Thematic Bible: Cedars


Thematic Bible



His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: His aspect is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. Verse ConceptsThings Like Gold

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also take of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it upon a high and lofty mountain: in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shade of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

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

By thy servants hast thou defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field; Verse ConceptsChariotsCedarFelling TreesTrusting In Chariots

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

And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: and he shall kill one of the birds 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 slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times: read more.
and he shall cleanse the house 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 living clean birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: And the priest shall command to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water. As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall 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 go the living bird into the open field.

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

Behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, will lop the boughs with terror: and the high of stature shall be hewn down, and the lofty shall be brought low. And he will cut down 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 cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofCraftsmenMessengers Sent OutCedarCarpentersBuildingMasonsStonesZion, As A PlaceCommerceCedar Wood

For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was a hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. And it was covered with cedar above over the forty and five beams, that were upon the pillars; fifteen in a row.

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

So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar. And he built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like cedars of God. Verse ConceptsCedarThe Mountains Of Israel

in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shade of the branches thereof shall they dwell. Verse ConceptsBearing Fruit

The trees of Jehovah are filled with moisture , The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; Verse ConceptsCedar

I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together: Verse ConceptsFir TreesOlivesTreesWaste Places RestoredMyrtleOlive TreesChristmas Tree

And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. Verse ConceptsCedarShadowsBramblesBurning PlantsPerforming The Truth


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

Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs. Verse ConceptsBranches, Types OfCedarPride, Examples OfTreesThings On High

Thy lips, O my bride, 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 timber of cedar and timber of fir according to all his desire. And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.

he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it unto a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants. He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow-tree.

O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail! Verse ConceptsCedarLabour Pains

The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like cedars of God. It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River.

These were thy traffickers in choice wares, in wrappings of blue and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords and made of cedar, among thy merchandise. Verse ConceptsBeauty, In ArtefactsClothing, Kinds OfMarketsRich ApparelCommerceBlue ClothMulti ColouredColorreinforcement

And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees 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 thy choice 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 and long pinions, full of feathers, which had divers colors, came unto Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar: Verse ConceptsEaglesBirds, Types Of BirdsWings Of BirdsFeathersMulti ColouredColorRainbow

As valleys are they spread forth, As gardens by the river-side, As lign-aloes which Jehovah hath planted, As cedar-trees beside the waters. Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalSpreadingGardens

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

They have made all thy planks of fir-trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for thee. Verse ConceptsCedarFir TreesBoardsCedar Wood

He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the holm-tree and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest: he planteth a fir-tree, and the rain doth nourish it. Verse ConceptsTreesFelling Treeswoodworkingtoughness

As valleys are they spread forth, As gardens by the river-side, As lign-aloes which Jehovah hath planted, As cedar-trees beside the waters. Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalSpreadingGardens

And he spake of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall; he spake also of beasts, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fishes. Verse ConceptsCedarHyssopPlantsRelation Of Animals To ManBeauty Of NatureFishPets


The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stone; the sycomores are cut down, but we will put cedars in their place. Verse ConceptsBricksHousesMasonsProperty, HousesStonesSycamoresFortsStone ItemsCedar WoodThings ImprovedChristmas Treerebuilding

Mountains and all hills; Fruitful trees and all cedars;

The voice of Jehovah breaketh the cedars; Yea, Jehovah breaketh in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. Verse ConceptsCedarFelling TreesThe Beauty Of Nature


Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon,'saying , Since thou art laid low, no hewer is come up against us. Verse ConceptsCedarFir TreesFelling Trees

The voice of Jehovah breaketh the cedars; Yea, Jehovah breaketh in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. Verse ConceptsCedarFelling TreesThe Beauty Of Nature

And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle. Verse ConceptsCedarFablesThornsSarcasmThistlesOld Testament ParablesGiving In Marriage

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

And he spake of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall; he spake also of beasts, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fishes. Verse ConceptsCedarHyssopPlantsRelation Of Animals To ManBeauty Of NatureFishPets

The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like cedars of God. Verse ConceptsCedarThe Mountains Of Israel

The trees of Jehovah are filled with moisture , The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; Verse ConceptsCedar

The voice of Jehovah breaketh the cedars; Yea, Jehovah breaketh in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. Verse ConceptsCedarFelling TreesThe Beauty Of Nature

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