Lexical Definition

‎אֶרֶז‎ ʼerez (eh-rez') cedar ^H:N-M
from ‎אָרַז‎

cedar (tree).

• a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)

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

See Greek: Κεδρών

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֶ֫רֶז‎ noun masculine^{Ezek 17:23} cedar; —

feminine Ezek 17:22 ‎הָרָמָה‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎, but strike out ‎הרמה‎ ᵐ5 Co; — (Arabic pine-tree, etc.; Ethiopic Syriac ) — ‎׳‎‎א‎ absolute Lev 14:4 + 19 t., ‎אָ֑רֶז‎ Job 40:17 + 6 t.; plural ‎אֲרָזִיס‎ Isa 9:9* + 35 t.; construct ‎אַרְזֵי‎ Isa 2:13 + 5 t.; suffix ‎אֲרָזֶיךָ‎ Jer 22:17; Zech 11:1 ‎אֲרָזָיו‎ Isa 37:24 = 2Kgs 19:23 —

1. cedar-tree,
(a) as growing Num 24:6; Ps 148:9; Isa 41:19; Isa 44:14 compare Ezek 31:8 especially as growing on Lebanon 1Kgs 5:13*; 2Kgs 14:9 = 2Chr 25:18 (both in fable of Jehoash); often ‎אַרְזֵי (הַ) לְּבָנוֺן‎ Judg 9:15; Isa 2:13; Isa 14:8; Ps 29:5 (twice in verse) (figurative) Ps 104:16, compare 1Kgs 5:20*; 2Kgs 19:23 = Isa 37:24; Ps 92:13*; Song 5:15; Ezek 27:5 (singular collective) Zech 11:1; Zech 11:2 (figurative); Song 1:17; Ezra 3:7; Jer 22:23 (figurative) Ezek 17:3 (figurative);
(b) especially in simile, of outward power, stateliness & majesty Ps 80:11* (‎אֵל‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎) compare Ezek 31:3 (personified, but see Co on text), Amos 2:9 of individuals Jer 22:7; Ps 92:13*; Ezek 17:22; Ezek 17:23 compare other examples of figurative use, above; simile of straightness & strength Job 40:17 (tail of hippopotamus).

2. cedar-timber, cedar-wood for building, ‎עֲצֵי אֲרָזִים‎ 1Sam 5:11; 1Kgs 5:22*; 1Kgs 5:24*; 1Kgs 6:10; 1Kgs 9:11; 1Chr 14:1; 1Chr 22:4 (twice in verse); 2Chr 2:7*; Ezra 3:7 without ‎עֵץ‎ 2Sam 7:2; 2Sam 7:7; 1Kgs 6:9; 1Kgs 6:15; 1Kgs 6:16; 1Kgs 6:18 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 6:20; 1Kgs 6:36; 1Kgs 7:2 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 7:3; 1Kgs 7:7; 1Kgs 7:11; 1Kgs 7:12; 1Kgs 10:27; 1Chr 17:1; 1Chr 17:6; 2Chr 1:15; 2Chr 2:3*; 2Chr 9:27 & Song 8:9; Isa 9:9*; Jer 22:14; Jer 22:15 (compare also Isa 44:14; 1Kgs 5:20*; Ezek 27:5; Ezra 3:7 above)

3. cedar-wood used in purifications, with ‎עֵץ‎ Lev 14:4; Lev 14:6; Lev 14:49; Lev 14:51; Lev 14:52; Num 19:6 (all P).

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