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Strong's H730 אֶרֶז (erez)

erez - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G730 — arrhen (“male”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H730
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 69
Books 17

Strong's H730 Quick Answer

Strong's H730 אֶרֶז (erez) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. erez (eh-rez') n-m. 1. a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots) [from H729] It has 69 linked Bible usages across 17 books. Visible English usage signals include cedar and cedars. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
erez (eh-rez') n-m. 1. a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots) [from H729]
Usage
69 linked usages
Books
17 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
cedar and cedars

Meaning and Definition

erez (eh-rez') n-m. 1. a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots) [from H729] KJV: cedar (tree). Root(s): H729

Original Word
אֶרֶז
Transliteration
erez
Derivation
Root: ארז First root strongs: 729
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H730. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H730 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render erez, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

cedar Leviticus 14:4 46× cedars Judges 9:15 23×

How Strong's H730 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 69 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H730 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H730 in the Old Testament

69 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Leviticus 14:4 KJV

Then 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 14:6 KJV

As 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 14:49 KJV

And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

Usage Excerpts

First 69 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H730.

Leviticus 14:4 Old Testament, KJV
Then 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 14:6 Old Testament, KJV
As 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 14:49 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
Leviticus 14:51 Old Testament, KJV
And 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 14:52 Old Testament, KJV
And 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:
Numbers 19:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
Numbers 24:6 Old Testament, KJV
As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Judges 9:15 Old Testament, KJV
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 bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
2 Samuel 5:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
2 Samuel 7:2 Old Testament, KJV
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.
2 Samuel 7:7 Old Testament, KJV
In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?
1 Kings 4:33 Old Testament, KJV
And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
1 Kings 5:6 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.
1 Kings 5:8 Old Testament, KJV
And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
1 Kings 5:10 Old Testament, KJV
So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.
1 Kings 6:9 Old Testament, KJV
So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
1 Kings 6:10 Old Testament, KJV
And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
1 Kings 6:15 Old Testament, KJV
And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
1 Kings 6:16 Old Testament, KJV
And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
1 Kings 6:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
1 Kings 6:20 Old Testament, KJV
And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.
1 Kings 6:36 Old Testament, KJV
And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
1 Kings 7:2 Old Testament, KJV
He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
1 Kings 7:3 Old Testament, KJV
And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
1 Kings 7:7 Old Testament, KJV
Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.
1 Kings 7:11 Old Testament, KJV
And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
1 Kings 7:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.
1 Kings 9:11 Old Testament, KJV
(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
1 Kings 10:27 Old Testament, KJV
And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
2 Kings 14:9 Old Testament, KJV
And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
2 Kings 19:23 Old Testament, KJV
By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
1 Chronicles 14:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.
1 Chronicles 17:1 Old Testament, KJV
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 LORD remaineth under curtains.
1 Chronicles 17:6 Old Testament, KJV
Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?
1 Chronicles 22:4 Old Testament, KJV
Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
2 Chronicles 1:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance.
2 Chronicles 2:3 Old Testament, KJV
And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.
2 Chronicles 2:8 Old Testament, KJV
Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
2 Chronicles 9:27 Old Testament, KJV
And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
2 Chronicles 25:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
Ezra 3:7 Old Testament, KJV
They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
Job 40:17 Old Testament, KJV
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
Psalms 29:5 Old Testament, KJV
The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
Psalms 80:10 Old Testament, KJV
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
Psalms 92:12 Old Testament, KJV
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Psalms 104:16 Old Testament, KJV
The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
Psalms 148:9 Old Testament, KJV
Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:
Song of Solomon 5:15 Old Testament, KJV
His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
Song of Solomon 8:9 Old Testament, KJV
If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
Isaiah 2:13 Old Testament, KJV
And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
Isaiah 9:10 Old Testament, KJV
The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
Isaiah 14:8 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
Isaiah 37:24 Old Testament, KJV
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 Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
Isaiah 41:19 Old Testament, KJV
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
Isaiah 44:14 Old Testament, KJV
He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
Jeremiah 22:7 Old Testament, KJV
And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
Jeremiah 22:14 Old Testament, KJV
That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
Jeremiah 22:15 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 17:3 Old Testament, KJV
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
Ezekiel 17:22 Old Testament, KJV
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 one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:
Ezekiel 17:23 Old Testament, KJV
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 fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
Ezekiel 27:5 Old Testament, KJV
They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
Ezekiel 31:3 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Ezekiel 31:8 Old Testament, KJV
The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
Amos 2:9 Old Testament, KJV
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, and his roots from beneath.
Zechariah 11:1 Old Testament, KJV
Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
Zechariah 11:2 Old Testament, KJV
Howl, 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.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H730, grouped by book.

Leviticus 5 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 18 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 5 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 5 usages, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 3 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 6 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 6 usages, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H730 FAQ

What does erez (אֶרֶז) mean?

Strong's H730 is a Hebrew entry for H730 אֶרֶז (erez). erez (eh-rez') n-m. 1. a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots) [from H729]

How many times is erez (אֶרֶז) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 69 linked usages for Strong's H730 across 17 books.

Where can I study erez (אֶרֶז) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H730 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate erez (אֶרֶז)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as cedar and cedars. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.