STRONGS NUMBER H1265


Word Summary
berosh: cypress or fir
Original Word: בְּרוֹשׁ
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
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

בְּרוֺשׁnoun 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) — בְּרוֺשׁ14:9 4t.; בִּרוֺשִׁים2 Samuel 6:5 + 11: t., בְּרשִׁיםNahum 2:4, בְּרוֺשָׁיוIsaiah 37:24, בְּרשָׁיו2 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 ׳צלעות1 Kings 6:15; for ships (no עץ‎) Ezekiel 27:5; — ברושׁים עֲצֵי בְּכֹל2 Samuel 6:5 apparently = with all musical instruments made of fir, but "" 1 Chronicles 13:8 וּבְשִׁירִים בְּכָלעֹֿז‎ & so here ᵐ5‎ We Dr.