- Original: ארז - Transliteration: 'araz - Phonetic: aw-raz' - Definition: (CLBL) v 1. to be firm 2. made firm (past part.) (BDB/TWOT) adj 3. firm, strong - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 160c - Part(s) of speech: - Strong's: A primitive root; to be firm; used only in the passive participle as a denominative from H730 ; of cedar: - made of cedar. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • cedar, 1 Ezekiel 27:24