אֶרֶז

feminine Ezk 17,22 הָרָמָה ׳א, but strike out הרמה ᵐ5 Co; — (Arabic pine-tree, etc.; Ethiopic Syriac ) — ׳א absolute 3 Mos 14,4 + 19 t., אָ֑רֶז Job 40,17 + 6 t.; plural אֲרָזִיס Es 9,9 + 35 t.; construct אַרְזֵי Es 2,13 + 5 t.; suffix אֲרָזֶיךָ Jer 22,17; Zak 11,1 אֲרָזָיו Es 37,24 = 2 Kong 19,23 —

1. cedar-tree,
\ \ \ (a) as growing 4 Mos 24,6; Sl 148,9; Es 41,19; Es 44,14 compare Ezk 31,8 especially as growing on Lebanon 1 Kong 5,13; 2 Kong 14,9 = 2 Kron 25,18 (both in fable of Jehoash); often אַרְזֵי (הַ) לְּבָנוֺן Dom 9,15; Es 2,13; Es 14,8; Sl 29,5 (twice in verse) (figurative) Sl 104,16, compare 1 Kong 5,20; 2 Kong 19,23 = Es 37,24; Sl 92,13; Hoj 5,15; Ezk 27,5 (singular collective) Zak 11,1; Zak 11,2 (figurative); Hoj 1,17; Ezr 3,7; Jer 22,23 (figurative) Ezk 17,3 (figurative);
\ \ \ (b) especially in simile, of outward power, stateliness & majesty Sl 80,11 (אֵל ׳א) compare Ezk 31,3 (personified, but see Co on text), Amos 2,9 of individuals Jer 22,7; Sl 92,13; Ezk 17,22; Ezk 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 1 Sam 5,11; 1 Kong 5,22; 1 Kong 5,24; 1 Kong 6,10; 1 Kong 9,11; 1 Kron 14,1; 1 Kron 22,4 (twice in verse); 2 Kron 2,7; Ezr 3,7 without עֵץ 2 Sam 7,2; 2 Sam 7,7; 1 Kong 6,9; 1 Kong 6,15; 1 Kong 6,16; 1 Kong 6,18 (twice in verse); 1 Kong 6,20; 1 Kong 6,36; 1 Kong 7,2 (twice in verse); 1 Kong 7,3; 1 Kong 7,7; 1 Kong 7,11; 1 Kong 7,12; 1 Kong 10,27; 1 Kron 17,1; 1 Kron 17,6; 2 Kron 1,15; 2 Kron 2,3; 2 Kron 9,27 & Hoj 8,9; Es 9,9; Jer 22,14; Jer 22,15 (compare also Es 44,14; 1 Kong 5,20; Ezk 27,5; Ezr 3,7 above)

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