Cedar
אֶ֫רֶזStrong’s H0730erez (e-rez)
Appears in 69 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Erez is the Hebrew word usually translated “cedar”, “cedars” and “cedars of”. It appears in 69 verses of the Old Testament.
“Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.”
Meaning
- Cedarcedar tree · cedar timber, cedar wood (in building) · cedar wood (in purifications)
How it's translated
- cedar 30
- cedars 12
- cedars of 6
- a cedar 5
- the cedar 4
- with cedar 4
- like cedars 2
- and cedar 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 18
- Isaiah 6
- Ezekiel 6
- Leviticus 5
- 2 Chronicles 5
- Psalms 5
17 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 11:2In contextHowl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.
- Leviticus 14:4Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
- Leviticus 14:6As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:
- Leviticus 14:49And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
- Leviticus 14:51And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:
- Leviticus 14:52And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:
All 69 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
אֶ֫רֶז erez · cedar
1) cedar 1a) cedar tree 1b) cedar timber, cedar wood (in building) 1c) cedar wood (in purifications)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “cedar” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CEDAR, noun
A tree. This name is given to different species of the juniper, and to a species of Pinus. The latter is that which is mentioned in scripture. It is an evergreen, grows to a great size, and is remarkable for its durability.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.