עֶרֶשׂ eres

Hebrew word for “bed” · Strong’s H6210 · used 10 times in 9 verses

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Meaning

couch, divan, bed

How it is translated

Glosses given for eres in context, with how often each is used:

• couch 6
• sarcophagus 2
• bed 1
• couches 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 3 (1), Job 7 (1), Psalms 6 (1), Psalms 41 (1), Psalms 132 (1), Proverbs 7 (1), Song of Solomon 1 (1), Amos 3 (1), Amos 6 (1)

Forms

• ערשׂ 4
• ערשׂי 3
• ערשׂו 1
• ערשׂנו 1
• ערשׂותם 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with eres more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מִטָּה mittah “bed” 3
• מִשְׁכָּב mishkav “bed” 2

Key verses

The verses using eres that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 3:11 — For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine…
• Job 7:13 — When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
• Psalms 6:6 — I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
• Psalms 41:3 — The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
• Psalms 132:3 — Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;
• Proverbs 7:16 — I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
• Song of Solomon 1:16 — Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
• Amos 3:12 — Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that…
• Amos 6:4 — That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.