Bible Dictionaries
opher

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Gopher. (pitch). Gopher wood. Only once mentioned - Genesis 6:14. Two principal conjectures have been proposed -

1. That the "trees of gopher" are any trees of the resinous kind, such as pine, fir, etc.

2. That Gopher is cypress.

Bibliography Information
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'opher'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​o/opher.html. 1901.