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עֶרֶשׂ H6210

H6210 is the Hebrew word עֶרֶשׂ, transliterated ʻeres and said eh'res. The King James Version most often renders it bed.

Word: עֶרֶשׂTransliteration: ʻeresSaid: eh'resLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 8 verses

What it means

a couch (properly, with a canopy).

Where it comes from

from an unused root meaning perhaps to arch.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 9 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

bed 4×behold his bedstead 1×bedstead 1×couch 1×also our bed 1×themselves upon their couches 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: bed(-stead), couch.

Verses using עֶרֶשׂ

All 8 verses, quoted in full.

Deuteronomy 3:11 · KJV

For 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.

Job 7:13 · KJV

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

Psalm 6:6 · KJV

I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

Psalm 41:3 · KJV

The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

Psalm 132:3 · KJV

Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;

Proverbs 7:16 · KJV

I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.

Song of Solomon 1:16 · KJV

Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.

Amos 6:4 · KJV

That 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;

Common questions

What does Strong's H6210 mean?

H6210 is the Hebrew word עֶרֶשׂ (ʻeres), meaning a couch (properly, with a canopy).

How is H6210 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it bed (4 times), behold his bedstead (1 time), bedstead (1 time), couch (1 time), also our bed (1 time), among others.

How many times does H6210 appear in the Bible?

עֶרֶשׂ (ʻeres) is tagged in 8 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H6210 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from an unused root meaning perhaps to arch.

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