אֶ֫רֶז
e.rez
“cedar”
Definition
a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)
from H729 (אָרַז);
- cedar 1a) cedar tree 1b) cedar timber, cedar wood (in building) 1c) cedar wood (in purifications)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
אֶ֫רֶז appears 60 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters, to build a palace for him.
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.
he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”
Through your servants you have taunted the Lord,and you have said:“With my many chariotsI have ascendedto 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.
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.
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