Thematic Bible: Cedars


Thematic Bible



His legs, pillars of marble, set upon bases of fine gold: His bearing as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars; Verse ConceptsThings Like Gold

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also take of the highest branch of the lofty cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of its young shoots a tender one, and I will plant it upon a high and eminent mountain: upon the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth branches, and bear fruit, and become a noble cedar; and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

But I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was as the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; but I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. Verse ConceptsAmoritesCedarRootsGiantsOaks

By thy servants thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the recesses of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars, the choice of its cypresses; and I will enter into its furthest height, into the forest of its fruitful field. Verse ConceptsChariotsCedarFelling TreesTrusting In Chariots

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also take of the highest branch of the lofty cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of its young shoots a tender one, and I will plant it upon a high and eminent mountain: Verse ConceptsTendernessMessianic PropheciesMetaphorical PlantingThe Mountains Of Israel

And he shall take, to purge the house from the defilement, two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop; and he shall kill one bird in an earthen vessel over running water; 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 bird that was killed, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times; read more.
and he shall purge the house from the defilement 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;

then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two clean living birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. And the priest shall command that one bird be killed in an earthen vessel over running water: as to the living bird he shall take it, and the cedar-wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water; read more.
and he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.

and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan; Verse ConceptsOaks

Behold the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, shall lop the boughs with violence; and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be brought low; and he shall make clearings in the thickets of the forest with iron; and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofCraftsmenMessengers Sent OutCedarCarpentersBuildingMasonsStonesZion, As A PlaceCommerceCedar Wood

And he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was a hundred cubits, and its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar-pillars, with cedar-beams upon the pillars; and it was covered with cedar above upon the side-chambers, which were on forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row.

And behold, I purpose to build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God, as Jehovah spoke to David my father saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy stead, he shall build a house unto my name. Verse ConceptsProperty, HousesThroneSolomon's TempleA Place For God's Name

And he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar. And he built the floors against all the house, five cubits high; and they held to the house by the timbers of cedar.

The mountains were covered with its shadow, and the branches thereof were like cedars of God; Verse ConceptsCedarThe Mountains Of Israel

upon the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth branches, and bear fruit, and become a noble cedar; and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell. Verse ConceptsBearing Fruit

The trees of Jehovah are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted, Verse ConceptsCedar

I will give in the wilderness the cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oleaster; I will set in the desert the cypress, pine, and box-tree together; Verse ConceptsFir TreesOlivesTreesWaste Places RestoredMyrtleOlive TreesChristmas Tree

And the bramble said to the trees, 'If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.' Verse ConceptsCedarShadowsBramblesBurning PlantsPerforming The Truth


But I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was as the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; but I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. Verse ConceptsAmoritesCedarRootsGiantsOaks

Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches and a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature: and his top was amidst the thick boughs. Verse ConceptsBranches, Types OfCedarPride, Examples OfTreesThings On High

Thy lips, my spouse, drop as the honeycomb; Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. Verse ConceptsHoneyRich Foodspouse

King Solomon made himself a palanquin Of the wood of Lebanon.

So Hiram gave Solomon cedar-trees and cypress-trees according to all his desire. And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat as food for his household, and twenty measures of beaten oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.

He cropped off the top of its young shoots, and carried it into a merchants' land; he set it in a city of traders. And he took of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, he set it as a willow tree.

Thou inhabitress of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how pitiful shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, pain as of a woman in travail! Verse ConceptsCedarLabour Pains

The mountains were covered with its shadow, and the branches thereof were like cedars of God; It sent out its boughs unto the sea, and its shoots unto the river.

these traded with thee in sumptuous clothes, in wrappings of blue and broidered work, and in chests full of variegated stuffs, bound with cords and made of cedar-wood, amongst thy merchandise. Verse ConceptsBeauty, In ArtefactsClothing, Kinds OfMarketsRich ApparelCommerceBlue ClothMulti ColouredColorreinforcement

And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he as the sycamores that are in the lowland for abundance. Verse ConceptsCedarSilverSycamoresTreesCedar WoodThe Shephelah

And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons; and they shall cut down the choice of thy cedars, and cast them into the fire. Verse ConceptsFelling TreesThose Who DestroyBurning Plants

and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A great eagle with great wings, long-pinioned, full of feathers, which was of divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar. Verse ConceptsEaglesBirds, Types Of BirdsWings Of BirdsFeathersMulti ColouredColorRainbow

Like valleys are they spread forth, like gardens by the river side, Like aloe-trees which Jehovah hath planted, like cedars beside the waters. Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalSpreadingGardens

And the priest shall take cedar-wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast them into the midst of the burning of the heifer. Verse ConceptsCrimsonWoolRed MaterialCedar Wood

They made all thy double boards of cypress-trees of Senir; they took cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee. Verse ConceptsCedarFir TreesBoardsCedar Wood

When he heweth him down cedars, he taketh also a holm-oak and a terebinth he chooseth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth a pine, and the rain maketh it grow. Verse ConceptsTreesFelling Treeswoodworkingtoughness

Like valleys are they spread forth, like gardens by the river side, Like aloe-trees which Jehovah hath planted, like cedars beside the waters. Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalSpreadingGardens

And he spoke of the trees, from the cedar-tree that is on Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of cattle, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes. Verse ConceptsCedarHyssopPlantsRelation Of Animals To ManBeauty Of NatureFishPets


The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones; the sycamore trees are cut down, but we will replace them with cedars. Verse ConceptsBricksHousesMasonsProperty, HousesStonesSycamoresFortsStone ItemsCedar WoodThings ImprovedChristmas Treerebuilding

Mountains and all hills, fruit-trees and all cedars;

The voice of Jehovah breaketh cedars; yea, Jehovah breaketh the cedars of Lebanon: Verse ConceptsCedarFelling TreesThe Beauty Of Nature


Even the cypresses rejoice at thee, the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us. Verse ConceptsCedarFir TreesFelling Trees

The voice of Jehovah breaketh cedars; yea, Jehovah breaketh the cedars of Lebanon: Verse ConceptsCedarFelling TreesThe Beauty Of Nature

And Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thorn-bush that is in Lebanon sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son as wife; and there passed by the wild beast that is in Lebanon, and trode down the thorn-bush. Verse ConceptsCedarFablesThornsSarcasmThistlesOld Testament ParablesGiving In Marriage

and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan; Verse ConceptsOaks

And he spoke of the trees, from the cedar-tree that is on Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of cattle, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes. Verse ConceptsCedarHyssopPlantsRelation Of Animals To ManBeauty Of NatureFishPets

The mountains were covered with its shadow, and the branches thereof were like cedars of God; Verse ConceptsCedarThe Mountains Of Israel

The trees of Jehovah are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted, Verse ConceptsCedar

The voice of Jehovah breaketh cedars; yea, Jehovah breaketh the cedars of Lebanon: Verse ConceptsCedarFelling TreesThe Beauty Of Nature