אֶרֶז
ʼerez · eh-rez'
a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H729 (אָרַז);
a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cedar (tree).
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the head, the highest › to cut, to sustain
Strength, the leader of the head, the highest that works to cut, to sustain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶרֶז above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
73 occurrences · 73 OT · 0 NT · 44 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of cedar11 · 18%
- cedar6 · 10%
- with cedar5 · 8%
- cedars5 · 8%
- the cedars4 · 7%
- and cedar3 · 5%
- of cedars3 · 5%
- the cedar2 · 3%
- and cedars2 · 3%
- to the cedar2 · 3%
- and cedar trees2 · 3%
- like a cedar2 · 3%
- it, and the cedar1 · 2%
- and with the cedar1 · 2%
- and as cedar trees1 · 2%
- from the cedar tree1 · 2%
- me cedar trees1 · 2%
- and the cedar1 · 2%
- all was cedar1 · 2%
- which was of cedar1 · 2%
- cedar trees1 · 2%
- also cedar1 · 2%
- him cedars1 · 2%
- me also cedar1 · 2%
- of sap; the cedars1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.