אֶ֫רֶז noun masculine^{Ezekiel 17:23} cedar; — feminine Ezekiel 17:22 הָרָמָה ׳א, but strike out הרמה ᵐ5 Co; — (Arabic pine-tree, etc.; Ethiopic Syriac ) — ׳א absolute Leviticus 14:4 19t., אָ֑רֶז Job 40:17 6t.; plural אֲרָזִיס Isaiah 9:9 35t.; construct אַרְזֵי Isaiah 2:13 5t.; suffix אֲרָזֶיךָ Jeremiah 22:17; Zechariah 11:1; אֲרָזָיו Isaiah 37:24 = 2 Kings 19:23; —

1 cedar-tree, (a) as growing Numbers 24:6; Psalm 148:9; Isaiah 41:19; Isaiah 44:14 compare Ezekiel 31:8; especially as growing on Lebanon 1 Kings 5:13; 2 Kings 14:9 2Chronicles 25:18 (both in fable of Jehoash); often אַרְזֵי (הַ) לְּבָנוֺן Judges 9:15; Isaiah 2:13; Isaiah 14:8; Psalm 29:5 (twice in verse) (figurative) Psalm 104:16, compare 1 Kings 5:20; 2 Kings 19:23 = Isaiah 37:24; Psalm 92:13; Songs 5:15; Ezekiel 27:5 (singular collective) Zechariah 11:1,2(figurative); Songs 1:17; Ezra 3:7; Jeremiah 22:23 (figurative) Ezekiel 17:3 (figurative); (b) especially in simile, of outward power, stateliness & majesty Psalm 80:11 (אֵל ׳א) compare Ezekiel 31:3 (personified, but see Co on text), Amos 2:9; of individuals Jeremiah 22:7; Psalm 92:13; Ezekiel 17:22,23; 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 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 5:22; 1 Kings 5:24; 1 Kings 6:10; 1 Kings 9:11; 1 Chronicles 14:1; 1 Chronicles 22:4 (twice in verse); 2Chron 2:7; Ezra 3:7; without עֵץ 2 Samuel 7:2,7; 1 Kings 6:9,15,16,18 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 6:20,36; 1 Kings 7:2 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 7:3,7,11,12; 1 Kings 10:27; 1 Chronicles 17:1; 1 Chronicles 17:6; 2Chron 1:15; 2 Chronicles 2:3; 2 Chronicles 9:27 & Songs 8:9; Isaiah 9:9; Jeremiah 22:14,15 (compare also Isaiah 44:14; 1 Kings 5:20; Ezekiel 27:5; Ezra 3:7 above)

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