אֶרֶז erez

Hebrew word for “cedar” · Strong’s H730 · used 73 times in 69 verses

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Meaning

1) cedar; 1a) cedar tree; 1b) cedar timber, cedar wood (in building); 1c) cedar wood (in purifications)

How it is translated

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

• cedars 44
• cedar 25
• like cedars 2
• like a cedar 1
• among the cedars 1

Where it is used

Also in 5 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 6 (7), Leviticus 14 (5), 1 Kings 7 (5), Jeremiah 22 (4), 1 Kings 5 (3), Ezekiel 17 (3), 2 Samuel 7 (2), 1 Chronicles 17 (2), 2 Chronicles 2 (2), Ezekiel 31 (2)

Forms

• ארזים 27
• ארז 11
• הארז 8
• ארזי 6
• בארז 4
• הארזים 4
• כארזים 2
• בארזים 2
• וארז 2
• ארזיו 2

Words used with it

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

• לְבָנוֹן levanon “Lebanon” 21
• עֵץ ets “tree” 24
• בְּרוֹשׁ berosh “cypress” 12
• בָּנָה banah “to build” 15
• אֵזוֹב ezov “hyssop” 7
• צִפּוֹר tsippor “bird” 6
• שָׁנִי shani “scarlet” 6
• תּוֹלֵעָה toleah “worm” 6
• קוֹמָה qomah “height” 6
• סָפַן saphan “to cover” 4
• שִׁקְמָה shiqmah “sycamore” 4
• אַלּוֹן allon “oak” 4

Key verses

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

• Judges 9:15 — And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the…
• 2 Samuel 7:2 — That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
• 1 Chronicles 17:1 — Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the…
• Psalms 92:12 — The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
• Isaiah 37:24 — By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of…
• Jeremiah 22:15 — Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
• Jeremiah 22:23 — O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
• Ezekiel 17:22 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender…
• Ezekiel 17:23 — In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all…
• Ezekiel 31:3 — Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
• Amos 2:9 — Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above,…
• Zechariah 11:1 — Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

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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.