
HEB: חֶפְצְךָ֔ בַּעֲצֵ֥י אֲרָזִ֖ים וּבַעֲצֵ֥י בְרוֹשִֽׁים׃
NAS: what you desire concerning the cedar and cypress
KJV: concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber
INT: what timber the cedar timber and cypress

1 Kings 5:10
HEB: לִשְׁלֹמֹ֗ה עֲצֵ֧י אֲרָזִ֛ים וַעֲצֵ֥י בְרוֹשִׁ֖ים
NAS: as he desired of the cedar and cypress
KJV: gave Solomon cedar trees and fir
INT: Solomon timber of the cedar timber and cypress

1 Kings 6:10
HEB: הַבַּ֖יִת בַּעֲצֵ֥י אֲרָזִֽים׃ פ
NAS: to the house with timbers of cedar.
KJV: on the house [with] timber of cedar.
INT: to the house timbers of cedar

1 Kings 6:15
HEB: מִבַּ֙יְתָה֙ בְּצַלְע֣וֹת אֲרָזִ֔ים מִקַּרְקַ֤ע הַבַּ֙יִת֙
NAS: with boards of cedar; from the floor
KJV: with boards of cedar, both the floor
INT: of the house boards of cedar the floor of the house

1 Kings 6:16
HEB: הַבַּ֙יִת֙ בְּצַלְע֣וֹת אֲרָזִ֔ים מִן־ הַקַּרְקַ֖ע
NAS: with boards of cedar from the floor
KJV: with boards of cedar: he even built
INT: of the house boards of cedar both the floor

1 Kings 6:18
HEB: וְאֶ֤רֶז אֶל־ הַבַּ֙יִת֙
NAS: There was cedar on the house within,
KJV: And the cedar of the house within
INT: cedar on the house

1 Kings 6:18
HEB: צִצִּ֑ים הַכֹּ֣ל אֶ֔רֶז אֵ֥ין אֶ֖בֶן
NAS: all was cedar, there was no
KJV: flowers: all [was] cedar; there was no stone
INT: flowers all was cedar there stone

1 Kings 6:20
HEB: וַיְצַ֥ף מִזְבֵּ֖חַ אָֽרֶז׃
NAS: He also overlaid the altar with cedar.
KJV: the altar [which was of] cedar.
INT: overlaid the altar cedar

1 Kings 6:36
HEB: וְט֖וּר כְּרֻתֹ֥ת אֲרָזִֽים׃
NAS: of cut stone and a row of cedar beams.
KJV: and a row of cedar beams.
INT: row beams of cedar

1 Kings 7:2
HEB: טוּרֵי֙ עַמּוּדֵ֣י אֲרָזִ֔ים וּכְרֻת֥וֹת אֲרָזִ֖ים
NAS: rows of cedar pillars
KJV: rows of cedar pillars,
INT: rows pillars of cedar beams cedar

1 Kings 7:2
HEB: אֲרָזִ֔ים וּכְרֻת֥וֹת אֲרָזִ֖ים עַל־ הָעַמּוּדִֽים׃
NAS: pillars with cedar beams
KJV: pillars, with cedar beams
INT: of cedar beams cedar on the pillars

1 Kings 7:3
HEB: וְסָפֻ֣ן בָּאֶ֗רֶז מִמַּ֙עַל֙ עַל־
NAS: It was paneled with cedar above
KJV: And [it was] covered with cedar above
INT: and covered cedar above upon

70 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 730
70 Occurrences

’ă·rā·zāw — 2 Occ.
’ă·rā·ze·ḵā — 1 Occ.
’ă·rā·zîm — 26 Occ.
’ā·rez — 3 Occ.
’ar·zê — 6 Occ.
ba·’ă·rā·ze·ḵā — 1 Occ.
bā·’ă·rā·zîm — 1 Occ.
bā·’ā·rez — 1 Occ.
bā·’e·rez — 2 Occ.
’e·rez — 8 Occ.
hā·’ă·rā·zîm — 3 Occ.
hā·’ā·rez — 1 Occ.
hā·’e·rez — 7 Occ.
ka·’ă·rā·zîm — 2 Occ.
kə·’e·rez — 1 Occ.
lə·’e·rez — 1 Occ.
wa·’ă·rā·zîm — 1 Occ.
wā·’ā·rez — 2 Occ.
wə·’e·rez — 1 Occ.