King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H1265
Transliteration: berosh
Phonetic Spelling: (ber-osh')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: cypress or fir
Meaning: a cypress, tree, a lance, a musical instrument
Word Summary
berosh: cypress or fir
Original Word: בְּרוֹשׁTransliteration: berosh
Phonetic Spelling: (ber-osh')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: cypress or fir
Meaning: a cypress, tree, a lance, a musical instrument
Strong's Concordance
fir tree Of uncertain derivation; a cypress (?) Tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood) -- fir (tree).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1265. berosh
בְּרוֺשׁ noun masculineHosea 14:9 cypress or fir (Assyrian burâšu COTGlossary Aramaic בּרוֺתא, , compare בְּרוֺת below, see also Greek βράθυ, Latin bratum, cypress, juniper (PS); in favour of cypress, also ᵑ6 ᵐ5 & so Thes; in favour of fir or pine, ᵑ9 Rob in Rob-Ges (because cypress not now indigenous on Lebanon); compare also RSProph. iv. n. 20 who lays stress on Phoenician proper name, of a location בשם אי (= איברושים) = Greek Πιτυοῦσαι i.e. isle of firs; — see further SchroedPhön. Spr. 99 LöwNo. 59 & Brathu as name of Hermon Philo Byblus in EusebPraep. Evang. i. 10) — בְּרוֺשׁ 14:9 4t.; בִּרוֺשִׁים 2 Samuel 6:5 + 11: t., בְּרשִׁים Nahum 2:4, בְּרוֺשָׁיו Isaiah 37:24, בְּרשָׁיו 2 Kings 19:23; —
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; 37:24 = 2 Kings 19:23; Isaiah 41:19; 55:13 ("" הֲדַס) 60:13 ("" לבנון כבוד = 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 פרשׁים ᵑ6 ᵐ5; figurative for mighty men Zechariah 11:2.
3 as material (always plural), for building temple (ב ׳עצי) 1 Kings 5:22; 1 Kings 5:24; 1 Kings 6:34; compare 9:11; 2 Chronicles 2:7; ב ׳עץ (singular) 3:5 (compare Baer's note); ב ׳צלעות 1 Kings 6:15; for ships (no עץ) Ezekiel 27:5; — ברושׁים עֲצֵי בְּכֹל 2 Samuel 6:5 apparently = with all musical instruments made of fir, but "" 1 Chronicles 13:8 וּבְשִׁירִים בְּכָלעֹֿז & so here ᵐ5 We Dr.