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Lexicon :: Strong's H1265 - bᵊrôš

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בְּרוֹשׁ
Transliteration
bᵊrôš
Pronunciation
ber-osh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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TWOT Reference: 289a

Strong’s Definitions

בְּרוֹשׁ bᵉrôwsh, ber-osh'; of uncertain derivation; a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood):—fir (tree).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H1265 in the following manner: fir tree (13x), fir (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H1265 in the following manner: fir tree (13x), fir (7x).

  1. cypress, fir, juniper, pine

    1. a noble tree (lit.)

    2. of stateliness (fig.)

    3. material for temple

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בְּרוֹשׁ bᵉrôwsh, ber-osh'; of uncertain derivation; a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood):—fir (tree).
STRONGS H1265: Abbreviations
† בְּרוֺשׁ noun masculineHos 14:9 cypress or fir (Assyrian burâšu COTGlossary Aramaic בּרוֺתא, aTxvurb, compare בְּרוֺת below, see also Greek βράθυ, Latin bratum, cypress, juniper (PS); in favour of cypress, also Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version & so Thes; in favour of fir or pine, Vulgate 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 אי בשם (= 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 Hosea 14:9 + 4 times; בִּרוֺשִׁים 2 Samuel 6:5 + 11 times, 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; 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 Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version 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 בְּכָל־עֹז וּבְשִׁירִים & so here Greek Version of the LXX We Dr.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

6:5; 6:5; 6:5

1 Kings

6:15; 6:34; 6:34; 9:11

2 Kings

19:23; 19:23

1 Chronicles

13:8

2 Chronicles

2:7; 3:5; 3:5

Psalms

104:17; 104:17

Isaiah

14:8; 37:24; 37:24; 41:19; 55:13; 55:13; 60:13

Ezekiel

27:5; 31:8

Hosea

14:9; 14:9; 14:9; 14:9

Nahum

2:4; 2:4; 2:4

Zechariah

11:2

H1265

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Strong's Number H1265 matches the Hebrew בְּרוֹשׁ (bᵊrôš),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5 - And David and all the house of Israel played before Jehovah with all manner of instruments made of fir-wood, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with castanets, and with cymbals.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:8 - And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have heard the message which thou hast sent unto me: I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:10 - So Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir according to all his desire.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:15 - And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:34 - and two doors of fir-wood: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11 - (now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar-trees and fir-trees, and with gold, according to all his desire), that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:23 - By thy messengers thou hast defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into his farthest lodging-place, the forest of his fruitful field.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:8 - Send me also cedar-trees, fir-trees, and algum-trees, out of Lebanon; for I know that thy servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. And, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:5 - And the greater house he ceiled with fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm-trees and chains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:17 -
Where the birds make their nests:
As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:8 - Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid low, no hewer is come up against us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:24 - By thy servants hast thou defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:19 - I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:13 - Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree; and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:13 - The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:5 - They have made all thy planks of fir-trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:8 - The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the fir-trees were not like its boughs, and the plane-trees were not as its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like unto it in its beauty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:8 - Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit found.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:3 - The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress spears are brandished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2 - Wail, O fir-tree, for the cedar is fallen, because the goodly ones are destroyed: wail, O ye oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest is come down.
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