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Strong's #1265 - בְּרוֹשׁ
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
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- cypress, fir, juniper, pine
- a noble tree (literally)
- of stateliness (figuratively)
- material for temple
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2042) srb (ברסה BRSh) AC: ? CO: Cypress AB: ?: [from: rb- as a choice wood]
cm ) sfrb (ברוסה BRWSh) - Cypress: The tree or the wood. [df: twrb] KJV (21): fir - Strongs: H1265 (בְּרוֹשׁ), H1266 (בְּרוֹת)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 (literal) a noble tree, usually "" ארז (except 2 Samuel 6:5; 1 Kings 6:34; 2 Chronicles 3:5; Psalm 104:17; Isaiah 55:13; Hosea 14:9; Nahum 2:4); as standing and growing Isaiah 14:8; Isaiah 37:24 = 2 Kings 19:23; Isaiah 41:19; Isaiah 55:13 ("" הֲדַס) Isaiah 60:13 ("" כבוד לבנון = ארז) Psalm 104:17.
2 simile of luxuriance, stateliness Ezekiel 31:8, productiveness Hosea 14:9 (Now thinks cypress), figurative for spear-shafts Nahum 2:4 Hi-St, but ᵐ5ᵑ6 פרשׁים; figurative for mighty men Zechariah 11:2.
3 as material (always plural), for building temple (׳עצי ב) 1 Kings 5:22; 1 Kings 5:24; 1 Kings 6:34; compare 1 Kings 9:11; 2 Chronicles 2:7; ׳עץ ב (singular) 2 Chronicles 3:5 (compare Baer's note); ׳צלעות ב 1 Kings 6:15; for ships (no עץ) Ezekiel 27:5; — בְּכֹל עֲצֵי ברושׁים 2 Samuel 6:5 apparently = with all musical instruments made of fir, but "" 1 Chronicles 13:8 בְּכָלעֹֿז וּבְשִׁירִים & so here ᵐ5 We Dr.
בְּרוֹשׁ pl. בְּרוֹשִׁים m.
(1) the cypress, a tall tree, Isaiah 55:13, and fruit-bearing, Hosea 14:9 together with the cedar, to which it is very often joined, the principal ornament of Lebanon (Isaiah 14:8, 37:24 60:13 Zechariah 11:2, comp. verse Zechariah 11:1); the wood of which, equally with that of the cedar, was used for the planks of the temple of Jerusalem (1Ki. 5:22, 24 1Ki 5:24 6:15, 34 1 Kings 6:34; 2 Chronicles 2:7, 3:5 ); for the decks of ships (Ezekiel 27:5); also, for spears (Nahum 2:4); and instruments of music (2 Samuel 6:5); once, by a Syriacism, called בְּרוֹת, Song of Solomon 1:17. That the cypress, not the fir, is to be understood, is clear both from the nature of the case, and also from the authority of the ancient versions; although this name may perhaps have comprehended also other trees of the pine kind. See this more fully stated in Thes. page 246. As to the etymology, the cypress appears to be so called from the boards and planks cut from it; see the root.
(2) something made of cypress wood.
(a) a lance, Nahum 2:4.
(b) a musical instrument, 2 Samuel 6:5.