H6210 - עֶרֶשׂ (ʻeres)

H6210 עֶרֶשׂ (ʻeres) eh'res

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

bed

Strong's Definition

a couch (properly, with a canopy)

Derivation: from an unused root meaning perhaps to arch;

KJV Usage: bed(-stead), couch.

TWOT Reference: 1706a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) couch, divan, bed

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2825

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

couch, divan, bed

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עֶרֶשׂ ‛ereś BDB Definition: 1) couch, divan, bed Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root meaning perhaps to arch Same Word by TWOT Number: 1706a Total KJV Occurrences: 10

Bible Occurrences (8)

3:11

7:13

6:6 41:3 132:3

7:16

3:12 6:4

Deuteronomy 3:11

For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim.... His bed... of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide -, [is still] in Rabbah of the Ammonites....

Job 7:13

When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

Proverbs 7:16

I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.

Amos 3:12

This is what the LORD says: As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites... dwelling in Samaria will be rescued [having just] the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch.

Amos 6:4

You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.