Eres עֶ֫רֶשׂ
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| עֶ֫רֶשׂ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | eres |
| Strong's number | H6210 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | bed |
| Occurrences | 10 in 9 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (3) |
Eres (Hebrew עֶ֫רֶשׂ, Strong's H6210) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “bed”. It occurs 10 times in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
couch, divan, bed
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | bed (5), bedstead (2), couch (2), couches (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | his bed (2), my bed (2), my couch (1), our bed (1), couch (1), your couches (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Eres, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 3:11For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.(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
- Job 7:13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
Psalms
- Psalm 6:6I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
- Psalm 41:3The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
- Psalm 132:3Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;“I will not enter my house or get into my bed,
Proverbs
- Proverbs 7:16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 1:16Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.
Amos
- Amos 3:12Thus saith the Lord; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.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 6:4That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).