STRONGS NUMBER H730


Word Summary
erez: a cedar
Original Word: אֶרֶז
Transliteration: erez
Phonetic Spelling: (eh-rez')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a cedar
Meaning: a cedar tree
Strong's Concordance
cedar tree

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

see HEBREW 'araz

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H730. erez

אֶ֫רֶזnoun masculineEzekiel 17:23 cedar; — feminine 17:22 ׳א הָרָמָה‎, but strike out ᵐ5 הרמה‎ Co; — (Arabic pine-tree, etc.; Ethiopic Syriac ) — ׳א‎ absolute Leviticus 14:4 19t., אָ֑רֶזJob 40:17 6t.; plural אֲרָזִיסIsaiah 9:9 35t.; construct אַרְזֵי2:13 5t.; suffix אֲרָזֶיךָJeremiah 22:17; Zechariah 11:1; אֲרָזָיוIsaiah 37:24 = 2 Kings 19:23; —

1 cedar-tree, (a) as growing Numbers 24:6; Psalm 148:9; Isaiah 41:19; 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 לְּבָנוֺן (הַ) אַרְזֵיJudges 9:15; Isaiah 2:13; 14:8; Psalm 29:5 (twice in verse) (figurative) 104:16, compare 1 Kings 5:20; 2 Kings 19:23 = Isaiah 37:24; Psalm 92:13; Song of Solomon 5:15; Ezekiel 27:5 (singular collective) Zechariah 11:1-2,(figurative); Song of Solomon 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 (׳א אֵל‎) 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, אֲרָזִים עֲצֵי1 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 5:22; 1 Kings 5:24; 1 Kings 6:10; 9:11; 1 Chronicles 14:1; 22:4 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 2:7; Ezra 3:7; without עֵץ2 Samuel 7:2, 7; 1 Kings 6:9, 15, 16, 18 (twice in verse); 6:20, 36; 7:2 (twice in verse); 7:3, 7, 11, 12; 10:27; 1 Chronicles 17:1; 17:6; 2 Chronicles 1:15; 2:3; 9:27 & Song of Solomon 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 עֵץLeviticus 14:4, 6, 49, 51, 52; Numbers 19:6 (all P).