Word Study · Strong's H730 · Hebrew
אֶרֶז
erez
eh-rez'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼerez
“a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)
Rendered in the KJV as
cedar (tree).
- 73occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 17 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 44inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 73 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 44
- אֲרָזִ֔ים8
- אֶ֔רֶז4
- אֲרָזִֽים׃4
- אֲרָזִ֑ים3
- אֲרָזִ֖ים3
- הָאֶ֛רֶז3
- הָאֲרָזִ֗ים3
- אֶ֣רֶז2
- אָֽרֶז׃2
- אַרְזֵ֥י2
- אַרְזֵ֣י2
- אֲרָזָיו֙2
and 32 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 23
- cedars26
- the cedar8
- [the] cedars of6
- cedar5
- the cedars4
- a cedar3
- with the cedar3
- and cedar2
- cedars its2
- [are] cedars1
- [was] a cedar1
- [was] cedar1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 14
- noun · masculine plural27
- noun · masculine singular11
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular8
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)6
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular4
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural4
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular2
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- preposition + noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpa · 27
- HNcmsa · 11
- HTd/Ncmsa · 8
- HNcmpc · 6
- HRd/Ncmsa · 4
- HTd/Ncmpa · 4
- HRd/Ncmpa · 3
- HC/Ncmsa · 2
- HNcmpc/Sp3ms · 2
- HR/Ncmsa · 2
- HC/Ncmpa · 1
- HNcmpc/Sp2ms · 1
All 73, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Leviticus5 occurrences
- Leviticus 14:4אֶ֔רֶזʾereznoun · masculine singularthe priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.here: cedar
- Leviticus 14:6הָאֶ֛רֶזhaerezthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd he is to take the live bird together with the cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.here: the cedar
- Leviticus 14:49אֶ֔רֶזʾereznoun · masculine singularHe is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house;here: cedar
- Leviticus 14:51הָ֠אֶרֶזhaerezthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen he shall 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.here: the cedar
- Leviticus 14:52הָאֶ֛רֶזhaerezthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd he shall cleanse the house with the bird’s blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn.here: the cedar
Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 19:6אֶ֛רֶזʾereznoun · masculine singularThe priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.here: cedar
- Numbers 24:6כַּאֲרָזִ֖יםkaarazimpreposition + noun · masculine pluralThey spread out like palm groves, like gardens beside a stream, like aloes the LORD has planted, like cedars beside the waters.here: like cedars
2 Samuel3 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 5:11אֲרָזִ֔יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluralNow Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.here: cedars
- 2 Samuel 7:2אֲרָזִ֑יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluralhe said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”here: cedars
- 2 Samuel 7:7אֲרָזִֽים׃ʾarazimnoun · masculine pluralIn all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’here: cedars
1 Kings20 occurrences
- 1 Kings 4:33הָאֶ֙רֶז֙haerezthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularHe spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.here: the cedar
- 1 Kings 5:6אֲרָזִ֜יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluralNow therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians.”here: cedars
- 1 Kings 5:8אֲרָזִ֖יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluralThen Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying: “I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress timber.here: cedars
- 1 Kings 5:10אֲרָזִ֛יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluralSo Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted,here: cedars
- 1 Kings 6:9בָּאֲרָזִֽים׃baarazimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralSo Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.here: with the cedars
- 1 Kings 6:10אֲרָזִֽים׃ פʾarazimnoun · masculine pluralHe built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.here: cedars
- 1 Kings 6:15אֲרָזִ֔יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluralHe lined the interior walls with cedar paneling from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and he covered the floor with cypress boards.here: cedars
- 1 Kings 6:16אֲרָזִ֔יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluralHe partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.here: cedars
- 1 Kings 6:18וְאֶ֤רֶזveerezconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularThe cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.here: and cedar
- 1 Kings 6:18אֶ֔רֶזʾereznoun · masculine singularThe cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.here: [was] cedar
- 1 Kings 6:20אָֽרֶז׃ʾareznoun · masculine singularThe inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.here: cedar
- 1 Kings 6:36אֲרָזִֽים׃ʾarazimnoun · masculine pluralSolomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.here: cedars
- 1 Kings 7:2אֲרָזִ֔יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluralHe built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams.here: cedars
- 1 Kings 7:2אֲרָזִ֖יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluralHe built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams.here: cedars
- 1 Kings 7:3בָּאֶ֗רֶזbaerezpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThe house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row.here: with the cedar
- 1 Kings 7:7בָּאֶ֔רֶזbaerezpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularIn addition, he built a hall for the throne, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.here: with the cedar
- 1 Kings 7:11וָאָֽרֶז׃vaarezconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularAbove these were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams.here: and cedar
- 1 Kings 7:12אֲרָזִ֑יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluralThe great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.here: cedars
- 1 Kings 9:11אֲרָזִ֨יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluralKing Solomon gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, who had supplied him with cedar and cypress logs and gold for his every desire.here: cedars
- 1 Kings 10:27הָאֲרָזִ֗יםhaarazimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThe king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.here: the cedars
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 14:9הָאֶ֜רֶזhaerezthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.here: the cedar
- 2 Kings 19:23אֲרָזָיו֙ʾarazavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThrough your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest outposts, the densest of its forests.here: cedars its
1 Chronicles5 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 14:1אֲרָזִ֔יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluralNow Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters, to build a palace for him.here: cedars
- 1 Chronicles 17:1הָֽאֲרָזִ֔יםhaarazimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralAfter David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”here: the cedars
- 1 Chronicles 17:6אֲרָזִֽים׃ʾarazimnoun · masculine pluralIn all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’here: cedars
- 1 Chronicles 22:4אֲרָזִ֖יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraland more cedar logs than could be counted; for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large quantity of cedar logs to David.here: cedars
- 1 Chronicles 22:4אֲרָזִ֛יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraland more cedar logs than could be counted; for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large quantity of cedar logs to David.here: cedars
2 Chronicles5 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 1:15הָאֲרָזִ֗יםhaarazimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThe king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.here: the cedars
- 2 Chronicles 2:3אֲרָזִ֔יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluralThen Solomon sent word to Hiram king of Tyre: “Do for me as you did for my father David when you sent him cedars to build himself a house to live in.here: cedars
- 2 Chronicles 2:8אֲרָזִ֜יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluralSend me also cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber there. And indeed, my servants will work with yourshere: cedars
- 2 Chronicles 9:27הָאֲרָזִ֗יםhaarazimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThe king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.here: the cedars
- 2 Chronicles 25:18הָאֶ֜רֶזhaerezthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.here: the cedar
Job1 occurrence
Psalms6 occurrences
- Psalms 29:5אֲרָזִ֑יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluralThe voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon.here: cedars
- Psalms 29:5אַרְזֵ֥יʾarzeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon.here: [the] cedars of
- Psalms 80:10אַֽרְזֵי־ʾarzei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.here: [the] cedars of
- Psalms 92:12כְּאֶ֖רֶזkeerezpreposition + noun · masculine singularThe righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.here: like a cedar
- Psalms 104:16אַֽרְזֵ֥יʾarzeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,here: [the] cedars of
- Psalms 148:9אֲרָזִֽים׃ʾarazimnoun · masculine pluralmountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,here: cedars
Song of Solomon3 occurrences
- Song of Solomon 1:17אֲרָזִ֔יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluralThe beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.here: [are] cedars
- Song of Solomon 5:15כָּאֲרָזִֽים׃kaarazimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralHis legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars.here: like the cedars
- Song of Solomon 8:9אָֽרֶז׃ʾareznoun · masculine singularIf she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver upon her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.here: cedar
Isaiah6 occurrences
- Isaiah 2:13אַרְזֵ֣יʾarzeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,here: [the] cedars of
- Isaiah 9:10וַאֲרָזִ֖יםvaarazimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural“The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”here: and cedars
- Isaiah 14:8אַרְזֵ֣יʾarzeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”here: [the] cedars of
- Isaiah 37:24אֲרָזָיו֙ʾarazavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThrough your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.here: cedars its
- Isaiah 41:19אֶ֣רֶזʾereznoun · masculine singularI will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together,here: cedar[s]
- Isaiah 44:14אֲרָזִ֔יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluralHe cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.here: cedars
Jeremiah4 occurrences
- Jeremiah 22:7אֲרָזֶ֔יךָʾarazeikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularI will appoint destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire.here: cedars your
- Jeremiah 22:14בָּאָ֔רֶזbaarezpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularwho says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.here: with the cedar
- Jeremiah 22:15בָאָ֑רֶזvaarezpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularDoes it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.here: in the cedar
- Jeremiah 22:23בָּֽאֲרָזִ֑יםbaarazimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralO inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”here: among the cedars
Ezekiel6 occurrences
- Ezekiel 17:3הָאָֽרֶז׃haarezthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularand tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.here: the cedar
- Ezekiel 17:22הָאֶ֛רֶזhaerezthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThis is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.here: the cedar
- Ezekiel 17:23לְאֶ֣רֶזleerezpreposition + noun · masculine singularI will plant it on the mountain heights of Israel so that it will bear branches; it will yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.here: into a cedar
- Ezekiel 27:5אֶ֤רֶזʾereznoun · masculine singularThey constructed all your planking with cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.here: a cedar
- Ezekiel 31:3אֶ֣רֶזʾereznoun · masculine singularLook at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.here: [was] a cedar
- Ezekiel 31:8אֲרָזִ֣יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluralThe cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.here: cedars
Zechariah2 occurrences
- Zechariah 11:1בַּאֲרָזֶֽיךָ׃baarazeikhapreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularOpen your doors, O Lebanon,that the fire may consume your cedars!here: in cedars your
- Zechariah 11:2אֶ֔רֶזʾereznoun · masculine singularWail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen;the majestic trees are ruined!Wail, O oaks of Bashan,for the dense forest has been cut down!here: a cedar