Erez (ארז) means cedar in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
אֶרֶז
erez
noun · masculine
In English
cedar
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Erez.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1עץ מחטני גדול וחזק השייך למשפחת האורניים.
כִּנְחָלִים נִטָּיוּ, כְּגַנֹּת עֲלֵי נָהָר; כַּאֲהָלִים נָטַע יהוה, כַּאֲרָזִים עֲלֵי־מָיִם.
- 2שם פרטי לזכר.
הֲתִמְלֹךְ כִּי אַתָּה מְתַחֲרֶה בָאָרֶז אָבִיךָ הֲלוֹא אָכַל וְשָׁתָה וְעָשָׂה מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה אָז טוֹב לוֹ.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Erez is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- אֶרֶז
- Written without vowel points
- ארז
- Said
- erez
- Root
- א־ר־ז
- Pattern
- קֶטֶל
- Plural
- אֲרָזִים
- Inflections
- ר׳ אֲרָזִים; סמיכות: אֶרֶז־, ר׳ אַרְזֵי־; קניין: אַרְזִי, אֲרָזַי, אַרְזְךָ, אֲרָזֶיךָ, אַרְזֵךְ, אֲרָזַיִךְ...
- Gematria
- 208
This is how Erez is said in other languages.
- English
- cedar
- Arabic
- أرز
- Russian
- кедр
- French
- cèdre
- Spanish
- cedro
- German
- Zeder
These words rhyme with Erez.
The word Erez is part of these phrases and sayings.
- אם בארזים נפלה שלהבת מה יעשו אזובי קיר?
- ארז הלבנון
- בחור כארז
- מן הארז אשר בלבנון ועד האזוב אשר יוצא בקיר
- קשה כארז
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Erez comes from the root א־ר־ז, like these words.
These words come before and after Erez in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Erez.
What does Erez (ארז) mean in Hebrew?
Erez (ארז) means cedar. It is said erez, with the stress on e.
What rhymes with Erez (ארז)?
Words that rhyme with Erez (ארז) include ברז and גרז.
Is Erez (ארז) masculine or feminine?
The word Erez (ארז) is a masculine noun, and its plural is אֲרָזִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry ארז of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.