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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H730

אֶרֶז

erezeh-rez'

cedar

73 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ʼerez

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H730is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 17 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 44
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H730

a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)

The King James renders it: cedar (tree).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

erez is rendered "cedar". It stands 73 times in the Hebrew text, across seventeen books.

  • Twenty of the uses stand in 1 Kings, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 14:4the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.
  • The Greek text spells it forty-four different ways.

The first use

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

Leviticus 14:4אֶ֔רֶז

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Twenty of the word's seventy-three uses are in 1 Kings.

The other 22 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • cedars27
  • the cedar8
  • cedar7
  • cedars of6
  • a cedar4
  • the cedars4
  • with the cedar3
  • and cedar2
  • cedars its2
  • among the cedars1
  • and cedars1
  • cedars your1

and 7 more, 73 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

אֶרֶץeretsland: country/planetUses2,504
אֶרֶבerebambushUses2
אֶרֶגeregshuttleUses2

All 73, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

44 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • אֲרָזִ֔ים8
  • אֶ֔רֶז4
  • אֲרָזִֽים׃4
  • אֲרָזִ֑ים3
  • אֲרָזִ֖ים3
  • הָאֶ֛רֶז3
  • הָאֲרָזִ֗ים3
  • אֶ֣רֶז2
  • אָֽרֶז׃2
  • אַרְזֵ֥י2
  • אַרְזֵ֣י2
  • אֲרָזָיו֙2

and 32 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine plural27HNcmpa
  • noun · masculine singular11HNcmsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular8HTd/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)6HNcmpc
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular4HRd/Ncmsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural4HTd/Ncmpa
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural3HRd/Ncmpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular2HC/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HNcmpc/Sp3ms
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular2HR/Ncmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1HC/Ncmpa
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HNcmpc/Sp2ms

Leviticus

five uses
  • the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.

    Leviticus 14:4

    • אֶ֔רֶזʾereznoun · masculine singulartagged: cedar
  • And 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.

    Leviticus 14:6

    • הָאֶ֛רֶזhaerezthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the cedar
  • He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house;

    Leviticus 14:49

    • אֶ֔רֶזʾereznoun · masculine singulartagged: cedar
  • Then 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.

    Leviticus 14:51

    • הָ֠אֶרֶזhaerezthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the cedar
  • And 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.

    Leviticus 14:52

    • הָאֶ֛רֶזhaerezthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the cedar

Numbers

two uses
  • The priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.

    Numbers 19:6

    • אֶ֛רֶזʾereznoun · masculine singulartagged: cedar
  • They spread out like palm groves, like gardens beside a stream, like aloes the LORD has planted, like cedars beside the waters.

    Numbers 24:6

    • כַּאֲרָזִ֖יםkaarazimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: like cedars

Judges

one use
  • But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’

    Judges 9:15

    • אַרְזֵ֥יʾarzeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cedars of

2 Samuel

three uses
  • Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

    2 Samuel 5:11

    • אֲרָזִ֔יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars
  • he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”

    2 Samuel 7:2

    • אֲרָזִ֑יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars
  • In 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?’

    2 Samuel 7:7

    • אֲרָזִֽים׃ʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars

1 Kings

twenty uses
  • He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.

    1 Kings 4:33

    • הָאֶ֙רֶז֙haerezthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the cedar
  • Now 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.”

    1 Kings 5:6

    • אֲרָזִ֜יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars
  • Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying: “I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress timber.

    1 Kings 5:8

    • אֲרָזִ֖יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars
  • So Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted,

    1 Kings 5:10

    • אֲרָזִ֛יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars
  • So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.

    1 Kings 6:9

    • בָּאֲרָזִֽים׃baarazimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: with the cedars
  • He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.

    1 Kings 6:10

    • אֲרָזִֽים׃ פʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars
  • He lined the interior walls with cedar paneling from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and he covered the floor with cypress boards.

    1 Kings 6:15

    • אֲרָזִ֔יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars
  • He 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.

    1 Kings 6:16

    • אֲרָזִ֔יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars
  • The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.

    1 Kings 6:18

    • וְאֶ֤רֶזveerezconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and cedar
    • אֶ֔רֶזʾereznoun · masculine singulartagged: cedar
  • The 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.

    1 Kings 6:20

    • אָֽרֶז׃ʾareznoun · masculine singulartagged: cedar
  • Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.

    1 Kings 6:36

    • אֲרָזִֽים׃ʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars
  • He 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.

    1 Kings 7:2

    • אֲרָזִ֔יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars
    • אֲרָזִ֖יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars
  • The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row.

    1 Kings 7:3

    • בָּאֶ֗רֶזbaerezpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: with the cedar
  • In 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.

    1 Kings 7:7

    • בָּאֶ֔רֶזbaerezpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: with the cedar
  • Above these were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams.

    1 Kings 7:11

    • וָאָֽרֶז׃vaarezconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and cedar
  • The 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.

    1 Kings 7:12

    • אֲרָזִ֑יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars
  • King 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.

    1 Kings 9:11

    • אֲרָזִ֨יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars
  • The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

    1 Kings 10:27

    • הָאֲרָזִ֗יםhaarazimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cedars

2 Kings

two uses
  • But 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.

    2 Kings 14:9

    • הָאֶ֜רֶזhaerezthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the cedar
  • Through 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.

    2 Kings 19:23

    • אֲרָזָיו֙ʾarazavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: cedars its

1 Chronicles

five uses
  • Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters, to build a palace for him.

    1 Chronicles 14:1

    • אֲרָזִ֔יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars
  • After 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.”

    1 Chronicles 17:1

    • הָֽאֲרָזִ֔יםhaarazimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cedars
  • In 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?’

    1 Chronicles 17:6

    • אֲרָזִֽים׃ʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars
  • and more cedar logs than could be counted; for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large quantity of cedar logs to David.

    1 Chronicles 22:4

    • אֲרָזִ֖יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars
    • אֲרָזִ֛יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars

2 Chronicles

five uses
  • The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

    2 Chronicles 1:15

    • הָאֲרָזִ֗יםhaarazimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cedars
  • Then 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.

    2 Chronicles 2:3

    • אֲרָזִ֔יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars
  • Send 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 yours

    2 Chronicles 2:8

    • אֲרָזִ֜יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars
  • The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

    2 Chronicles 9:27

    • הָאֲרָזִ֗יםhaarazimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the cedars
  • But 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.

    2 Chronicles 25:18

    • הָאֶ֜רֶזhaerezthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the cedar

Ezra

one use
  • They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.

    Ezra 3:7

    • אֲרָזִ֤יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars

Job

one use
  • His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.

    Job 40:17

    • אָ֑רֶזʾareznoun · masculine singulartagged: a cedar

Psalms

six uses
  • The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon.

    Psalms 29:5

    • אֲרָזִ֑יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars
    • אַרְזֵ֥יʾarzeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cedars of
  • The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.

    Psalms 80:10

    • אַֽרְזֵי־ʾarzei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cedars of
  • The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

    Psalms 92:12

    • כְּאֶ֖רֶזkeerezpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: like a cedar
  • The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,

    Psalms 104:16

    • אַֽרְזֵ֥יʾarzeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cedars of
  • mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,

    Psalms 148:9

    • אֲרָזִֽים׃ʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars

Song of Solomon

three uses
  • The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.

    Song of Solomon 1:17

    • אֲרָזִ֔יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars
  • His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars.

    Song of Solomon 5:15

    • כָּאֲרָזִֽים׃kaarazimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: like the cedars
  • If 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.

    Song of Solomon 8:9

    • אָֽרֶז׃ʾareznoun · masculine singulartagged: cedar

Isaiah

six uses
  • against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,

    Isaiah 2:13

    • אַרְזֵ֣יʾarzeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cedars of
  • “The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”

    Isaiah 9:10

    • וַאֲרָזִ֖יםvaarazimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and cedars
  • Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”

    Isaiah 14:8

    • אַרְזֵ֣יʾarzeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cedars of
  • Through 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.

    Isaiah 37:24

    • אֲרָזָיו֙ʾarazavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: cedars its
  • I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together,

    Isaiah 41:19

    • אֶ֣רֶזʾereznoun · masculine singulartagged: cedar
  • He 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.

    Isaiah 44:14

    • אֲרָזִ֔יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars

Jeremiah

four uses
  • I 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.

    Jeremiah 22:7

    • אֲרָזֶ֔יךָʾarazeikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: cedars your
  • who 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.

    Jeremiah 22:14

    • בָּאָ֔רֶזbaarezpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: with the cedar
  • Does 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.

    Jeremiah 22:15

    • בָאָ֑רֶזvaarezpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the cedar
  • O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”

    Jeremiah 22:23

    • בָּֽאֲרָזִ֑יםbaarazimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: among the cedars

Ezekiel

six uses
  • and 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.

    Ezekiel 17:3

    • הָאָֽרֶז׃haarezthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the cedar
  • This 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.

    Ezekiel 17:22

    • הָאֶ֛רֶזhaerezthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the cedar
  • I 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.

    Ezekiel 17:23

    • לְאֶ֣רֶזleerezpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into a cedar
  • They constructed all your planking with cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

    Ezekiel 27:5

    • אֶ֤רֶזʾereznoun · masculine singulartagged: a cedar
  • Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.

    Ezekiel 31:3

    • אֶ֣רֶזʾereznoun · masculine singulartagged: a cedar
  • The 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.

    Ezekiel 31:8

    • אֲרָזִ֣יםʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars

Amos

one use
  • Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.

    Amos 2:9

    • אֲרָזִים֙ʾarazimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: cedars

Zechariah

two uses
  • Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars!

    Zechariah 11:1

    • בַּאֲרָזֶֽיךָ׃baarazeikhapreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: in cedars your
  • Wail, 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!

    Zechariah 11:2

    • אֶ֔רֶזʾereznoun · masculine singulartagged: a cedar

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