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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 Box2Sa 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5 - And David and the children of Israel were playing before the Lord on well-tuned instruments mightily, and with songs, and with harps, and with lutes, and with drums, and with cymbals, and with pipes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:8 - (LXX 5:22) And he sent to Solomon, saying, I have listened concerning all that thou hast sent to me for: I will do all thy will: as for timber of cedar and fir,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:10 - (LXX 5:24) So Chiram gave to Solomon cedars, and fir trees, and all his desire.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:15 - And he framed the walls of the house within with cedar boards, from the floor of the house and on to the inner walls and to the beams: he lined the parts enclosed with boards within, and compassed the inward parts of the house with planks of fir.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:34 - In both the doors were planks of fir; the one door had two leaves and their hinges, and the other door had two leaves and turned on hinges,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11 - Chiram king of Tyre helped Solomon with cedar [fn]wood, and fir [fn]wood, and with gold, and all that he wished for: then the king gave Chiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:23 - By [fn]thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, I will go up with the multitude of my chariots, to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Libanus, and I have cut down the [fn]height of his cedar, and his choice cypresses; and I have come into the midst of the forest and of Carmel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:8 - (LXX 2:7) And send me from Libanus cedar wood, and wood of juniper, and pine; for I know that thy servants are skilled in cutting timber in Libanus: and, behold, thy servants shall go with my servants,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:5 - And he lined the great house with cedar wood, and gilded it with pure gold, and carved upon it palm-trees and chains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:17 - (LXX 103:17) There the sparrows will build their nests; and the house of the heron takes the lead among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:8 - the trees also of Libanus rejoice against thee, and the cedar of Libanus, saying, From the time that thou hast been laid low, no one has come up to cut us down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:24 - For thou hast reproached the Lord by messengers; for thou hast said, With the multitude of chariots have I ascended to the height of mountains, and to the sides of Libanus; and I have [fn]cropped the height of his cedars and the beauty of his cypresses; and I entered into the height of the forest region:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:19 - I will plant in the dry land the cedar and box, the myrtle and cypress, and white poplar:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:13 - And instead of the bramble shall come up the cypress, and instead of the nettle shall come up the myrtle: and the Lord shall be for a name, and for an everlasting sign, and shall not fail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:13 - And the glory of Libanus shall come to thee, with the cypress, and pine, and cedar together, to glorify my holy place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:5 - Cedar in Senir was employed for thee in building: boards of cypress timber were taken out of Libanus, and wood to make thee masts of fir.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:8 - And such cypresses as this were in the paradise of God; and there were no pines like his shoots, and there were no firs like his branches: no tree in the paradise of God was like him in his beauty,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:8 - (LXX 14:9) What has he to do any more with idols? I have afflicted him, and I will strengthen him: I am as a leafy juniper tree. From me is thy fruit found.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:3 - (LXX 2:4) They have destroyed the arms of their power from among men, their mighty men sporting with fire: the reins of their chariots shall be destroyed in the day of his preparation, and the horsemen shall be thrown into confusion

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2 - Let the pine howl, because the cedar has fallen; for the mighty men have been greatly afflicted: howl, ye oaks of the land of Basan; for the thickly planted forest has been torn down.
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