κέδρος, κέδρου, ἡ (from Homer down), a cedar, a well-known tree, the wood of which is fragrant: χείμαρρος τῶν κέδρων, Joh_18:1 R Tr text WH (so also 2Sa_15:23; 1Ki_15:13 (cf. 2:37)); τοῦ (sic) κέδρου, ibid. Tdf.; but see the following word. STRONGS NT 2748: ΚεδρώνΚεδρών, ὁ (Buttmann, 21 (19)), indeclinable (in Josephus, Κεδρών, Κεδρωνος (see below)), Cedron (or Kidron) (Hebrew χΔγΐψεο i. e. dark, turbid), the name of a (winter-) torrent, rising near Jerusalem and flowing down through a valley of the same name (having the Matt. of Olives on the E.) into the Dead Sea: χείμαρρος τοῦ Κεδρών, Joh_18:1 G L Tr marginal reading, according to the more correct reading (but see WH's Appendix, at the passage); (χείμαρρος Κεδρωνος, Josephus, Antiquities 8, 1, 5; φάραγξ Κεδρωνος, ibid. 9, 7, 3; b. j. 5, 6, 1; φάραγγι, βαθεῖα ... ἡ Κεδρών ὠνομασται, ibid. 5, 2, 3). (B. D., under the word , cf. Cedron, 2; Robinson, Phys. Geogr. of the Holy Land, p. 96f.)

Κεδρών Kedrōn 1x indecl. pr. name, Kidron, a valley near Jerusalem, Joh_18:1

κέδρος , -ου , ἡ , [in LXX chiefly for H730 , Num_24:6 , al. ; χειμάρρους τῶν Κέδρων , 2Sa_15:23 , 1Ki_15:13 ( H6939 );] a cedar: χείμαρρος τῶν Κ . (as in 2Sam, 1Ki, ll . c .), Joh_18:1 ( Rec. Tr ., WH , R , mg .; τοῦ Κέδρου , T , WH , mg ., see Κεδρών , and cf. Westc ., in l ; WH , App ., 89 f .; Abbott, JG , 513 ff ).† Κεδρών ( see κέδρος ), ὁ , indecl . (in FlJ , gen . -ῶνος ; Heb . H6939 ), [in LXX : 2Sa_15:23 , 2Ki_23:6 , al. ;] Cedron (OT, Kidron): χείμαρρος τοῦ Κ ., Joh_18:1 ( L , Tr ., mg ., R , txt .; cf. Bl., 10, 5; Lft ., Essays , 172 ff ).†

κέδρος (~Κεδρών ) [page 339] We appear to nave the gen. plur. of this word in the generally accepted reading of Joh_18:1 πέραν τοῦ χειμάρρου τῶν Κέδρων , but it is probable that this is due to a popular misunderstanding of the real reading τοῦ Κεδρών , where Κεδρών is the indeclinable Hellenized form of a Semitic word χγψεΙο dark, and indicates that the stream was so called from the turbid character of its waters : see especially Lightfoot Biblical Essays , p. 172 ff., Moulton Gr. ii. §60 (12).

κέδρος, -ου, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for אֶרֶז, Num.24:6, al.; χειμάρρους τῶν Κέδρων, 2Ki.15:23, 3Ki.15:13 (קִדְרוֹן) ;] a cedar: χείμαρρος τῶν Κ. (as in 2Sam, 1Ki, ll. with), Jhn.18:1 (Rec. Tr., WH, R, mg.; τοῦ Κέδρου, T, WH, mg., see: Κεδρών, and cf. Westc., in l; WH, App., 89 f.; Abbott, JG, 513 ff).† Κεδρών (see: κέδρος), ὁ, indecl. (in FlJ, genitive -ῶνος; Heb. קִדְרוֹן), [in LXX: 2Ki.15:23, 4Ki.23:6, al. ;] Cedron (OT, Kidron): χείμαρρος τοῦ Κ., Jhn.18:1 (L, Tr., mg., R, txt.; cf. Bl., 10, 5; Lft., Essays, 172 ff).† (AS)